Ep 23b: Final shaping of the knee
Dan continues the shaping of the legs, creating the classic curves we’ve come to love in Queen Anne furniture.
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Ep 23a: Rough shaping the legs and front rail
Dan begins the processes of making the cabriole leg look like a cabriole leg.
Read moreEp 22a: Wedged through-tenons
Dan flairs the through-mortises on the back of the chair so he can wedge the tenon, locking everything together for decades to come.
Read moreEp 21: Creating the leg transition blocks
In this episode, Dan cuts out the transition blocks at the bandsaw and demonstrates a clever way of clamping them in place.
Read moreEp 20: Front assembly glue up
After a dry fit, Dan systematically glues up the front assembly to the rest of the chair, making sure the whole thing is square of course.
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