I am designing/making some chairs and working on steam bending the back rail across the shoulders and the stilts that will support the back, but now I come across the thought of the back legs (see attached for profile of back legs). The reference books I have give thought to the grain on the back legs in terms of strength, however my leg is a pretty subtle curve and I had planned on just making a master and cutting/routing the legs from solid wood.
Does anyone see a problem with this, or with this design should I look at steam bending the back legs to give more strength and keep the grain lines with the wood?
My inclination is that cutting will be fine and that steam bending is only really a requirement for very steep angles where you would have sharper angles of stress across short grain areas.
Thanks in advance.