Hi all,
I'm looking at some continuous arm Windsor Chair designs. What I
notice about them (and some comb back chairs) is that a few of the
designs have an extension of the seat going out the back, and two
long spindles running from this extension to the peak of the back.
I would think this is for support of the back to handle stresses of when
you sit back...resisting the stress so as to not pull the arm off the
spindles, for example.
What I'm curious about is: is this necessary in a well build
Windsor chair?
Would all continuous arm WC's come apart over time without those
supports?
What say ye?
thanks
--- Gregg
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The number of surviving chairs without probably indicates that it is
unnecessary. Several styles and periods in Windsors. Got a Dunbar book?
Now I haven't diagrammed it, but I would say, offhand, that the lower the
back the more it would be useful. On a tall back, I imagine the front legs
would lift before I could apply that kind of stress.
"Gregg Germain" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking at some continuous arm Windsor Chair designs. What I
> notice about them (and some comb back chairs) is that a few of the
> designs have an extension of the seat going out the back, and two
> long spindles running from this extension to the peak of the back.
>
> I would think this is for support of the back to handle stresses of when
> you sit back...resisting the stress so as to not pull the arm off the
> spindles, for example.
>
> What I'm curious about is: is this necessary in a well build
> Windsor chair?
>
> Would all continuous arm WC's come apart over time without those
> supports?
>
> What say ye?
>
> thanks
>
> --- Gregg
>
> My woodworking projects:
>
>
> Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html
>
> Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm
>
> Steambending FAQ with photos:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm
>
>
>
> "Improvise, adapt, overcome."
> [email protected]
> Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
> Phone: (617) 496-1558
>
George <[email protected]> wrote:
: The number of surviving chairs without probably indicates that it is
: unnecessary. Several styles and periods in Windsors. Got a Dunbar book?
Nope no Dunbar book. I won't be building these but buying these. Not
intererested in getting a whole book for that.
: Now I haven't diagrammed it, but I would say, offhand, that the lower the
: back the more it would be useful. On a tall back, I imagine the front legs
: would lift before I could apply that kind of stress.
Hmm have to think about that. A slightly higher back means that
there's more of a moment applied to the joints. Slightly
higher...more moment...
thanks
--- Gregg
"Improvise, adapt, overcome."
[email protected]
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: (617) 496-1558
Lazarus Long <[email protected]> wrote:
: You can buy Windors built the traditional long lasting way from Mike
: Dunbar and others right off the web. Mr. Dunbar runs the windsor
: institute. You should be able find his website at google.
I've considered that. But what prevents me from buying off the web is
the wide variety of seat-carving styles/methods that I see.
I wonder if one style is more comfortable for long sitting than
another. So I was thinking that I would need to sit in them before I
bought them.
--
--- Gregg
"Improvise, adapt, overcome."
[email protected]
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: (617) 496-1558
You can buy Windors built the traditional long lasting way from Mike
Dunbar and others right off the web. Mr. Dunbar runs the windsor
institute. You should be able find his website at google.
On 5 Feb 2004 14:54:54 -0500, Gregg Germain
<[email protected]> wrote:
>George <[email protected]> wrote:
>: The number of surviving chairs without probably indicates that it is
>: unnecessary. Several styles and periods in Windsors. Got a Dunbar book?
>
>
> Nope no Dunbar book. I won't be building these but buying these. Not
> intererested in getting a whole book for that.
>
>
>: Now I haven't diagrammed it, but I would say, offhand, that the lower the
>: back the more it would be useful. On a tall back, I imagine the front legs
>: would lift before I could apply that kind of stress.
>
> Hmm have to think about that. A slightly higher back means that
> there's more of a moment applied to the joints. Slightly
> higher...more moment...
>
>thanks
>
>
>--- Gregg
> "Improvise, adapt, overcome."
>[email protected]
>Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
>Phone: (617) 496-1558
>