A Pair of Forest Chairs – Part Three

I bent the two arms from lengths of ash that were sawn from the straightest-grained board I could find. The back- and arm sticks were shaved from ash – as are the arm blades. The splats are of cherry and the crest rails are of elm (fig. 1).

Fig. 1. The remaining mixed-wood components for one of the chairs.

Having cut the mortises for the blades and splats, and bored the holes for the sticks, I prepared some slow glue and stuck the chairs together.

When all was done, I wiped the two chairs down with hot soapy water in readiness for painting (fig. 2).

Fig. 2. Assembled chairs in-the-white.

Jack Plane