An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Gallery

You can also read about the making of this chair by clicking the links below.

An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Part One

An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Part Two

An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Part Three

An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Part Four

An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Part Five

An English Comb-back Windsor Chair – Part Six

That’s a 56cm (22in) long No. 7 jointer sitting on that lump of Elm.

The Elm seat blank cut out and planed.

The four Ash legs.

Hmm… sticks on their own aren’t very interesting.

Slightly more captivating; the three piece arm.

Side stretcher tennoned into front leg.

The undercarriage assembled to check the fit.

Saw mark indicates orientation of wedge kerf.

After four minutes with the Arbortech disc.

After another eleven minutes with the Saburr Tooth disc.

After a further eighteen minutes with the travisher.

A few swipes with the leg leveller shortened the long leg.

Final clean-up of the seat.

The tapered crest rail.

The Thames Valley Windsor in-the-white.

The final seat shape.

The crest rail.

Arm post and arm.

Ready for staining and polishing.

The chair stained ‘Fox Terrier Red’.

The finished chair…

… and from the side.

The crest rail.

The pegs securing the crest rail to the back sticks.

‘Bear’s Ear’.

The three-piece arm.

The arm posts.

Wedged arm post.

The seat and arm.

Back sticks.

The legs and stretchers.