Popular Post RichardA Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 9:54 PM, pkinneb said: I have two huskies I like leather everywhere lol. Having said that I think cloth would look better on this chair I had two wolves, and two leather sofa's. They loved the taste of leather. and I bought stock in Duct tape. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bmac Posted February 6, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Quick update, I've been out of town for a dental mission trip. Finally getting over my jet lag and into the swing of things. Before I left i glued the back supports to the frame. This lets me move on to the arms. My design was slightly off as my 10/4 stock for the arms did not match up as well from the front leg to the arm stem on the back rest. Really needed my front leg .5" higher and I would have been dead on. So I made a new "longer" template for future reference and I glued .5" pieces to the front part of the arm stock. Arms were perfect then and fit the stock to the chair and shaped my arms. Now we are moving forward; At this point arms are just screwed on, need to do glueup here and then final shaping. Upholstery guy stopped by and need to tweak my back frame and make a frame that sits in the seat opening. Once that's done it's final sanding and finishing before it's off to the upholstery guy. Thanks for looking. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Sweet looking lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 That is awesome! Not only is it an outstanding job on the ww side but your ability to break the piece down off of pics amazes/ inspires me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 15 hours ago, pkinneb said: That is awesome! Not only is it an outstanding job on the ww side but your ability to break the piece down off of pics amazes/ inspires me. Thanks Paul. I'm actually really surprised myself how well it's going. I've had a few things not go perfectly, the back supports looking too short and the length of front leg above the chair too short for perfect arm stock placement, but those were easy to correct. I think I've just made enough Maloof chairs that I understand his construction. There is no way in a million years I would have figured this out otherwise. One annoying aspect of this build is I have to wait until the very end to actually sit in the chair, no early test "sits". In fact the upholstery guy will be the first to sit in it. When I'm done I can send you a copy of the templates! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 If I was an upholstery guy I don't think I'd sit in the chairs I did unless I needed to test something. I fear it would cause me to be come somewhat attached to it.... This chair looks beautiful... I really REALLY like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 31 minutes ago, Chestnut said: If I was an upholstery guy I don't think I'd sit in the chairs I did unless I needed to test something. I fear it would cause me to be come somewhat attached to it.... This chair looks beautiful... I really REALLY like it. The upholstery guy said he'll need to test it some to figure out how much to bulk up the cushions. When we looked at the photo's of the originals he did comment that the cushions are pretty full contoured. When you are ready I can send you the templates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Bmac said: When you are ready I can send you the templates. I may take you up on that. I have the PERFECT place for that chair in my house. It looks really fun to build. Megan just may have vetoed getting me an MS661 for my birthday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chet Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Chestnut said: I fear it would cause me to be come somewhat attached to it.... This can be true, when I went to pick up my chair from the upholstery shop all the workers wanted to keep it. Of course all you have to do is offer a reasonable price for something custom made like that and then all of a sudden the chair isn't as comfortable as they thought. @Bmac this has been great to follow. I think we have all seen photos of something we would like to make but not having any measurements, only having the photo to go by can make some of us bock at the idea. But you have definitely proven it can be done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I seem to remember there was a feature in SketchUp where you could load a photo and it would convert it to a 3D drawing. I've never tried it out, though. No idea if it works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I’d be in for some templates! Looks amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Bmac will have templates for rent or for sale soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Chet said: This can be true, when I went to pick up my chair from the upholstery shop all the workers wanted to keep it. Of course all you have to do is offer a reasonable price for something custom made like that and then all of a sudden the chair isn't as comfortable as they thought. @Bmac this has been great to follow. I think we have all seen photos of something we would like to make but not having any measurements, only having the photo to go by can make some of us bock at the idea. But you have definitely proven it can be done. Thanks Chet, my version is far from exact dimensions of the original, guessed at a lot of measurements. Glad you've enjoyed following along. 4 hours ago, JohnG said: I’d be in for some templates! Looks amazing! Thanks John. I'll be happy to share templates but don't expect video lessons to go along with them. 6 hours ago, Chestnut said: I may take you up on that. I have the PERFECT place for that chair in my house. It looks really fun to build. Megan just may have vetoed getting me an MS661 for my birthday... I'll tell you those new saws are terribly expensive. I've had great luck buying refurbished used Stihl 660's. The nice thing about the 660's is they are easy to repair and get parts for. Dropping $600 or so bucks for a used one is a big savings. 1 minute ago, Spanky said: Bmac will have templates for rent or for sale soon. Ha, you got me figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bmac said: I'll tell you those new saws are terribly expensive. I've had great luck buying refurbished used Stihl 660's. The nice thing about the 660's is they are easy to repair and get parts for. Dropping $600 or so bucks for a used one is a big savings. I'll say that's about half what I paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I can remember when $600.00 would buy you a new 066 stihl. I also, remember gas at 28 cents per gal and a new pickup around $3,200.00 and I’m younger than Cousin Dave too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Oh crap... That makes me an old fart. I remember 19c per gallon gas, cigarettes cost 20c and you got 2 pennies back in the side of the pack. And new pickups were $1999.00, but.. No air conditioning, no radio, no power steering mechanical breaks and tall narrow ugly tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 30 minutes ago, RichardA said: Oh crap... That makes me an old fart. I remember 19c per gallon gas, cigarettes cost 20c and you got 2 pennies back in the side of the pack. And new pickups were $1999.00, but.. No air conditioning, no radio, no power steering mechanical breaks and tall narrow ugly tires. I guess that makes me almost as old & farty cause when I got my license, gas was $.49/ Cdn gallon. One morning on the way to school I was just about out of gas, so my buddies & I scraped together 3 nickels and a dime. With that, we stopped at the full service gas station (that was the only kind then) & got half a gallon of gas & a very dirty look from the pump jockey. Good times! Sorry for the hijack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Bmac said: Thanks John. I'll be happy to share templates but don't expect video lessons to go along with them. I’d be more than happy to pay for them, too. They’ll probably be stored away for a long time as a “some day” build. I’ll do the guild rocker project first to have my hand held through the process. Don’t think this one would be a good first-chair project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted February 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 8 hours ago, JohnG said: I’d be more than happy to pay for them, too. They’ll probably be stored away for a long time as a “some day” build. I’ll do the guild rocker project first to have my hand held through the process. Don’t think this one would be a good first-chair project. I wouldn't charge, wouldn't even think of it. It would be a pleasure to see someone else build this. Yes you would need to do the guild rocker first at the very least. My templates may look more like a puzzle with no directions if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Do you have the templates in physical style or PDF? Megan is on board with the chair and likes how it looks. All we'd need to do is figure out where it goes in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, Chestnut said: Do you have the templates in physical style or PDF? Megan is on board with the chair and likes how it looks. All we'd need to do is figure out where it goes in the house. They will be in physical form, no PDF. I can trace my patterns on a large sheet of paper and mail them to you no problem. I'll also be happy to point out the joinery I used and where. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bmac Posted February 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 This chair is headed out the door to the upholstery guy this week. All the shaping and sanding is done and the finish has been applied. One new wrinkle I've added to my sanding which has really helped is after sanding to 400 I burnish the surface with a white 3m pad. This has made any grain raising during the finish application practically disappear. Wanted to go over the upholstery side of things, because I was confused about how he wanted things and I incorrectly described what he wanted. We met last week and clarified things. First is the seat. rails 1/2" below the lip were glued and screwed in place, following the contour of the seat rails. He wanted a 1/2" frame to sit inside the opening, with about 1/8-1/4" gap all the way around. He'll use the frame for webbing, he'll put padding on that, put the fabric over that, and then the seat panel will just fit into the opening and a few screws can secure it to the chair. Here's my frame sitting in the seat opening and resting on the rails; For the back he wanted a frame that had about 1/8" clearance all around the back opening. He'll make the back cushion as a panel using webbing again. After the panel is made he'll screw it into the frame and cover the back with fabric. Earlier I was confused about this step, I thought he wanted the frame glued in place. The back frame also needs to follow the contours of the headrest and the lower cross piece. To achieve the look of "2" cushions in the back area, I placed two cross rails. This will allow him to pull and secure the fabric right were the cushions appear to meet. Here's what this frame looks like; And finally, here are a few shots of the chair with the finish applied; This build so far has been super fun. I see more upholstered pieces in my future, totally opening up another dimension in my skill set. I'll post final pics after the upholstery in done. Thanks for looking. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Absolutely top notch work. Well done young man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 That came out fantastic, especially considering you worked from a couple of photos. I think Maloof would be happy with the results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Sweeeeeeeeeeet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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