Second Part, Chair Two

The first chair is very good for a first effort however I always said that I would make more.

The first photo I took

 I had just been given a very nice plank of Rimu be it very sun damaged on one side so it became a chair of NZ native woods, the back braces and rockers will be Tawa and the rockers will have a stripe of Matai in the lamination's.

Due to the sun damage of the plank of Rimu I decided the construction would be different to the instructions in fact there are now a few differences, the Rimu is a very different wood to work with than the Macrocarpa of the first chair.

When I started the first chair there was a lot of time spent making jigs and molds, as I started this chair I had forgotten what I had done so it was in some ways like starting all over again, I was so engrossed in what I was doing I forgot to take photos.

 This joint on the back end of the arm rest is probably the most visual difference I have made, the original instructions were for a butt joint with a long screw I think this is more in keeping with the theme of the chair, as there is very little wood left on either side of the tongue I have also put a dowel inside the joint.

 At this point the chair is loosely sat on the rockers and there are still packers to go between the leg ends and the rockers.

After this photo was taken I spent 4 days grinding and sanding, now I am looking at making a slight alteration to the seat front before I sand that area I then have to turn my attention to the rockers and on mounting them to the legs before I start the sanding again.