Anyone make furniture on here?
 

No I am not asking who can put together an Ikea flat-pack, I mean take lumps of wood and turn them into furniture.

I have a couple of ideas but have no idea about what size of lumps of wood would be required to make it strong, but not over-done

For example a 750mm x 750mm footstool/seat, would you use 50mm x 50mm for the legs, ie 75mmx75mm

If there is someone on here and they are happy to discuss said things, let me know please :)

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Sounds like someone needs to watch the New Yankee Workshop ;)

Personally I would just compare other wooden working chairs.

Re: Anyone make furniture on here?
 

I used to make a fair bit, but Wideboy is a joiner ( machinist lol) so he's your man.

It depends mainly on style and construction not size of timber as much, some period chairs have legs that taper down from 1.5"-1" square.

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Wideboy is bob on.. you should see the chess boards he makes.. he is an artist. !!

speak to Gavin..

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Recently refurb'd a fair bit of stuff inc rocking chair and cot-bed in addition to making things from scratch for the babies room, nowt more satisfying than making your own stuff.

That said I dont know what Im doing as such, its mainly trial and error - YEY FOR DARWINISM!

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I second that - I have one in my living room :p

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Don't hand over any money to wideboy until you get the finished product. I commissioned him to make me a cheese board last year and still haven't heard anything

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Yeah, I heard he was a bit dodgy too.

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I made a four legged, woven rattan-topped stool when I was still at school. Took many years of constant use to fall to bits. As long as you have reasonable quality joints and good glue you can get away with reasonably light timber thicknesses.

Most of the time I stick to garden projects when ruining wood, mainly 'cos the nice hardwood I'd like to use for nice indoor stuff is so frikken expensive!!!

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Yee I'd happly help in what way I can, legs on most modern items are 2x2 but as specialface said older stuff usually tapers. As for the tops, you would join it in equal sections I.e. a 800mm wide top would be 4 sections at maximum (personally) of 200mm joint together with an F joint and glued with the grain going in opposites with the section its glued to, its done like this to prevent twisting and bowing as the sections will move against eachother. Solid timber tops are usually and inch or more thick depending on what timber is, all timbers work differently.

There's never really a set size for components, when ever i make some thing I go to the sizes in think would suit and what quantity of materials I have

And darrens a fibber and smells of wee