OT: Another 15 minutes of fame

[Night Train]

I've made it into the papers again!

 

[Maz]

What an excellent chair. You've clearly got tons of talent.
How do you get such a great finish on the wood?

 

[Night Train]

Thank you, Maz.
It is all elbow grease. Lots of sanding with very fine grades of garnet paper (like glass paper but using garnet dust instead of glass) and oiling with Danish oil in lots of layers over many weeks.

 

[Dave5N]

Is it comfy?

 

[Maz]

Lots of sanding with very fine grades of garnet paper (like glass paper but using garnet dust instead of glass) and oiling with Danish oil in lots of layers over many weeks.

It's clearly a labour of love. I was asking since I recently bought a pine shoe cupboard. It was an awful flatpack from Argos, and a 'friday afternoon' ill-fitting jobby at that. The pine was of very poor quality, knotty and spliced together from different pieces.

Anyway, after following advice on this forum I decided to apply beeswax instead of varnishing it. I'm glad I did - the wood seems nourished and has a really nice feel to it now. Took a while but the result was worth it.

 

[Night Train]

Is it comfy?

It is very comfy, I use it most days at home but it does encourage you to sit upright without slouching.

When I was designing it I got a lot of different shape and sized people to try it for 'fit'.

 

[Dave5N]

Job done then.

 

[spandex]

Sorry mate I missed the the tread


Well done

 

[Mr Pig]

Looks like a torture chair.

A very nice torture chair though ;0)