Hello! Now the fun part - attaching new materials to the chair. Tonight's class was all about webbing and springs, but the springs he gave me to use were for couches and he decided they were too tall so we removed them and he is bringing me springs for a chair that are shorter. You still have to tie them down and tighten them to compress the springs, but we couldn't compress the tall springs enough.
The webbing is attached in one direction, and depending on the item, spaced apart to fit full widths of webbing. You can't cut them lengthwise, the strength is lost as the edges are sewn to tie in the crosswise stitching in the webbing material. Then the webbing is woven between in the other direction, see pictures below. When I had downtime, I roughed up the wood with steel wool to prepare for finishing over the course of the next few weeks. The idea is to finish the wood before final fabric is applied. Check back next week!
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| Bottom webbing. |
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| Back webbing. |
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| The expert teacher - Paul Sr. |
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| Completed webbing. |
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| Back burlap - to contain the cotton. |
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| These springs would be good for an ejection seat! |
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