05-28-2024, 10:55 AM
I promised a build. Below is a summarised version of the details on my website ...
In December 2023 I began designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs we have were purchased all those years ago along with a farmhouse table, which is around 200 years old. Although we cherish this table, we need something larger, and time has come to replace it and add two more chairs.
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_m6baf6b8.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_m6baf6b8.jpg)
I started thinking about the chairs I would build, and I took inspiration from this picture ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_619d667.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_619d667.jpg)
It has a name: DC 09, and it was designed by the Japanese- Scandinavian duo, Kyoko Inoda and Nils Sveje, in 2011. It is built by the Miyazaki factory in Japan.
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_m13cec3c9.png]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_m13cec3c9.png)
There is a challenge here - can I replicate it purely from photos?
Start of seats for two chairs ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_52953918.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_52953918.jpg)
To reproduce the DC 09 design, I explored and saved all the videos and all photos I could find. From these I estimate or calculate sizes, approximate dimensions, and refine these over multiple examples. Here are some of the photos I used ....
Seat upper and under sides ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs2_html_m2d987df.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs2_html_m2d987df.jpg)
The underside of the seat: note the rounded ends of the tenons, and the smooth flow as the tapered edges link with the base …
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs2_html_m1b81c8d3.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs2_html_m1b81c8d3.jpg)
First shaping ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m2c338913.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m2c338913.jpg)
It's rougher than it looks. A travisher begins the process of smoothing the curves ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m225241f5.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m225241f5.jpg)
Every now-and-then a scraper will refine the tear out ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_cf9be72.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_cf9be72.jpg)
Before proceeding, the outline is cut out ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m366785b8.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m366785b8.jpg)
Shaping the mortises ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_3ac72e6b.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_3ac72e6b.jpg)
With raking light, the tear out and bumps are more easily seen, and now sanded down with 80 grit (more will be done much later on). The upper side ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_3cc5fec0.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_3cc5fec0.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m5c021a5.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m5c021a5.jpg)
For the underside, I relied on a Auriou 10-grain rasp to do most of the shaping ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_40ea7cc1.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_40ea7cc1.jpg)
sanded to 80-grit, this was the result. From the underside ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_m4170203c.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_m4170203c.jpg)
The upper side, from the rear end ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_615897ab.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_615897ab.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_71d9ac10.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_71d9ac10.jpg)
The legs were bandsawed, spokeshaved to a square finish, and then mortised ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs5_html_269ad2cc.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs5_html_269ad2cc.jpg)
The legs will end up oval, and this process was begun on the router table ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs5_html_73a7b964.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs5_html_73a7b964.jpg)
Then spokeshaves and scrapers worked to finish the shaping ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs6_html_m101c94ae.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs6_html_m101c94ae.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs6_html_10c2ba5d.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs6_html_10c2ba5d.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs6_html_m7689c0f3.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs6_html_m7689c0f3.jpg)
[font="Times New Roman", serif]A test fit of the loose tenon joinery ...
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All the parts fitted, but not yet glued up ...
![[Image: 8GlueUp_html_36cfd7f8.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/8GlueUp_html_36cfd7f8.jpg)
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Glued and wedged ...
![[Image: 8GlueUp_html_m1b10fad5.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/8GlueUp_html_m1b10fad5.jpg)
A mock-up of the arms ...
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There's a photo on the wall behind against which to compare. Also, a first look at the completed through tenons.[/font]
[font="Times New Roman", serif][font="Times New Roman", serif]After much back-and-fro drawing, rubbing out, re-drawing, and transfering to MDF for templates ...
![[Image: 9BeginningTheArms_html_m2858da4e.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/9BeginningTheArms_html_m2858da4e.jpg)
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In December 2023 I began designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs we have were purchased all those years ago along with a farmhouse table, which is around 200 years old. Although we cherish this table, we need something larger, and time has come to replace it and add two more chairs.
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_m6baf6b8.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_m6baf6b8.jpg)
I started thinking about the chairs I would build, and I took inspiration from this picture ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_619d667.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_619d667.jpg)
It has a name: DC 09, and it was designed by the Japanese- Scandinavian duo, Kyoko Inoda and Nils Sveje, in 2011. It is built by the Miyazaki factory in Japan.
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_m13cec3c9.png]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_m13cec3c9.png)
There is a challenge here - can I replicate it purely from photos?
Start of seats for two chairs ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs1_html_52953918.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs1_html_52953918.jpg)
To reproduce the DC 09 design, I explored and saved all the videos and all photos I could find. From these I estimate or calculate sizes, approximate dimensions, and refine these over multiple examples. Here are some of the photos I used ....
Seat upper and under sides ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs2_html_m2d987df.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs2_html_m2d987df.jpg)
The underside of the seat: note the rounded ends of the tenons, and the smooth flow as the tapered edges link with the base …
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs2_html_m1b81c8d3.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs2_html_m1b81c8d3.jpg)
First shaping ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m2c338913.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m2c338913.jpg)
It's rougher than it looks. A travisher begins the process of smoothing the curves ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m225241f5.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m225241f5.jpg)
Every now-and-then a scraper will refine the tear out ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_cf9be72.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_cf9be72.jpg)
Before proceeding, the outline is cut out ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m366785b8.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m366785b8.jpg)
Shaping the mortises ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_3ac72e6b.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_3ac72e6b.jpg)
With raking light, the tear out and bumps are more easily seen, and now sanded down with 80 grit (more will be done much later on). The upper side ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_3cc5fec0.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_3cc5fec0.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs3_html_m5c021a5.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs3_html_m5c021a5.jpg)
For the underside, I relied on a Auriou 10-grain rasp to do most of the shaping ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_40ea7cc1.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_40ea7cc1.jpg)
sanded to 80-grit, this was the result. From the underside ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_m4170203c.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_m4170203c.jpg)
The upper side, from the rear end ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_615897ab.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_615897ab.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs4_html_71d9ac10.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs4_html_71d9ac10.jpg)
The legs were bandsawed, spokeshaved to a square finish, and then mortised ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs5_html_269ad2cc.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs5_html_269ad2cc.jpg)
The legs will end up oval, and this process was begun on the router table ..
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs5_html_73a7b964.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs5_html_73a7b964.jpg)
Then spokeshaves and scrapers worked to finish the shaping ...
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs6_html_m101c94ae.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs6_html_m101c94ae.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs6_html_10c2ba5d.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs6_html_10c2ba5d.jpg)
![[Image: DiningCarverChairs6_html_m7689c0f3.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DiningCarverChairs6_html_m7689c0f3.jpg)
[font="Times New Roman", serif]A test fit of the loose tenon joinery ...
![[Image: 8GlueUp_html_69b35884.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/8GlueUp_html_69b35884.jpg)
![[Image: 8GlueUp_html_m2fd13dc2.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/8GlueUp_html_m2fd13dc2.jpg)
All the parts fitted, but not yet glued up ...
![[Image: 8GlueUp_html_36cfd7f8.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/8GlueUp_html_36cfd7f8.jpg)
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Glued and wedged ...
![[Image: 8GlueUp_html_m1b10fad5.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/8GlueUp_html_m1b10fad5.jpg)
A mock-up of the arms ...
![[Image: 9BeginningTheArms_html_6d443b40.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/9BeginningTheArms_html_6d443b40.jpg)
There's a photo on the wall behind against which to compare. Also, a first look at the completed through tenons.[/font]
[font="Times New Roman", serif][font="Times New Roman", serif]After much back-and-fro drawing, rubbing out, re-drawing, and transfering to MDF for templates ...
![[Image: 9BeginningTheArms_html_m2858da4e.jpg]](https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/9BeginningTheArms_html_m2858da4e.jpg)
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