This section is from the book "Carpentry For Beginners - Things To Make", by John D. Adams. Also available from Amazon: Make Magazine.
In the construction of the dining chair no new feature will be encountered, and the same order of procedure should be followed. In place of the false wooden bottom a piece of heavy tent canvas may be very tightly stretched in place to take the weight, after which the seat may be completed in the same manner as for the arm chair.


Mill Bill | |||||
PCS, | |||||
2 | 1 3/4 | X | 3 | X | 39 |
2 | 1 3/4 | X | 1 3/4 | X | 19 |
6 | 7/8 | X | 2 | X | 19 |
4 | 7/8 | X | 3 | X | 16 |
4 | 3/4 | X | 3/4 | X | 16 |
2 | 3/4 | X | 8 | X | 16 |
2 | 1/4 | X | 6 1/4 | X | 11 |
1 | 3/8 | X | 6 1/4 | X | 13 1/2 |
Although originally intended for the dining room, this chair may well be used in connection with the desk illustrated a few pages back.


 
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