About a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...
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Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Today, 5:38 PMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
Wow! Never thought of that. (Votes: 0)
Been doing it with mirrors. (Votes: 2)
Ain't got a boat, truck, care… (Votes: 0)
Well, it took me about 10 hours to photograph, measure, and draw up plans. Then about 40 hours getting lumber, building it in sections, painting it, and
Thomas McCurnin Today, 8:31 PMDerek, I have followed this build from the start. Very nice work as you aways produce..
Thanks
Ron
Can you file the slots and/or the tabs until you can get the correct alignment?
Doug Garson Today, 8:10 PMSuper helpful! Thanks for sharing this. Took me a moment to wrap my head around the math, but totally make sense.
Expanding a bit, the formulas
First, as Roger suggested, make sure the lathe is "settled" per installation instructions. I would call Brett at Robust and talk to him before
Wally Crawford Today, 7:53 PM
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.
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