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The Spectator/Billiard chairs are finished and I thought I would post a couple of pictures. Thanks to several of you for the suggestions a few weeks ago on cutting the corners of the through mortises with a chisel by hand. It went well, just kinda slow. I would get a mortising machine if I had to do many of these! They will go in my pool/game room


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Those look great! Very nice job.
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Cool and well done. I like the through m&t joinery, proportions and upholstery. However I don't think the prefab appliques on the backrest complement and do justice to all the hand work you did.
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I like these chairs but like Danceswithticks, I don't like the decorative pieces on the seat back. They don't match the style in my opinion and I can't imagine they would be comfortable to lean against. Is this your design? I am searching for a design suitable to modify into dining room chairs and I like this a lot. Ken
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Ken Vick said:
I like these chairs but like Danceswithticks, I don't like the decorative pieces on the seat back. They don't match the style in my opinion and I can't imagine they would be comfortable to lean against. Is this your design? I am searching for a design suitable to modify into dining room chairs and I like this a lot. Ken
Here is the link to the plans. I modified them a little. The arms to my chairs are shorter in back and I added a higher foot rest. The decorative piece on the back is not as uncomfortable as it looks and my wife really likes it. She picked it out.
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Boy, those look sharp, very nice work. I like the contrast between the wood and the dark upholstery, too.
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Very nice indeed!!! Makes me want to go out and buy a pool table just so I have an excuse to build a couple of those
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Thanks for the comments. They were fun to build, but took longer than I thought. All my projects seem to.
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dazdougan said:
Thanks for the comments. They were fun to build, but took longer than I thought. All my projects seem to.
Taking longer just extends the joy of what you are doing!

You did a great job on these.
See ya later,
Bill