With the center piece assembled, she can fit it
between the two legs.
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One screw on each side holds
the assembly together. This chair is a very clever way to demonstrate so many different
beadLOCK loose tenon joints.
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Now, what we want to do is see if we can use the beadLOCK demo chair as a pattern for
making the chair for the Stickley Style Writing Desk.
In comparing pictures and dimensions, everything seems right except for the
back and top rail.
What we will do is copy all the pieces up to that point.
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Maureen starts the
job of disassembling. It goes quickly. But as she removes each piece, she makes a pattern
from it.
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Even though we will be making a
different top cross piece, Maureen wants to copy it. The center rails have a very
nice, comfortable curve to them. Even if we change the top to be more
"squarish", it will be useful to have the curve drawn.
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She marks the pattern with the
part description and any other useful information, such as where the tenon would be, angle
of the tenon, amount of inset...and so on.
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Where the joint is not
square, Maureen uses a bevel gauge to measure the angle.
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She uses the Incra Miter Gauge
in the table saw with the bevel and measures the angle. This was a very easy way,
especially when I couldn't find my protractor.
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She uses a back leg to
trace the outline directly on template material. The original chair uses 3/4"
stock. The Mission style uses`1 1/2", but we will make a prototype using 3/4"
stock. I happen to have a lot of scraps of poplar available, courtesy of the Bar
Project flubs.
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At the bandsaw, she cuts the
template leaving about 1/8" outside the line.
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She affixes double
faced tape to the original leg.
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She carefully lays the leg on
the pattern form that she cut roughly to size. She is careful to position it so that there
is pattern material showing all around the actual leg. With it firmly affixed, she
will use the leg to cut the actual pattern. That's next.
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