An update on the dinning room chairs (12)....since I vented in another thread about the regular problems with the carvewright machine I should mention that since that venting I've carved 30 pieces for the chairs, about 80 hours of carving, and have had no real problems. I did convert to the carve tight spindle and invested in two new bits which I sharpen regularly. Anyway I got all of the carving done for the 12 chairs and about to begin the sawing, routing and fitting of the pieces. The accompanying picture may be upside down...I still don't know how to correct that in the post.