Domino chair

[Mr T]

Hi

Just finished this chair:

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I expect you can guess why I called it the Domino chair. It's in euro oak, burr oak and the slats are fumed oak. It was designed by committee! David, with whom I share a workshop, and I both submitted designs to the customer. She then picked bits from both designs and added her own touches as well, the burr buttons are hers.

We are just about to start on a big kitchen job so I went out and bought a domino jointer, this was the first job I used it on. The legs and rails are all dominoed, the back slats are tenoned into domin slots in the bottom rail. The buttons and slats have a 6mm threaded steel rod through them glued with West System into holes in the uprights.

I thought creating the buttons was going to be tricky, but it went quite well. I veneered up some oak over width, then grooved either side to take the slats, then I routed out the ovals using a 6mm bit and guide collar.

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Very impressed with the domino, even if I do feel deskilled, it did mean the job came in on budget for once!

Hope you like it.

Chris

 

[Imperial]

Not my taste but, nice design and workmanship, just looks right

Is the base for sitting on hollowed out to a bum shape or flat? hard to tell from the pics?

I use the domino for everything I can, makes life very easy, no mistakes on lengths anymore, forgeting to add tenons etc. One of the best tools I own.

 

[squib]

Very nicely made, I like the buttons, do you have to make a set or is it a one off?

 

[xy mosian]

You've been busy.
Very Nice

xy

 

[Ironballs]

Great chair Chris. A question about the fuming, what strength ammonia did you use and how long did it take to go that colour - assuming it started the same colour as the other pieces

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Chris.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Hi

Just finished this chair:

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I expect you can guess why I called it the Domino chair. It's in euro oak, burr oak and the slats are fumed oak. It was designed by committee! David, with whom I share a workshop, and I both submitted designs to the customer. She then picked bits from both designs and added her own touches as well, the burr buttons are hers.

We are just about to start on a big kitchen job so I went out and bought a domino jointer, this was the first job I used it on. The legs and rails are all dominoed, the back slats are tenoned into domin slots in the bottom rail. The buttons and slats have a 6mm threaded steel rod through them glued with West System into holes in the uprights.

I thought creating the buttons was going to be tricky, but it went quite well. I veneered up some oak over width, then grooved either side to take the slats, then I routed out the ovals using a 6mm bit and guide collar.



Very impressed with the domino, even if I do feel deskilled, it did mean the job came in on budget for once!

Hope you like it.

Chris

Chris - I like this chair too, particularly the Macintoshish back, but the dead flat seat and sharp front rail worry me...hope the lady is either going to use a nice upholstered seat cushion on it or only intends to have a starter and main for her dinner parties :lol:

I don't own a Domino :-({|= - Rob

 

[wizer]

I like this very much Chris. But I echo Robs comments re the seat. A Seat was\is one of the first things I intend to make If\when I get a Domino

 

[Einari Rystykaemmen]

Very nice, Chris! 8)

 

[motownmartin]

Another quality Job.

The only thing that worries me is that the croos braces (whatever you call them) are at the bottom of the legs, which means that if the floor was a little uneven the chair would wobble.

Looking at it a little closer there does seem to be a small gap.

Nice one chris

 

[Mr T]

Hi

The bottom rails are raised 5mm off the floor to allow for any unevenness in the floor.

Damian, the slats were fumed in a polythene tent with Morrels 100% ammonia (don't try sniffing it!) for about 24hrs.

The customer spec for this job was that she wanted a hall chair with a Frank Lloyd Wright/Mackintosh influence. My design was more Mackintosh while my collegues was more FLR. The customer blended the two. As we all know chairs do not always have to be comfortable! In this situation it will only be sat on occasionally, the aesthetic considerations took prcedence over comfort.

Chris

 

[Ironballs]

Blimey 100% for 24 hours! I've just got some 33% and am about to build the poly tent and experiment with times, I'm not after that depth of colouration so hopefully 2-3 hours will do it

 

[OPJ]

Although the design isn't quite to my personal tastes, I do admire the craftsmanship and particularly the finer details (like the buttons).

I don't blame you for leaving the seat flat, either - that burr would've been a nightmare to carve out by hand or machine!!

 

[Chris Knight]

Makes, my back and backside ache just looking at it!

I like aspects of it Chris but comfort seems to have been left out of the design equation!

The burr buttons work very well I think.

 

[Jake]

Beautifully executed work. Love the finishes too.

 

[Doug B]

Inspirational Chris,

I`m told dinning chairs are next on my to do list :shock: , seeing this combinded with the fact it`s made with my favourite power tool, has given me lots to think about.


Cheers.

Doug.

 

[Aled Dafis]

That's absolutely stunning Chris, I love it!! I'm a great fan of Mackintosh, and this really brings his style right into the 21'st century.

Who cares about comfort, I'd just stand there looking at it anyway.

Cheers

Aled

 

[gerrybhoy70]

Brilliant looking chair Chris.

The only problem I can see with it is my wife's just seen it - and wants me to make her a pair just like it!!!!!! :lol:
I've convinced her to wait a while though. Used the 'I'm just qualified, so let me practice a bit first' excuse.

Seriously though, I personally love the design and outcome.
Just brilliant.

Gerry

 

[Chris Knight]

That's absolutely stunning Chris, I love it!! I'm a great fan of Mackintosh, and this really brings his style right into the 21'st century.

Who cares about comfort, I'd just stand there looking at it anyway.

Cheers

Aled

It is indeed visually very striking but personally, I have always found it hard to divorce form from function when it comes to furniture. That is why I find so much of the so-called Studio furniture to be unappealing.

 

[BradNaylor]

It is indeed visually very striking but personally, I have always found it hard to divorce form from function when it comes to furniture.

I agree completely.

For me comfort is a essential element in the design of a chair. A chair that is uncomfortable to sit on cannot IMO be considered an unqualified success.

If Chris had made this as a speculative piece (and I'm sure he wouldn't have!) then this criticism would have been entirely valid.

It was however, built for a client who clearly had a great deal of input into the design process, has got exactly what she wanted, is delighted, and has presumably paid Chris a nice sum of money.

The project has therefore been a success.

Lovely workmanship too, Chris.