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Chairmaking Process-Shaping the seat |
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Roughing the seat with the adz. |
Scooping the seat with the scorp. |
Smoothing with |
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Further smoothing with travisher. |
Shaping the edge. |
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| Shaping the seat.
The seat of the Windsor is made from a slab of wood 2" thick, which
is shaped into an oval (in the case of sack-backs) or a shield shape (for
continuous arm or hoopback chairs). For ease of hollowing and comfort,
the seats are generally made of a softer wood such as poplar or pine. Chairmakers
typically use a gutter adz to remove the bulk of wood. They may
then use a variety of tools to refine the shape of the seat including
inshaves, scorps, travishers (curved spokeshaves), compass
planes and scrapers.
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