Having made the templates for all the main components for the full scale model (which took bloomin' ages, BTW), the next job was making the real thing. Easy, right!

As all the frame components are cut from solid maple, the first step was to make a series of jigs to cut them out using the spindle moulder. This was no mean feat, given the length of the back leg - and quite a job manouevering it around the machine without banging into either the wall(!) or one of the many piles of wood stacked up in the machine room.



It turned out I've enough Maple to make two chairs - one with arms and a second without. A bit more work in the finishing but at this stage, once the jigs are made, cuttung the components for both chairs at the same time takes no more time.

As it turned out, making the full size prototype wasn't half as complex as I'd imagined. As I headed off to TP's to buy some pine, Daren armed me with a sword to cut the wood down so as to fit it in the car. 'I'm sure the guys down there will help me out with that,' I said. 'No they won't,' came the swift reply. THing is, they did. And why? Because at no point did it even enter the heads of those guys down there that a woman would a) know what a saw is or b) be able to use one. So, of course they offered to cut it up for me - and load it into the car! Result!

The concern in making this has long been the seat shape but thankfully a piece of 3mm MDF nailed into position was easier than I'd thought, instantly creating the effect I was after - and making one helluva comfy chair (even if I do say so myself!)

Just the real thing to do now...

Size and scale

So, here we have the chair model - definitely not the easiest thing in the world to build but it's pretty much there now. Just one thing... as it's quite a complex design, the next step is to make a full size prototype. (sigh). Oh, well, onwards and upwards