Kingston Library Chairs - Front Assemblies

Matt, his father Michael, Gary and I are still plugging away on the chairs for the Kingston Library.  We've been fitting and assembling the front legs and rails and are looking forward to gluing up the whole shootin' match.  Gary and I glued up piles of the front legs and front seat rails after sawing and hand planing slight curves on the inside faces of the legs.  Matt has fit all the side seat rails to the back posts and cut the rabbets for the slip seat upholstery on the shaper.  Michael has been fitting the glue blocks to the front rail assemblies.  Matt also has bandsawn the crest rail shapes into the chair back assemblies and is ready to flush cut them on the shaper.

More action photos of our recent progress are below:

Michael installing glue blocks.

Matt sawing out the crest rail shape on the glued up chair backs.

Matt laying out the crest rail shape on the chair backs.

End view of a wound side seat rail after processing in our jig below.

Our jig for the sander to put wind in the side seat rails
so they land flush with the canted rear posts.

Matt admiring his handiwork in a standing chair.

Gary cutting kerfs for wedges which will secure the side seat
rail tenons in the rear posts.