Welsh Stick Chair II
Season 35 Episode 11 | 26m 46s | Video has closed captioning.
The challenge of the Welsh stick chair continues as Roy shapes spindles and backs for a proper sit-down.
Aired: 11/28/15
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Season 35 Episode 11 | 26m 46s | Video has closed captioning.
The challenge of the Welsh stick chair continues as Roy shapes spindles and backs for a proper sit-down.
Aired: 11/28/15
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ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP" IS PROVIDED BY... [WIND BLOWING] [SQUAWKS] [THUNDER] [ALARM BLARING] DIFFERENT ANNOUNCER: WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS, STATE FARM HAS THE TOOLS TO GET YOU TO A BETTER STATE, PROUD SPONSOR OF "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."
[CAR HORNS HONKING] HA HA!
HEY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."
I'M ROY UNDERHILL, SO GLAD YOU COULD BE WITH ME AGAIN TODAY, FOR WE ARE ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH, DEAR FRIENDS, ELSE FILL UP THESE WALLS WITH OUR ENGLISH CHAIRS.
WE'RE WORKING ON A LITTLE CHAIR, UH, FROM ONE OF THE SHAKESPEARE HOUSES.
THIS IS A LITTLE CHAIR I SAW AT, UH, SUSANNA SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE IN STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
LAST TIME, WE DID THE SEAT AND THE LEGS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE UH, REMINDER ON THAT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, ACTUALLY, THAT I'VE GONE AHEAD AND WEDGED, UH, ONE OF THE LEGS INTO PLACE RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, LITTLE, UH, WEDGE GOING ACROSS THE GRAIN THERE, SO HERE'S THE ORIENTATION OF THE GRAIN BOTH OF THE LEG AND THE SEAT, AND WE PUT THE WEDGE IN AT 90 DEGREES ACROSS THAT SO IT WILL EXPAND THE LEG THIS WAY, UH, WHICH IS THE STRONGEST WAY OF THE WOOD, EVEN THOUGH THIS SEAT IS MADE OF ELM, WONDERFUL ELM, VERY, VERY TOUGH TO SPLIT, SO WE'VE GOT OAK, UH, IN HERE.
WE'VE GOT ELM.
WE'VE GOT ASH.
WE'VE GOT MAHOG--MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ALL KIND OF THINGS.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A REVIEW, THEN, ON OUR--OUR SEAT HERE, AND HERE'S THIS WONDERFUL ELM AND A WONDERFUL PLANE, TOO, HERE.
IN FACT, I THINK THIS IS MADE OF HORNBEAM.
WE'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS LATER ON, OR A EUROPEAN EQUIVALENT OF IRONWOOD.
THIS IS A SCRUB PLANE, AND, UH, YOU SEE IT'S IN THE CLASSIC, UH, CONTINENTAL STYLE THERE, UH, BUT VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD FIND ON THE MARY ROSE THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, OLD HENRY VIII's SHIP THAT SANK TOLD US SO MUCH ABOUT THE TOOLS OF THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD, A LATER PERIOD THERE, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, THERE YOU GO, NEVERTHELESS.
THERE'S THAT ROUNDED, CAMBERED IRON.
WE'RE GONNA USE THIS ON THE WOOD TO SCRUB THIS DOWN, SO WE WORK ACROSS THE GRAIN LIKE THIS, TRAVERSING...
SO WE WORK ALL THE WAY ACROSS, BRINGING DOWN THESE FURROWS ACROSS THE GRAIN WITH THAT ONE, THEN COME TO A JACK PLANE WITH ITS MUCH-LESS-CAMBERED IRON DOWN IN THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S JUST A VERY, VERY GENTLE, UH, CAMBER TO THAT IRON IN THE MOUTH, AND WORK IT ACROSS AND START PLANING IT DOWN.
NOW, TO KEEP IT, UH, SMOOTH HERE ACROSS THE GRAIN, WHAT WE DO IS, WE SKEW THE PLANE, AND THAT SKEWING TAMES THE GRAIN.
HA HA!
THERE WE GO.
IT'S A VERY SMOOTH, UH, LOVELY ELM RIGHT THERE, SO I'M ACTUALLY, THOUGH, SO MUCH FOR ELM BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, SYCAMORE.
I WORKED, UH, MAKING SOME SYCAMORE BLANKS.
THAT'S ALSO WOOD THAT'S VERY, VERY TOUGH AND WON'T SPLIT, SO HERE'S THE ONE WE STARTED LAST TIME.
I'VE GOT SOME OF THE LEGS IN TO GIVE YOU JUST A REMINDER ON THE WAY WE GOT THOSE LEGS DONE.
UH, HERE WE GO.
PUT THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT UP THERE, AND DOG IT DOWN.
THERE WE ARE, SO NOW I'VE BORED THE LEG HOLES USING AN AUGER, A BRACE AND BIT, DOWN HERE, MAYBE A--OH, WHAT--7/8 OR SO AUGER RIGHT DOWN THERE, AND USED A BEVEL SET TO THE ANGLE THAT I WANTED, UH, AIMED IN THE DIRECTION I WANTED TO GIVE ME THE SPLAY, SO I JUST FOLLOWED THAT BEVEL BOARD ON DOWN, BUT, YOU SEE, THIS HOLE IS BIGGER HERE THAN THAT AUGER WOULD CUT.
THAT'S BECAUSE I USED-- HERE IT IS--THIS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A TAPER REAMER, A TAPER REAMER.
IT HAS A LITTLE SAW BLADE IN THERE, SHARPENED AND ANGLED SO, UH, THAT IT WILL MAKE THIS CYLINDRICAL HOLE A TAPERED CONE INSIDE.
NOW, WITH THIS, IT WANTS TO-- IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT WANTS TO STRAIGHTEN UP BECAUSE IT REALLY WANTS TO GO THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE, SO YOU'VE, AGAIN, GOT TO AIM IT.
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT BEVEL OUT THERE AND AIM IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND THEN AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY DOWN, ENLARGING THIS HOLE AND TAPERING IT, UH, YOU TEST THE LEGS IN PLACE, SO HERE'S A LEG, AND IT'S ALREADY TAPERED A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL CHECK IT AND SEE IF IT'S SITTING RIGHT, AND THEN WE STAND IT UP AND TEST IT BECAUSE WE CAN ANGLE THE TAPER REAMER OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE OR LESS OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO ADJUST IT, SO WE STEER THESE INTO PLACE, TRIAL AND ERROR, TILL WE FINALLY GET THEM RIGHT.
NOW, ON THE OTHER END, ON THE END OF THE STICK HERE FOR THESE LEGS, I'M USING THIS, USED A LITTLE ROUNDER PLANE.
YOU CAN DO IT-- CERTAINLY DO IT BY EYE, AND THAT'S WHAT I USUALLY DO.
THIS ONE JUST HAPPENS TO FIT.
YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, IT'S A CONICAL SECTION THROUGH THE MIDDLE, THIS BEAUTIFUL SNAIL SHAPE, AND PUT THAT ON THE END AND CRANK THE LEG-- IN THIS CASE, RIVEN ASH-- AND TURN THAT LEG IN THERE, AND, LIKE A PENCIL SHARPENER, IT BRINGS IT DOWN.
NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.
IT'S STICKING OUT.
IT'S TAKING IT DOWN TO THE SMALLEST DIAMETER THAT I HAVE, BUT IT'S CUT THE SIDES HERE, RIGHT THERE, UH, TO THE SLOPE THAT I NEED, SO TO BRING IT DOWN THE REST OF THE WAY, I JUST MAKE SURE I'M RIDING ON THAT SLOPE AND TURN IT WITH A PLANE, SO YOU CAN USE-- IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, YOU CAN USE A ROUNDER PLANE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, TOO BIG IF YOU'LL COME BACK AND TUNE OFF THAT FLAT-- UH, THAT CYLINDRICAL SECTION BACK TO MATCH THE CONIC SECTION OF THE DEEPER PART, AND THAT, AS WE BRING DOWN HERE TO THIS END RIGHT IN HERE, IT SHOULD GO, "WAAH!"
AND THERE IT IS, SO WE'VE GOT OUR 4 LEGS ON THERE.
WE THEN WEDGE THEM, ORIENT THEM, TUNE THEM UP, READY TO GO.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON THE ARMS.
LET'S LOOK AT THOSE ARMS, UH, GET THIS GUY OUT OF THE WAY.
TAKE THOSE LEGS BACK OUT, ALL RIGHT, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THE-- SEE HOW TO PUT THE ARMS ONTO THAT, I THINK.
ALL RIGHT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE ARMS, YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL, UH, LITTLE ARMS UH, AIMED ALMOST, UH, VERTICALLY ABOVE THE-- WELL, YOU CAN SEE.
THEY REALLY MATCH THE SEAT THERE, SO, HAVING MADE THE SEAT AS WE LAID IT OUT WITH THE COMPASS AND EVERYTHING, UH, YOU LOOK AT THE ARMS AND SAY, "WELL, THEY'RE JUST THE SAME PROFILE, AREN'T THEY?"
AND, WELL, I THOUGHT, LOOKING AT THE PHOTO-- AND I LOOKED AT A PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS TO SEE HOW TO DO IT-- THAT THE CENTER LINE OF THIS ARM, BOTH ARMS, IS DIRECTLY ABOVE, WOULD BE STRAIGHT PLUMB DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE CHAIR.
NOW, KNOWING THAT, THAT GAVE ME A WAY TO MAKE A PATTERN, SO, AGAIN, WORKING FROM A PHOTO, I HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO START WITH TO DO THIS, SO LET'S SEE HOW WE WENT FROM THAT SEAT NOW TO THE, UH---HA HA HA!-- I SHOULD SAY, UH, TO THE ARMS, TO THE ARMS, TWO ARMS, SO I TOOK THE SEAT AND MADE A TEMPLATE, SOME PASTEBOARD, UH, PUT THE SEAT ON HERE, AND THEN WITH A PENCIL TRACED THE OUTSIDE SO THIS GIVES ME THE CENTER LINE OF THE SEAT ON THERE.
I THEN TOOK THAT CENTER LINE AND ADDED, AGAIN, 7/8 OR SO.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF WIDE OR SO-- UH, GEE, WHAT--WHATEVER, UH, NEVERTHELESS-- ADDED TO BOTH SIDES, SO I'D HAVE THE CENTER LINE OF THE--OF THE, UH, SPINDLES DIRECTLY ABOVE THAT, SO THAT MATCHES THAT RIM RIGHT THERE AS IT GOES UP 9 INCHES.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
MAKES SENSE?
A LITTLE BIT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CUT OUT THOSE ARMS.
NOW THERE'S TWO WAYS OF DOING IT.
NO, ACTUALLY 3 WAYS.
WE CAN STEAM-BEND THOSE ARMS.
WE'VE DONE THAT PLENTY OF TIME.
YOU HEAT THE WOOD, AND THE HEAT MAKES IT, UH, FLEXIBLE.
WE CAN BEND IT AND THEN HOLD IT.
IT'LL HOLD ITS SHAPE WHEN IT COOLS.
ANOTHER WAY IS TO CHOOSE--JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE CHAIR SEAT, CHOOSE A WOOD LIKE SYCAMORE OR ASH-- IN THIS CASE, SYCAMORE-- AND MAKE THE CHAIR ARM OUT OF THAT, SO WE ORIENT THIS AS WELL AS WE CAN DOWN THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD, TRACE IT OUT, AND THEN WITH THE BOW SAW SAW IT OUT, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE I HAVE SOME OF THAT.
UH, THIS IS, AGAIN, SYCAMORE, SO I'VE GOT A SYCAMORE ARM, SO ANY WOOD THAT'S, LIKE, MISERABLE TO SPLIT FOR FIREWOOD WILL MAKE A GOOD, UNSPLITABLE ARM FOR YOUR CHAIR, SO NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY STILL, THOUGH, SEE, AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, I HAVE, UH-- LIVE BY A CREEK HERE, AND I HAVE A LOT OF IRONWOOD, IT'S CALLED-- OR HORNBEAM, AMERICAN HORNBEAM, CARPINUS, UH, CAROLINIANA-- AND THIS IS A TREE.
WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU.
HERE'S A BIGGER PIECE.
I'LL SHOW YOU A BIG PIECE HERE.
THIS IS A TREE.
HA HA HA!
WHAT IS A TREE?
IT'S SOMETIMES CALLED MUSCLEWOOD.
RR!
RR.
IT'S GOT THESE VERY, UH, MUSCULAR-LOOKING, UH, STRIATED BARK, VERY, VERY THIN.
IT ALSO HAS A HABIT OF WHEN A BRANCH DIES OR, UH, IT WANTS TO, UH--HA!-- DO SOMETHING, UH, DIFFERENT, IT WILL BRAN--IT WILL BRANCH OFF IN A SHARP ARC, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW RIGHT THERE, I CAN GET AN ARM.
THE GRAIN, OF COURSE, IS GONNA FLOW AROUND THAT CORNER.
NOW, IN THE CASE OF WHERE THERE'S A DEAD KNOT RIGHT THERE, THAT'S GONNA PUT, UH, A LITTLE POCKET OF DECAY INSIDE THERE.
IN FACT, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT.
I'VE GOT ONE THAT I CUT OUT JUST THAT WAY, SO HERE IT IS.
THIS IS ANOTHER ELBOW OF, UH, IRONWOOD, AND YOU JUST FIND ANY TREE THAT'S BENT LIKE THIS, UH, IF IT JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE THAT BENT, SO I TOOK, UH, THIS PIECE OF IRONWOOD AND RIPPED IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, SO SAWED IT IN HALF LIKE THAT AND GOT THE TWO HALVES, AND, INDEED, I CAN SEE THERE WAS DECAY INSIDE, BUT I THEN TOOK THE CARDBOARD, UH, TEMPLATE AND--OOP, OH, IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH-- PUT THE CARDBOARD TEMPLATE ON THERE AND SAW I COULD JUST ABOUT FIT IT AND SAWED OFF ONE PIECE, SAWED OFF TWO PIECES, THEN TURNED IT AGAIN AND RIPPED IT DOWN HERE WITH THE LONG PIECE, ALL WITH THE BOW SAW AND THE HAND RIP SAW, AND THERE WE ARE.
WE'VE GOT A PIECE OF IRONWOOD THAT HAS THE GRAIN TURNING THE CORNER, SO JUST LIKE A SHIP'S KNEE, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, SO THIS IS GONNA BE WONDERFUL TO LOOK AT.
AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF ARMS ON HERE, ON THE IRONWOOD, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN AND SEE THAT GRAIN FLOWING AROUND THAT CORNER BECAUSE OF THE CURVE.
IN FACT, I HAVE ONE NOW PUT AWAY I HAVE SAVED BECAUSE IT'S FUN TO OPEN THESE THINGS UP.
I'M GOING TO CRANK OPEN MY VISE, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THIS PIECE OF IRONWOOD THAT I HAVE SAVED FOR YOU, UH, OPENS UP.
THIS ONE HAS A KNOT THAT'S NOT DEAD, AN ALIVE KNOT, BECAUSE THAT BRANCH WAS STILL, UH, LIVING WHEN THIS TREE TOOK THE TURN AND THIS LIMB TOOK THE TURN THERE.
I'M GONNA PROP UP THIS BACK END BECAUSE IT-- THERE'S JUST NO VISE STRONG ENOUGH THAT'LL HOLD AGAINST THE THRUST OF THE SAW.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE IF THAT'LL STAY THERE A SECOND.
HERE, I'VE GOT THE SAW.
NOW, THIS IS A BIG, OLD RIP SAW, AND I'LL JUST SLIP IT IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE, SO I'VE GOT THAT KNOT THERE.
I'M HOPING I HAVE A-- A NICE, UH, ARM.
OOP.
WELL, WE'LL TRY IT WITHOUT IT.
I HOPE I HAVE A NICE ARM FOR YOU RIGHT ON DOWN, SO THIS IS HOW I RIPPED IT, JUST WITH THIS SAW, UH, USING A BIG-TOOTHED RIP SAW, SO EACH OF THOSE TEETH ARE SHARPENED LIKE LITTLE CHISELS, AND THEY WORK RIGHT DOWN THE GRAI-- LOOKS LIKE I'M ABLE TO HOLD THIS THING ALL RIGHT HERE-- UH, WORK RIGHT DOWN THE GRAIN JUST LIKE THAT, YEAH, AND I CAN SMELL IT, THOUGH.
THERE'S SOME FUNKINESS COMING OUT OF HERE.
UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PIECE OF WOOD THAT WAS UNDERWATER, AND THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
I DON'T WANT TO SAW INTO THE WORKBENCH.
I THINK WE CAN JUST SPLIT IT OPEN NOW, AND WE'LL REVEAL WHAT IS INSIDE, AND I THINK-- CAN I DO IT BY HAND?
IT'S CALLED IRONWOOD, AND IT IS TOUGH.
IF NOT--OH, ALL RIGHT-- I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET THE FROE.
I'VE GOT A FROE BACK HERE.
OH, THE EXCITEMENT MOUNTS HERE.
AH.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT INSIDE HERE, SO USE THIS WEDGE LEVER DOWN INSIDE-- THERE WE GO-- AND REVEAL-- OH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
VERY NICE.
SO THERE IT IS OPENED UP, AND YOU SEE THIS IS A WAY YOU DID CRUCK FRAMES, HOUSES, UH, SO YOU GET CURVED PIECES LIKE THIS AND DO A CRUCK FRAME FOR A HOUSE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WE COULD MAKE-- HA HA!-- INDOOR, UH, PLUMBING FIXTURES LIKE THAT.
YOU COULD OVERLAP THOSE ARMS LIKE THAT, UH, WITH A LONG LAP SO THEY'D MAKE THE ARMS, BUT ANYWAY, THE GRAIN RUNS TRUE ALL--ALL THE WAY AROUND, SO WE PLANE THIS.
I MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET, UH, TWO ARMS OUT OF EACH OF THESE PIECES, WHICH'D GIVE ME 4 ARMS, SO VERY NICE.
I'M VERY, VERY SATISFIED WITH THAT, AND IT'S, AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT KNOT WAS STILL ALIVE RIGHT THERE, SO, AH, SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SO, WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT TO FIT THIS ON HERE, AND THIS GETS, UH, COMPLICATED AGAIN, HOW WE'RE GONNA ANGLE THOSE--THOSE SPINDLES AND SO FORTH.
HERE WE GO.
I'VE GOT TWO ARMS.
I'VE GOT MY SEAT DOWN HERE.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE TECHNIQUE FOR LAYING OUT THOSE ARMS.
WELL, LET'S LOOK BACK AT--AT THIS ONE HERE.
AGAIN, UH, THIS IS SIMPLE, SIMPLE MATH.
WE CAN HELP US OUT HERE.
IF I DECIDED IN THIS PROTOTYPE, BECAUSE I'M WORKING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH, THAT, UH, THIS IS THE PLAN-- UH, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE MY TEST-- I FIGURED THAT, AGAIN, THE CENTER LINE OF THIS ARM IS DIRECTLY PLUMB OVER THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE CHAIR, SO IF I KNOW THE DISTANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE CHAIR TO, UH, THE INSIDE RIGHT HERE, I KNOW THAT DISTANCE OF ONE INCH IS, UH, HOW MUCH MY RISE IS OVER THE RUN OF THIS LITTLE SPINDLE HERE, SO AS I GO UP THAT SPINDLE TO THE ARM, THAT 9 INCHES THERE, I'VE GOT A MEASUREMENT OF ONE INCH IN 9 INCHES, SO I WOULD TAKE A BEVEL AND SET IT TO REFLECT EXACTLY THAT, SO HERE, JUST ARITHMETICALLY, I WAS ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT STILL, UH, THIS IS THE WAY I'M GONNA WORK, UH, TO DO THIS.
UH, I'M GONNA DO IT MORE BY EYE.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS CHAIR BOTTOM--OR TOP, RATHER, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY UP THE CHAIR-- AND LAY IT OUT, UH, THUSLY, SO TAKE THE DIVIDER WITH THE PENCIL AND LAY OUT AN INCH LINE ALL THE WAY AROUND, SO THIS IS THE LINE UPON WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BORE ALL OF THE SPINDLE-- ALL OF THE SPINDLE HOLES.
THEN AT EACH END, I MARK ACROSS AND ACROSS, AND THAT TELLS ME WHERE THE END-- THE BEGINNING AND END POINTS ARE.
THEN MARCH DOWN-- NOW, UNLIKE, UH, MOST-- I'M GONNA MARCH 14 STEPS.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5--HA HA!--6-- I HOPE I'VE GOT THIS-- 7, 8-- UH-OH, NOPE-- 9, 10, 11, 12-- OH, I GOT IT--13, 14.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT CAME OUT 14 STEPS, SO I AM ABLE TO FIND THAT SPOT.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6--IS THAT RIGHT?
IN ANY CASE, I'M GONNA PUT MY, UH, MARK RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT SO MANY TIMES AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S COME OUT AND THERE AND THERE, AND I KNOW WHERE THE SPINDLES ARE GONNA GO.
UNLIKE A, UH, PROPER WINDSOR CHAIR, A SOPHISTICATED ONE, UH, THIS IS A COUNTRY CHAIR.
A SOPHISTICATED CHAIR WILL HAVE A--ONE CENTRAL SPINDLE, UH, DOWN THE BACK SO YOU'D HAVE AN ODD NUMBER.
THIS ONE HAS AN EVEN NUMBER, SO NOW I PUT A BLOCK OF WOOD ON HERE THAT'S GONNA RAISE MY ARMS TO THE HEIGHT OF WHERE THEY WILL BE IN THE FINISHED CHAIR.
I'LL TAKE A CLAMP, THEN, AND CLAMP IT TO THE BENCH BELOW AND EYEBALL THIS INTO PLACE.
I'M GONNA BORE THIS BY SIGHTING DOWN FROM THE TOP INSTEAD OF USING, UH, GAUGES AND, UH, BEVELS AND SUCH AND RULES.
I'M GONNA POSITION THIS BY EYE JUST DEAD ABOVE IT AND TRY AND SIGHT PLUMB DOWN, AND IF I WERE REALLY BEING CAREFUL, I'D TAKE BOTH ARMS AND PUT THEM BOTH IN PLACE, LOOK AT IT, STAND BACK, AND SO FORTH, AND GET IT RIGHT.
FORTUNATELY, THERE'S ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY IN THE WOOD THAT WE CAN PROBABLY, UH, MAKE THIS WORK JUST FINE, SO I'LL START RIGHT HERE OUT ON THIS END AND BORE, EYEBALLING DOWN FROM WHERE THIS ARM GOES THROUGH DOWN TO THE POINT BELOW, SO I'M GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN LOOKING DOWN, JUST SIGHTING DOWN WHERE WOULD I WANT THAT SPINDLE, SO WE COULD TAKE THE BEVEL.
WE CAN TAKE A, UH, FRAMING SQUARE OR SOMETHING.
OOP, WE'RE ALREADY THROUGH, LITTLE BIT MORE.
I'M GONNA PUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THERE WE ARE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW I'VE GOT A HOLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH DOWN INTO-- THAT'S READY TO GO RIGHT ON DOWN THERE TO PUT OUR SPINDLE THROUGH TO GO DOWN ALL THE WAY TO HERE, SO I'LL DO THIS BACK CORNER NOW, AND, AGAIN, I'M AIMING FOR THAT SPINDLE POINT.
PHEW, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
OOH, I WENT A LITTLE BIT TOO-- WELL, IT'S TOO LATE.
THE DIE IS CAST, UH, WITH THIS AUGER HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA MOVE OVER A LITTLE BIT AND AGAIN BORE, AIMING FOR THAT SPOT THAT I FOUND ON THE CHAIR ITSELF, ALL RIGHT, AND AGAIN WE'RE THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT.
WHEW.
NOW LET'S DO THAT LOWER HOLE.
IF I HAD A, UH, BRACE AND BIT THAT WAS LONG ENOUGH, I COULD GO RIGHT THROUGH THAT HOLE AND CONTINUE ON DOWN INTO THE BENCH TOP, BUT INSTEAD, I'LL USE THE BEVEL HERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE HARD TO COME BY, AND WE'LL BORE THIS HOLE RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, I'M GONNA COUNT 15 TURNS BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO STOP AN INCH DOWN, SO THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT WITH THIS AUGER.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 SO THAT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
WE DO THE SAME THING BACK HERE, BUT UNTIL I DO THAT, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS ARM OFF ON THIS CHAIR RIGHT HERE, OUR LITTLE ONE, AND SHOW YOU WHAT I'M-- UH, HOW I'M GONNA DO IT BECAUSE I NEED SOME OF THESE-- NEED SOME OF THESE PARTS HERE.
AH, AH, AH.
OFF, YOU, WITH THE COCKSCOMB.
HA HA HA!
I'LL TAKE ONE OF THESE SPINDLES AND PUT IT IN THE HOLE HERE, ALL RIGHT, AND THAT IS GOING TO GIVE ME A GUIDELINE SO NOW ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED, I'VE GOT THE SLOPE HERE, UH, BUT JUST PUSH IT DOWN WELL ENOUGH.
MAKE SURE THIS IS STRAIGHT AND REALLY IN THERE.
UH, NOW I'VE GOT A SLOPE, AND ESSENTIALLY, I'VE GOT ONE PIECE OF A BASKET.
I'M GONNA DO THE SECOND PIECE OF THE BASKET NOW AND JUST AIM THE---THE BRACE OUT TO MATCH THIS, UH, ANGLE THAT I HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED SO THEN THIS ONE CAN GO DOWN, YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT, SO WE USE THE ONE SPINDLE-- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15-- AND THEN PUT THIS SPINDLE IN, UH, BE ABLE TO DO THIS ONE AND EACH ONE ALL THE WAY ACROSS DOWN THERE PUTTING IN SPINDLES THAT MATCH THAT BASKET, AND ON THE UNDERSIDE, WE'LL DO THE SAME THING.
YOU CAN SEE HOW ON THIS ONE, THIS ARM OUT OF ELM, I HAVE A SPINDLE IN PLACE, AND I'D USE THAT TO GUIDE ME AS I BORE DOWN THIS WAY, SO WE ESSENTIALLY MAKE-- EYEBALL A BASKET.
ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS APART HERE IF I CAN.
LET'S SEE.
THAT GOES THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW LET'S SEE IF I CAN PULL THAT SPINDLE OUT, PUT THAT THERE.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THESE LAST LITTLE STEPS WE'VE GOT TO DO TO FINISH UP OUR CHAIR.
GET A SPINDLE HERE, AH, IN THE FRONT CORNER, SO THESE ARE ABOUT 10/16, AND THESE OTHER ONES ARE 9-- I JUST THOUGHT THESE WERE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER-- AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COCKSCOMB.
I'LL PUT THAT RIGHT THERE FOR A SECOND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE.
I WANT TO ENSMOOTHEN IT, AS THEY SAY.
UH, I'LL TAKE THE PENCIL LINES THAT I'VE PUT ON THERE AND BRING THIS PIECE DOWN, BUT, AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE GRAIN AND THE WAY YOU HAVE TO TURN TO MAKE THESE ARMS WORK JUST RIGHT.
NOW I, OF COURSE, WANT TO FIND MY SPOKESHAVE.
HERE IT IS.
SEE, USING AN OLD, WOODEN SPOKESHAVE, BUT THEY MAKE THESE IN METAL, OF COURSE, THAT WE CAN DO-- SEE HOW THE GRAIN'S RUNNING THIS WAY?-- AND I'VE GOT PENCIL LINES THERE, AND JUST NOTHING LIKE THIS OLD-STYLE SPOKESHAVE ON ELM.
IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL REVELATION OF GRAIN, ALL RIGHT, AND, AGAIN, THIS ONE HERE, YOU CAN SEE, I CAN'T PULL THERE.
HERE, I'D HAVE TO PUSH DOWN TO BRING THAT DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S THE ARMS.
WE ROUND THESE OVER OUT OF ELM OR OUT OF, UH, SYCAMORE, OR, AGAIN, BAD FIREWOOD MAKES GOOD CHAIR ARMS.
I THINK THAT'S SHAKESPEAREAN.
NEVERTHELESS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS TOGETHER, SO WE'D, UH, GLUE THIS, WEDGE THIS, HOWEVER WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, AND, WITH OUR EVEN NUMBER OF SPINDLES THAT WE HAVE, THERE IS ACTUALLY A WAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
THERE WE GO.
OK. AH, STOUT ARMS.
ARR!
HA HA HA!
NOW, HOW DID WE DO THIS, UH, COCKSCOMB TOP HERE?
UH, VERY SIMPLE WITH THE-- ACTUALLY, I STRUGGLED WITH IT, I GOT TO SAY, BUT THEN I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT.
UH, LOOKING AT THE, UH, PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, THESE TWO OUTER SPINDLES WENT, UH, DIRECTLY-- WERE AIMED DIRECTLY AT THE CENTER OF THESE HOLES, SO IF I KNOW THIS DISTANCE, WHICH I DO BECAUSE I'VE JUST BUILT THE CHAIR WITH THE SPINDLES, I HAVE, UH, ESTABLISHED, UH, A DIMENSION RIGHT HERE, AND SO THOSE, UH, SPINDLES COME UP RIGHT THERE.
THEY ARE POINTING TO HALF OF EACH OF THESE, UH, CIRCLES RIGHT NOW, SO THAT GIVES ME A HALF AND A HALF AND THEN A WHOLE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, SO THAT MEANS TWO SPINDLES, SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THE DISTANCE ON THIS AREA--TWO CIRCLES.
THAT TELLS ME THAT THE DISTANCE, UH, BETWEEN TWO OF THE CIRCLES IS EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE TO-- BETWEEN THESE TWO OUTER ONES RIGHT THERE, SO I SIMPLY DIVIDED THAT IN HALF, AND THAT GAVE ME THE DIAMETER OF EACH OF THESE, SO I CUT THESE AROUND WITH A BOW SAW AND THEN BORED A ONE-INCH HOLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
NOW, THIS ONE I HAVE MADE IN WALNUT BECAUSE IT'S A COCKSCOMB, WHICH WAS A SHAKESPEAREAN TERM FOR A FOP, A SILLY FELLOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S-- I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, I THOUGHT IT QUITE COMICAL, SO I'M MAKING, UH, THE NEXT ONE OUT OF MAHOGANY.
IT'LL BE A VERY BRIGHT RED BUT A WONDERFUL, LITTLE CHAIR.
THERE WE GO, SO THAT'S IT, UH, SHAKESPEARE'S CHAIR-- AH, HA HA HA!-- ALMOST READY TO SIT IN.
HEY, THANKS FOR JOINING ME.
THIS HAS BEEN ROY UNDERHILL HERE IN THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP.
MAY THE GRAIN BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.
SO LONG.
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