A Double Bow Windsor Chair – Part Four

When the crinoline bow had dried, I cut it to length, formed the tenons on its extremities, rounded it and bored the holes to accept the two stub stretchers. The stub stretchers were turned using the off-cuts from the crinoline bow.

Fig. 1. Crinoline and stub stretchers.

The leg holes were bored into the seat which I then roughed out with a carving disc mounted on an angry grinder and then followed up with a travisher.

Fig. 2. Partially saddled seat.

After sawing kerfs in the ends of the through tenons, I glued the undercarriage into the seat. Oak wedges were then hammered into the ends of the tenons, locking them into their mortises.

Fig. 3. Front leg wedged perpendicular to seat grain.

Fig. 4. Stub stretcher wedged into the crinoline stretcher.

Fig. 5. The blind tenon on the back of the stub is not wedged.

Fig. 6. Chair base completed.

Jack Plane