chair I, the construction notes

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joints

All the joints were assembled using dowels. For the seat, I wanted to highlight where the connections were made without having to use flush dowels. To achieve this, I drilled 8 mm wide holes at the dowel positions and covered them with oak plugs stained a darker color.

seat and backrest
The original plan was to use 40 cm wide pieces of solid oak for the seat and backrest to avoid the varying grain patterns of a glued panel, which would conflict with the clean lines of the design. However, sourcing a solid piece that wide proved fairly challenging, which is why I decided to join two 20 cm wide pieces instead. This solution maintained the seamless appearance I was aiming for while addressing the material limitations.

LEGS

Although the three legs on their own are structurally solid enough to support someone's weight, if the person using the chair were to recline and put most of their weight on one of them, it could prove to be too much stress for it to hold. To address this, I added a "T" shaped frame connecting all of them at the bottom of the seat, keeping it hidden by being 4 cm shorter than the top piece of the legs.

leg joint

design

joining the seat and legs together

support frame

joining the backrest

drilling at dowel positions