High Chair-For Thomas

[Mrs. Wallnut]

Mark has had a while to do this high chair but has had to get it done as baby Thomas is in need of it. Well he finished it last night with a spray on finish and put the hardware on the tray. All that is left to do is to put the safety strap on.

It is made out of maple and the plans came from Rockler. The finish is a spray on laquer high gloss finish. I believe he put three coats on it.





This was something that Mark wanted to make so that each of the kids can use it as they have kids. I am sure that it will be around for a long time. The tray was hand routed and rounded over and a lot of sanding done on it.

[Popeye]

Another danged spiffy family heirloom Mark. Pat

[Ken Weaver]

Gorgeous work Mark! It is a heirloom.

[bmyers]

Wow! I really like it! In my family, there is a high chair that has had evey child it in since 1910 in our family tree. I think you've got that spot covered in yours.


Bill

[GPA61]

Beautiful work, Mark.

[Ken Massingale]

Excellent work, Mark. The finish is nice.
ken

[Wood_workur]

nice. how easy were the plans to work with?

[cabinetman]

That's a great looking chair. Lotsa work. Tray is incredible. Makes me want to be a baby again.



"I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

[MilDoc]

Beautiful work! he'll have fun pushing the food off of that!

[Whaler]

Beautiful Mark.

[DUD]

Very Nicely Done, a Family Heirloom for sure. Bill

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[mater]

That one will last for generations. Beautiful work.

[Black wallnut]

nice. how easy were the plans to work with?

Not easy at all IMHO; first time I've ever used plans. Many parts with angles. Part demensions did not exactly specify finished length. Other than the facts that I tapered the wrong sides of the legs (twice) and on first cut dovetailed the wrong side of the side strechers it really was not that difficult.

The plans detailed the tray and a couple of jigs used to route the relief of the tray but called for a pilioted corebox bit which I did not have and the combo of my core box bit and template bushings was not possible. Hence I had to free hand it!

Since I tapered the wrong sides of the legs the plan's bevel/ miter angles for trimming the top of the base were wrong so I had to use a bevel guage and speed square to set these. The side strechers called for half lap half dovetails which I changed to half lap full dovetails. These were about half machine cut and half hand fitted.

Another problem with the plan was to form dowel ends on the back slats with a 1/4" roundover bit; did not work for me. Perhaps it was a bit adjustment issue or the fact that my bearing is mounted too far from the cutter's top edge.

[Pappy]

Beautiful workmanship, Mark! A piece that is sure to see a lot of different....kids.