Yet another Cedar chair

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This old chair had been on a farm outside, next to the back door to put on shoes for decades.
It needs some love so it can go on the other side of the door.

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The seat looks to have seen some unspeakable horrors, so it gets a new (old) one.

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Just about every joint was nailed and smashed.

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The chair was dismantled.

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I needed to add floating tenons to most parts.

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Cleaned up the remaining joints.

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One front leg was slightly shorter than the other (3/4"). I didn't want to shorten the longer leg as it was already worn down.
I turned a dowel from the short tip, glued on a block of cedar and turned a new tip.

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This is where I'm up to.
Clean the parts, glue everything together and then polish.

I'll post some more pics when I get some more done.

Cheers,
Stu

[dinosour]

Good job , love to see those items reused. Simple but elegant and once restored will probably provide a comfortable rest spot for many years to come.
Hope you remember where each nail goes😁

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The chair is pretty much finished.
It needs a few more coats of polish to call it done.

Here's a few more WIP pics.

The shaped seat before and after clean-up.

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Final glue-ups.

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Lots of floating tenons as seen from underneath. Also a tooled mark under the front rail.
Not sure what it means. Maybe just marking it as part of a set originally.

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Here's a sneak peek of the Cedar on the back.
A few more coats of shellac will really make it pop.

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I'll post a pic of the finished chair soon

[dinosour]

Looking good👍

[dinosour]

Looking good 👍