The author, Peter E Judge
These special assembly procedures are an alternative way to assembling the Windsor chairs shown in Book 1, by using precision techniques.
Standard workshop methods. Most chair makers when cutting the legs to length (for example), would probably opt for the quick method. This is to place the chair on a flat surface and to scribe the cut point around the bottom of the legs. If an experienced chair maker carried out the work in this way, the job could be achieved to a reasonable level of precision, and more importantly, the chair would not be a wobbly chair.
For the new starter, using this method could result in legs of different length.
Precision methods as shown in the book. By using precision methods, the legs are cut to length with techniques guaranteed to produce a high degree of precision which the usual workshop methods could never meet. Taking the legs again, the seat, with legs fixed to it, is placed upside down on the assembly stand. The stand has two goalposts, one at each end. To the goalposts is fixed a crossbar at exactly the height of the cut point of the back legs. The cut point, which is 337mm at the front legs and 320mm at the back legs (both dimensions are measured vertically from the seat) is levelled across from the crossbar, the back legs are then marked. Carry out a similar operation to the front legs, but use a 17mm packer on the cross bar for the longer front legs. The angle of the cut (which is not 90 degrees to the leg) is also marked during this operation.
The book is 117 pages and includes 177 photographs and 27 drawings.
Copyright May 2019
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