jaxenro Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) From the Popular Mechanics book I am starting with this set will do the settee and two matching chairs. I ordered some small springs will do the actual sprung cushions from the plans for the base cushions, in leather, and loose cushions for the backs. Wood will be cherry and the finish linseed oil dyed with alkanet root. I have black leather but am leaning towards a deep earth tone instead, brown, deep red, etc. I am thinking a coffee table and two matching end tables looking for good plans to adapt. Maybe a bookcase as well, or a couple of magazine racks. I have started cutting the parts. Twelve legs from 3/16" square (scale 2 1/4"), 16 short rails from 3/32" (scale 1 1/8"), 3 long rails from 3/32" (scale 1 1/8"),and 31 slats from 1/32" (scale 3/8"). I am doing it like a kit cutting and sanding all the parts first then assembly Edited August 5, 2020 by jaxenro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 The Morris chair we had was upholstered in a napped burgundy fabric that held decades of dust! but once we got all the dust vacuumed out it sure was a great nap spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) heavy fabric also fits the style - this is similar not the exact design but the look I am going for - except the cushion is divided on mine and I am only making the square cushions for the back - two for the settee and one for each chair - but the leather color and texture are spot on - the construction details are also different as this has the through tenons and the layout is slightly different - but the rectangular solid look is there Edited August 5, 2020 by jaxenro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I'm fascinated by your work. I looked on your website, but only saw mini weapons for sale. I'm wondering about your leather choice. Is there a particular type of leather with a smaller grain you use for scale or does any leather suit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 I have been using 1.5 ounce lambskin. Lambskin has a finer grain than cow leather, not scale, but I think part of the charm of miniatures is knowing it is a miniature. The wood grain obviously isn’t scale either so a close look would tell you it is a miniature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 To start I set up a simple jig from 1/32 plywood to properly space the slats. As the rails will be 3/32 and the slats 1/32 the jig will not only hold the slats in alignment for gluing but center them correctly between the rails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Just some in process shots - I cut the parts for the sette first like a kit and am now sanding and assembling it Slats legs rails taped for sanding rails sanded to length the sanding jig mockup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 one end assembled five more to do - now it just becomes repetitive looks a little skewed in the photo but it is all squared up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 One of the big helps for me in making my own furniture is all the kits I've put together. The pub's kitchen table & caned seat ladderback chair were my first serious attempts; you can't see the working drawer in the kitchen table. I turned the table legs on the hubs' lathe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaxenro Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 two pictures with the oil finish on it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 I ordered some mini springs for making the sprung cushions per the plans but while waiting on them I started the loose cushions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Are you sewing or gluing the leather on your cushions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Glue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 waiting on the springs so I did a little matching footstool 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 That lambskin is growing on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 You can see it in person In a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 here's the plans for the footstool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) and the other pieces I am doing for the set a pair of tables and a pair of shelves all are from the Popular Mechanics plans from 1909-1911, all are suitable for the home workshop, and all are in the same style Edited August 10, 2020 by jaxenro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Joel, I notice that the tops of the posts for the magazine rack & table don't match the rest of the set, in that they are flat. Will you follow the plans, or make them to match the rest of the set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 I think I will make them match but was still debating it What did you think of the lambskin (actually it might be goatskin) on the couch? btw - not for this set but a future one I tried laminating two pieces of madrone burl and cutting a slat from it I think it came out nice and the thickness is correct just slightly thicker than 1/32 probably about 1/24th. I am thinking if I cut them from the sheet in order and assemble them the same way it will look really sharp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jaxenro said: ...What did you think of the lambskin (actually it might be goatskin) on the couch?... I think I posted (in Chit Chat) that your finish on the wood felt almost as soft to my fingers as that lamb (goat?) skin. Very nice! Edited August 11, 2020 by havanaholly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) I ordered the wrong size springs for the cushions so I reordered more just playing in the meantime sometimes I just put something together to work out the bugs. The rails on the table are too high and the oil is just slopped on in th one picture will wipe it off after it soaks in for 20 minutes - first coat https://imgur.com/rBOsxZ3 https://imgur.com/Fl9zWIS https://imgur.com/S7FvuSs https://imgur.com/sVT3j6z Edited August 22, 2020 by jaxenro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Are the rails on the chair back very high, or is the seat low, or is that just how it looks on my computer screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 The seat cushion isn’t thick enough so the seat is too low it will be better with the springs in the seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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