wdwerker Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 When you have a crew of Vikings who can row a ship across the Atlantic lifting a heavy oak chair is child's play. If your a Texas redneck however.......<GRIN > 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Wood that dense and hard has to weigh a ton Well if he gets tired of carrying to the camp ground he can just through it on the campfire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, wdwerker said: When you have a crew of Vikings who can row a ship across the Atlantic lifting a heavy oak chair is child's play. If your a Texas redneck however.......<GRIN > Watch your mouth, Texas rednecks have sensitive areas as well. Round that seat off a tad bud! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonkrause Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 7 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: I have to ask, since it is a 'camping' chair....how heavy is that? Wood that dense and hard has to weigh a ton. Good catch, it does weigh a lot, my guess is about 30+ lbs. I’m calling it a camp chair because it’s main use will be for our renaissance festival camp group. I’m one of the council members and the end goal is to have a chair like this for every council member to sit at around the campfire. Each one will be designed around each persons personal tastes but essentially the same design. I just happened to find the materials first so mine is the first one constructed, added bonus is now we have an existing piece to use as a template. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Chair looks great. It's heavy but at least it packs flat. 7 hours ago, K Cooper said: Texas rednecks have sensitive areas as well Their gun holster? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Definitely the beer belly ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonkrause Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Little before and after oiling. Can’t belive how much pop that gave it! Love the grain pattern on this piece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vonkrause Posted July 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Alrighty, after what seemed like an eternity of sanding, some giving up on getting it perfectly smooth, and close to a 1/4 of a gallon of oil I think it’s done. Not too sure what I was expecting when I started this but it sure seems like it turned out better than I expected it to. The grain is just as wild as I was hoping it would be, carvings while being a serious PITA turned out pretty well, wishing I had gone deeper on the top one now that I see it oiled. Fun fact the wolf is as deep as it is because of a mistake I made early on and needed to go deeper to hide it. I finally nailed down an effective strategy for carving with the tungsten carbide tip that almost completely did away with smoking issues. That said it was still extremely tough and time consuming, Wolf retouch was two hours minimum. Decided to place my mjolnir on it for reasons, that and it looks cooler that way 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Pretty darn cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 I like it. Something you don't see a lot of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 The choice of wood certainly suits the project. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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