Cameron’s Black Walnut Chair

Viewer Project - By Cameron from North Carolina
Added on October 4, 2009

Just finished a chair project I have been working on for the last few weeks. Here are the results.

The wood is American Black Walnut. I used loose tenon joinery throughout the chair. I had access to a milling machine so I used it to experiment with cutting a few of the mortises. It worked extremely well and will make it difficult to go back to the router! The back was formed in the vacuum press with 1/16″ walnut veneer I got from Veneersupplies.com per Marc’s suggestion on video #17 A Pressing Matter. Thanks for the site. It is a tremendous resource for woodworkers of all skill levels.

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Robarov October 4, 2009 10:49 am

Wow what a wonderfull chair.
What kind of finishing did you use ?

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Jim Jones October 4, 2009 11:02 am

That is quite a piece of work!!

And I love walnut.

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Claude Stewart October 4, 2009 12:21 pm

Very nice indeed.

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Christian Barrette October 4, 2009 12:48 pm

Beautiful work Cameron. I love the design details.

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WiZeR October 4, 2009 1:30 pm

wowowow Cameron that’s just stunning! Well done indeed. I have a bit of a fetish for chairs. Have a look on the on the wood whisperer community for my blog post on modern furniture that features a rather nice sculptural chair by David Savage.

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Doug McPherson October 5, 2009 7:55 am

Beautiful chair. That milling machine looks like a very handy piece of equiptment. Well done.

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Chester October 5, 2009 8:39 am

One of my buddies has a Mill in his shop and I give him a lot of *&%#. I tell hims that he is really a machinist, masquerading as a woodworker :-).

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Kris Lauer October 5, 2009 5:21 pm

Really like the chair. It looks like it is very comfortable and relaxing. Not a snobbish stuffy chair.
great job.

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Walter Wolf October 6, 2009 11:50 am

It’s a very nice chair, i liked it very much. but how did you bend the back?

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Walter Wolf October 6, 2009 11:52 am

sorry, I didn’t realise you already said it.

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Tom Collins October 7, 2009 8:30 am

Beautiful chair! I think building a chair is the ultimate woodworking project. They are typically very light in their construction, yet have to withstand incredible stresses. They also have to be comfortable, sized correctly and look good. I can think of no other woodworking project that requires such lofty requirements. Just as a finish carpenterâ

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Arnold April 14, 2010 9:19 am

I really like. Any more info…. is this posted elsewhere like lumberjocks?

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Cameron’s Black Walnut Chair

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