Dinning Table Project Progress

[ronboley]

Since many of the forum members have been sooooo helpful in this my first real project...here's sme progress photos of the dinning table as it's coming together. The challenges were to scan the existing carvings of the table leave edge, th curved skits, the legs, feet and corbels into the software, become familliar with the pattern editor and discover how to "extend" the editable area to make the full extent of the (straight new) skirt parts and of course get the machine to work on long boards, etc....etc..etc.... So the carving is done, the parts are made and the fit up process is underway.

[mtylerfl]

Ron,

Thank you for sharing the progress photos. Wow! What a GREAT job you are doing on the rebuild. Outstanding!

[Smoken D]

Cracked my neck looking upsidedown, but what a FANTASTIC JOB! A lot of work in this project!

[Old Salt]

Grand

looks great keep us up to date

[Smoken D]

Another WOW FACTOR! Excellent job!

[ronboley]

Thanks for straightening out the pictures...I take these with my iphone and it seems to have a mind of it's own...the pictures look ok when I download them and then flip around in the post...just a monkey pushing buttons....I'll eventually post the carve patterns in the pattern sharing area if anyone is interested in using them. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to put a curved piece into my carving machine to carve the leave edge pattern on the curved back of the top of the chair back...looks like it takes a "rack and pinion" dual sled to do it and stay within the machine parameters....stay tuned...

[ronboley]

Here's the prototype chair so far...still some tweeking to go...the carving along the top of the back is the same pattern as the table edge...This basic chair is an unassemlbed, unfinished mission style chair available thru "American Unfinished Furnature" made in Vietnam from Para Wood (hardwood from rubber trees beyond their rubber producing years). The back slats and top are removed from the basic chair and the top, back and arms are added/carved from Poplar Wood. Now to build 12 "production" chairs...sorry, still can't get the downloader to keep the pictures right side up...

[mtylerfl]

Getting better and better! I love the chair customization you are doing!

[jaroot]

Wow! What an undertaking. Looks Great!

[tierman]

Very nicely done. I do have to ask, how did you carve the radiused outside carves on the legs?