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28-05-12
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Two little chairs
Did these little kids chairs at the weekend Still need a fair bit of sanding mind.
The bases are hollowed out in the hope of minimising any splits, time will tell if it worked.
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29-05-12
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Re: Two little chairs
nice mate,,hope you didnt get the washing dirty,,you`ll be in trouble,,lol
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Re: Two little chairs
hollowed out? last "butt" table I made gave me bleeding knuckles from kickbacks. Do you know something I dont?, like a better way?
I do like the design, esp that first pic. But do get a flap-disk on them you lazy tyke 
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Re: Two little chairs
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I did get one kickback and took a slice in the base  Don't be thinking I know it all,may be I just got lucky. For anyone who doesn't know, it's just a series of plunge cuts spaced about 1/2 inch between cuts. Going in at a low angle for the first few inches and slowly raising angle to 90 to the log face vastly reduces risk of sore knuckles 
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Re: Two little chairs
I particularly like the tear drop cut outs at the back Si - I think they make all the difference - in fact may have a go at making one
 
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Re: Two little chairs
must be a week for carving kids seats i did on the other day with a love heart cut out the back and one with a back shaped like a flower.
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30-05-12
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You know you're on the right track when you get great feedback, thank you  'furniture of the woods' pretty much sums up what I was getting too, nice phrase mate,your past sounds familiar 
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30-05-12
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Re: Two little chairs
Really like these, may have a bash myself once i get the current back-log cleared (no pun intended). Do let me know how the 'might not split' issue goes, anything that might help with splitting of wet-wood would be good to know as i haven't found anything yet
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20-06-12
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Re: Two little chairs
The two little chairs are now three little chairs and I finally got round to finishing them off
Showing early signs of small radial cracks in the bum seat parts but nothing serious so far. Si
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