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Knee returns. I used my 12" frame saw to scroll out the shape on my knee returns. These blocks soften the transition between the cabriole leg and the seat rails, I left my line and cleaned up lo the line with my carving gouges. refinishing remove the other marks? Did the carver simply clean up the surface of t he seat rails later? It doesn't seem so, I would prefertoglue up the chairand attach the knee returns last, Att aching the knee returns to t he legs mean s 1 have another surface competing with the mortise and tenon for the location of the rail. If I relieved the tenon a little to allow me to slide the rail down against the knee return, I'd lose structural integrity and also mess up the alignment of the mouldingsand the rabbet at the top ofthe chair. Yikes! Conclusion The assembly ofthe seat rails should have been a straightforward glue-up. But as I expected, [ encountered still more challenges. The side rails had to be faired carefully. 1 was worried about how many limes those mortiseand tenons were put together and pulled part. 1 think they gel looser with everydry-fit. The lack ofgood reference faces made the rabbet for the seat just a bit more difficult than any rabbel I've ever cut. The moulding seemed to go all right until 1 had to match it in the end grain at the top of the legs. Be sure your gouge is super sharp before you try this (and don't ask me how 1 know that). 1 decided to glue the knee returns onto the legs as Christopher Storb suggested in my June 2009 article (issue #176). I'm hoping to get a good glue joint there when 1 glue the chair up, but I'm not convinced it's going to be OK. pw Visit Adam's bloftatartiandmyilerien.com for more discussion of traditional woodworking techniques. popularwoodworking com ■ 21 WHITECHAPEL LTD Over 4000 tine hardware essentials ■ yf/ English Gothic Revival Ring Handle 315 PAGE COLOR CATALOG $5.00 1 -307*739-9478 whitechapcl-ltd.com For more information, go lo pwfreeinfo.com. Popular Woodworking Collection! popularwoodworking.com/backissues Dozens of print and special issues of Popular Woodworking magazine are currently available i for purchase online. OLID WOOD COMPONENTS stock items • no minimum custom components FREE COLO ft CATALOG WE WILL MAKE PRODUCTION RUNS OF YOUR PART ONLINE ORDERING MOW AVAILABLE www.adamswoodproducts.CDm CHAIR LEGS P.O. Bo* 726, Dept PW25 Morrlstown, TN 37815-0728 Phone 423-587-3942 Fai 423 586-2188 info6adamswoodpraduos.com "" For more information, go lo pwfreeinto.com. GORILLA For more information, go to pwfreeinfo.com. OFFICAL SHOW SPONSOR Woodworking W Tn America ?t— In America S Furniture Construction and Design Conference 1009 FOR THE TOUGHEST JOBS ON PLANET EARTH.* (^mLLAfOUGN] 0-966-3458 MateinU-SA 2»"gi?r Faster wMi ihort»aamp-TJrK r^^'wal Color-NO Oy« ^ Indoof/Outdoor Us? "tOIfSBWU Visit Gorilla Glue at the sliow, August 14-16,2009-St, Charles. IL |
