She will use the brad nailer for the rest of the assembly. Our plan is to assemble it; try out the fit; and then disassemble to make final changes to plans, templates and jigs. Then we will finish sand and re-assemble.    It sounds like a lot of work, but this chair is going together very quickly.    Here, she lines up the center back slat with center marks of the cross piece and pins it in place.     The back is taking shape. BUT, to be absolutely honest with you...this is the second attempt. The new slats were too tight so we had to remove them all and trim them.    Pinning the prototype together gives us that flexibility.. A change like that is a very simple matter to resolve. The back now looks good to us. We will measure these new dimensions when we disassemble and make the final drawings.    One of the things we both didn't like on the Jake's Chair was the gap at the intersection of the back slats and the seat slats. Understandably, the Jake's Chair was made for simple construction, but we thought we could improve this seam.    The obvious answer was to mark the back seat slat with the same curve of the lower rear support.    Before cutting the curve, Maureen tilted the bandsaw table to 14o so that the slat would meet the angle of the back slats.       Now she makes her cut.    She displays the finished rear seat slat.    She uses a spacer between the seat slats and pins the next seat slat in place. Main Menu Previous Page Next  Page