Bill Huber
03-26-2009, 9:03 PM
The picture below is a kids chair I am working on, this is just the prototype from poplar to see how things looked and worked out. I have never made a chair before and before I get some good maple I want to make sure I do it right. The seat hight is 12", the seat is 12" x 11" and it is 22" tall.
At this point I am going to trim it down some, the legs are 1 1/2" now and I thing that 1" would work fine. The back will get trimmed down from 1" to 1/2" with 1/4" slats. Thoughts on this trim, is it to much?????
The back is at 5 degrees but the legs are straight, should the back legs be set to 5 degrees also for better stability?
The back top and bottom rails will be 1/2 x 1 x 10, I plan to cut a 1/4 x 1 1/2 mortise and the slats will be 1 1/2 x 1/4, there will be 4 of them. Should the rails be thicker, there will only be 1/8" of wood in front and back of the slat.
The bottom braces will be 3/4 x 3/4 all the way around, they will be off set from each other not like the prototype.
Thanks for any input.......:rolleyes:
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At this point I am going to trim it down some, the legs are 1 1/2" now and I thing that 1" would work fine. The back will get trimmed down from 1" to 1/2" with 1/4" slats. Thoughts on this trim, is it to much?????
The back is at 5 degrees but the legs are straight, should the back legs be set to 5 degrees also for better stability?
The back top and bottom rails will be 1/2 x 1 x 10, I plan to cut a 1/4 x 1 1/2 mortise and the slats will be 1 1/2 x 1/4, there will be 4 of them. Should the rails be thicker, there will only be 1/8" of wood in front and back of the slat.
The bottom braces will be 3/4 x 3/4 all the way around, they will be off set from each other not like the prototype.
Thanks for any input.......:rolleyes:
114099