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back chair rails - Howard Pollack - 07-20-2015
Hi folks,
How does one make a curved top chair rail, steam bend or cut with bandsaw? If steam bend, can you keep mortices for back slats lined up with the back seat rail (also curved)? Thanks.
-Howard
Re: back chair rails - DaveR1 - 07-20-2015
You can make them either way but if you are bending, you'd cut the mortises after bending, not before.
Re: back chair rails - jteneyck - 07-20-2015
Many of the folks who make rocking chairs cooper the top rail, with the grain running vertically. If you want the grain to run horizontally, another option not already mentioned is to make a curved lamination.
John
Re: back chair rails - Herebrooks - 07-20-2015
Did you man tenons?
Re: back chair rails - Howard Pollack - 07-21-2015
No, I mean mortises (which would hold vertical back slats). Thanks.