Queen Anne Chair: Color transformation has begun!!!!!!!

The chair is finished as far as construction is concerned and I just stained it to look like walnut, I think it is going to look just like I pictured it in my mind's eye.



Tomorrow the oiling process will start. Can't wait to see how it is going to turn out.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: Almost done

The chair is amost done, once again I made a jig for the back splat's profile. I cut it from 1/8" thick wood, after I had cut it out I used the drum sander on my moto tool to reduce the thickness and get the desired curve plus a lot of hand sanding. The shoe was made by routing the front with a small ball cutter, the sides I just cut with my scroll saw and once more a lot of shaping and sanding by hand.



I just need to turn the last little stretcher that goes between the two side stretchers today and then I can finish gluening it together, at the moment an elastic band is holding it together.



I couldn't resist putting my petit point on the chair, it was stitched on 48 count silk with DMC. Well, I am going to spend the rest of the day in finishing the final construction, then it still needs to be stained and finished with Danish Oil.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: Crest rail

Yesterday I spend a big part of the day working on the shaping of the legs, because it is the horseshoe shape chair, there is a lot of wood to remove from the square post. Inbetween I started making the jigs for the crest rail and cut that out last night and glued it into place.



This morning I worked on shaping the crest rail, the middle part needs to flow smoothly from the front bottom edge to the top back edge, so the sharp edges needed rounding.



View from the back, well I am going to try and finish as much as possible today, except fot the staining and polishing.

Elga

Natalia's Commission

I am happy to say that my first commission is finished and has arrived at it's destination safely and within 15 days. Natalia, I am glad to say is happy with the end results, it was rather stressful since this was the first time that I accepted a commission and I am very much still in a learning phase with all of these new (to me in any case) techniques. These pictures were taken in the dining room of my Victorian Dollhouse. The fire screen works similar to a tilt-top table.



Of course, now I have to wait to see what petit point she is going to stitch for the diiferent furniture pieces.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: Cabriole legs and knee brackets

One thing is sure, dressmaker's pins are quite handy for miniatures too.



I used some in gluing the side rails to the front to keep everything in place. I used the pattern as a guide in gluing everything together.



Well, it is starting to look like a chair!!!! The right leg still needs its knee brackets and a lot more shaping. The back isn't glued on yet, that will only happen when all the stretcher bars are finished, I had a mental block for woodturning today, so hopefully that will happen tomorrow.



I still need to refine the rebate where the upholstered seat will fit in. In this picture you can see how flat the top part of the right leg still is, a lot of carving and sanding still to be done.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: Shaping the Cabriole Legs

Oh well, you can see I had fun today, I have done quite a bit on the shaping of the left leg. It still needs a bit of work but I am going to glue it to the front rail now, it will be easier to do the final shaping with the seat rail in place.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: Cabriole legs the feet

Right now I am one very happy lady, I chucked the leg back into the lathe ( I am very green at turning) to see if I could curve the bottom of the feet with my new favorite tool (nail filing pads). the leg on the left is done while the other one will be done soon, but I wanted to show you the difference, all I need to do now is to cut off the "handles" and finish the shaping of the legs by hand.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: Side Rails

Well, I know it doesn't look like much but trust me this are two days work. I managed to turn the one back stretcher on Friday, at one stage when I was almost finished it threatened to break but fortunately didn't. Yesterday was spent on the side rails, first making the jigs and then cutting them out. I cut the rebate with my Excel knife on the one seat rail, that is slow and careful work. Off to some more work, I am making the chair for the PetitPointers chair challenge and the due date are Thursday, 31 March, so I hope to have it finished by then.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: The Cabriole Legs, Starting Assembly

Yesterday was spent on making jigs for the front rail, it is curved in the front and hollowed out a bit in the bottom. I cut the tenons first as you can see on the bottom piece between the two legs, it is the second chair's rail that I will cut later today. I also cut all the mortises in the legs, I know the bottom mortise on the leg looks funny but that is how the antique was made. On the jigs I cut only one side of the curves and when I have done one half, I just flipped it over, that way you are assured of matching sides. I cut the bottom hollow out first, you won't be able to cut that after you cut the front curve, because it rocks in the jig.



Starting to look good I think. I am going to chuck the legs back in the lathe and see if I can curve the feet, I found some nail file pads that is easily cut into little strips that worked wonderfully on the back stretcher. I still need to figure out how I am going to cut the curved rabbet for where the chair seat needs to fit in. Today I plan on turning some more of the stretchers.

Elga

Queen Anne Chair: The Rear Legs, Assembly Finished, Well Almost

I spent yesterday making chamfers on the chair legs, I was so scared that I will ruin the leg that I almost abandoned the idea, but when a Google search revealed that they all looked liked this, I knew I would never be happy if I didn't make it authentically. I just used a small needle file and emory board to make the chamfers. Just click on the pictures if you want to see them bigger.



Once I got the hang of it, it went rather quickly. Next I glued it all together, the backsplat, shoe and crest rail will be done last, so I will spent the next few days on the front legs and the rest of the seat rails and stretcher bars. I have gained a new respect for the artisans out there, it is a whole lot of hard work and very time consuming to make miniatures with this level of detail.

Elga