A Frankenchair #7: Some Shaping

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This is part 7 in a 8 part series: A Frankenchair

For final fitting of the chair shell to the back stretcher, I spent some time sanding-down the rough fiberglass in that area.  Eventually, the entire underside of the shell will be sanded smooth and (probably) painted.


After a little more sanding.


The original pad on my old Rotex finally gave out during this sanding.  I can't remember exactly when I bought it - probably 15-20 years back.  It's been a workhorse, so that pad has definitely put in its time.


With all the mortises cut and pieces fitting together nicely, I could finally spend some time rounding those hard edges.  I'll be doing most of the rounding at the router table, but first I roughly rounded the ends with a rasp.  This will help prevent kickback when starting a cut with the router.



The leg assemblies are just under 1" thick, so I started with a 7/16" radius bit that got me to this stage.  I spent a little time with a card scraper easing the transition from edge to face.



At this point I decided that I wanted more curvature to the edges to reduce the size of the flat areas on the legs.   I went back over the edges with a thumbnail bit that would reach a little further onto the faces.


It's probably hard to see much difference from the photos, but this did help make the cross section more lens shaped.  This still left a flat section where the back stretcher joins the leg.


I'm happy with how the legs are looking.  After a bit more scraping and final hand-sanding, these parts will be done.  


White oak looks yummy!

Nice flowing contours!
the shaping looks great ross.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

That profile added a lot of delicious MCM-feeling

"The good chair is a task one is never completely done with" Hans Wegner

That is looking good!!

Is the seat going to have a cushion? 
Certainly has that MCM look!

Petey