I finally completed 2 dining room chairs. They were the most challenging woodworking project I have done to date. I used the majority of the tools I have from the table saw to chisels and everything in between. The design is taken from an article in the August 2004 issue of Woodwork magazine written by Peter Presnell. I wanted to build chairs for a long time but could not find a design close enough to what I wanted until I saw the Woodwork article. The style was close enough and I wanted the chair to be comfortable to sit in for a long time with my sometimes aching back. The bent lamination of the back slats was just what the doctor ordered. I started the project last fall by building a prototype in poplar. I changed the shape of the back legs a little, not as wide at the bottom, and gave it a Green and Green influence. I was not trying to replicate anything in particular and wanted them to go with the dining table I built over a year ago. The chairs are made out of cherry with the back slat laminations out of tiger maple from the same tree as the table. Picture 1 is the bent lamination mold I made out of plywood using the pattern in the article. Picture 2 is the mold in action. I used plastic resin glue for the laminations. Picture 3 is my Leigh FMT jig in action, I bought a few years ago and only used it 2 times for some small tables. I used it for all the mortise and tenons. Picture 4 is the angled tenons for the side rails. The side rails are angled 6 degrees out from the back to front of the chair and also 2 degrees down from the front to the back. I cut the compound angles on the compound miter saw first then put them in the FMT and used a router to make the tenons. It worked really well once I figured it all out on the prototype chair. (continued)