Thanks for the info. The seat is very well done; so well done it looks factory made.

Here's the chair frame before weaving

>>30916 I do all the weaving, nothing ready made here.
The joints are straight sided not tapered and they are just glued. The shrinkage of all the wood is fairly even so you rarely have a joint fail. In more traditional green wood chair, like windsor chairs, you make the rails, or anthing with tenons, first and let then dry and shrink while you make the morticed parts. The mortice will then shrink around the tenon and you can even make chairs with no glue in the joints at all.
The rails for the woven seat are integral to the chair frame.
I like the rustic look too.
Norm from the yankee workshop would probably put me to shame, he's a true master craftsman, I learned a lot from watching him.

First, let me doff the hat for your service in helping the vets; what a fine thing to do.
Now, and you knew they were coming, the questions: Ready made seats or do you weave also. Mighty fine work if you do.
Since new growth is hard to glue, do you pin the tapered dowel joints to keep 'wobble' from happening?
When and how are the seat supports attached?
I really like the rustic look.
You could compete with that guy that makes furniture on "Yankee Workshop".

>>30911 I find all the wood and do all the work :D

>>30912 No I won't be there, Thankfully.

>>30913 All I need now is a nice Chianti.

Something along these lines could be fun. Bring the chair. :)

Great work! And congratulations on the display. Will you be on display sitting in it? Would love a pic of you and that chair sitting inside a glass cage! XD

nice, as I said before: You're really handy with wood ;)

>>30910 the 'Why' chair. Love it! How long does it take you to make a chair? Do you select the wood and cut it yourself? Do you sell them?

This one is to be displayed at the upcoming Armed Forces Day event in Hereford (my local city). The organisation I work with sometimes work with former service members, usually those with mental health issues so that's why we'll have a stand there.