Recently finished the run of Dining Chair No. 6 with a matching bench. The version you see are about 1.5″ taller then standard to accommodate a tall family and accompany a 33″ tall dining table (3″ taller then standard). Made from local black walnut with black leather upholstery.
The frames of Dining Chair No. 6 are all together and oiled awaiting their seats before being called complete. Pictured above is a chair frame with four 4/20 bolts that will attach to the seat. The black rubber gaskets allow for the bolts to pull the seat down into a nice snug fit without having to perfectly hand shape each mating face to be exact, a little trick taken from the Eames Moulded Plywood Dining Chair.
Pictured below are the seats of the chairs and matching bench awaiting upholstery. They are a moulded plywood construction with t-nuts as the connection.
In the studio we are currently finishing up a run of 7 dining chairs of a new design. Pictured above and below are images of the tapered sliding dovetails which join the back legs of the chair to the crest rail. Mechanical joinery allows me to keep the back legs and crest rail nice and thin to provide a light modern look without compromising strength or structure.
Setting up to take some photos of the Dining Chair No. 6 mockup.
Snapped this Marilyn Monroe inspired shot by total fluke while adjusting/testing the settings on the camera.
Timing is everything, better to be lucky then good, isn’t that what they say?
First post on the new blog, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Reed Hansuld and I design / build custom furniture.
I plan on using this blog as a place to spotlight the process of making my ideas reality. Enjoy! I am going to start with a video we shot last week of a kiln dried white oak blank being steam twisted. Dimensions are approximately 3/4″ x 2″ x 34″. We were steaming and twisting 60+ blanks over the weekend in preparation for a dining table that will be constructed over the next couple weeks. Stay tuned for updates of the process.
