I should have been posting here but forgot.

[frew@mastodon.social]

@amenonsen @wedge the helix chair with that crazy bend is inexplicably comfortable. I was sure it would not be but it really is.

Those things in the back are bending forms for creating the spindles in the backrest of the chair in progress.

[frew@mastodon.social]

Tomorrow we fit the rockers. #woodworking

[frew@mastodon.social]

Before fitting rockers #woodworking

[frew@mastodon.social]

After fitting rockers. #woodworkers

[coreysnipes@hachyderm.io]

@frew Your workspace looks so incredibly pleasant.

[frew@mastodon.social]

@coreysnipes haha this is not my shop. It’s Peter Galbert’s

[coreysnipes@hachyderm.io]

@frew Ah, I should have checked the top post! Nice that you get to work in it, anyway. Looks like a delightful course and your chair is fantastic.

[frew@mastodon.social]

@coreysnipes no worries!

[wedge@woodworking.group]

@frew

Nice boots.

[palmandneedle@norden.social]

@frew what are those tools on the windowsill? They look like they're made to carve shallow hollows?

[narthur@hachyderm.io]

@frew the action shot gives a lot of useful context! A few questions:

1. Is it comfortable?
2. I’m surprised at the upswept and out-twisted angle of the arms - but how is it to sit in?
3. This chair, like others I’ve seen, seems narrow at the back of the seat. Is it? Does it feel small?
4. Wow, the back is tall! I didn’t realize.

(But don’t let me distract from you feeling proud of yourself - I’ll bet it feels great to sit in such a fine chair, that you made yourself!)

[frew@mastodon.social]

@wedge thanks!

[frew@mastodon.social]

@PalmAndNeedle they are travishers for shaping seats. https://cminihanwoodworks.blogspot.com/p/travishers_26.html?m=1

[palmandneedle@norden.social]

@frew Aaaah

[frew@mastodon.social]

Packaged and ready to check 🫡 #woodworking

[frew@mastodon.social]

@narthur all good questions!

1. It is very comfortable, and we tweaked everything (back spindle location, angle, the rock, the height) to optimize this
2. I think this is the same question as 1 really; it sits great!
3. This is a good question. When I was sitting in the chair it didn’t feel narrow to me, *but*, many of the chairs in his shop were a little narrow for me. This chair is a little wider and has less saddling than some others.

[narthur@hachyderm.io]

@frew oh! I guess I assumed this was a “standard size” - but it sounds like it’s more customized exactly to you. Awesome!

[frew@mastodon.social]

@narthur yeah one guy made his shorter for his wife. Another made it easier to get out of for his elderly mom.

[satterle@mastodon.sdf.org]

@frew You drove to Maine?!?

[frew@mastodon.social]

@satterle absolutely not. Check as in checked bag. I flew.