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.