...and Crown Prep

A return to a post long since due, instability and slackness have ensued with great vigour, so I really can't put too much together on this one, other than at the time it was one of those immensely bonding male experiences (I'm not gay, not that there's anything wrong with that!).


Here's Mr D working hard at the saw.




















And Mr W doing what he does best, plugging away at a technical type task until it is done, perfectly, and checked.... over and over and over again. But it was perfect. In the front you can see the press we used to push out the candleabra cups.












Here we see yet more perfection from Mr W. and the press is still there too. By this stage Mr W was up to the cutting stage for the cups again. 128- 5' cups.... Never again!














The first cup... Huzzuh!!

















And the first frame to attach them to.












One frame with all the cups on.













Mr W, still going, working this time on the interminable chairs!
















All the frames, with all the cups, 18 work hours later!
















The first complete chair! The master from which all the later chairs were patterned.















It was always my intent to provide a complete end to end write up on this process, but C'est la vie. Sufffice it to say, that through huge efforts from Mr W, Mr D, Miss J, Mr R and several others, over many many hours, we made 10 fantastic chairs which added massively to the look of the hall, 8 candleabras, painted, fitted, hung, and candled, and a variety of other wonders which did the Barony proud on the big day. Yay, for us! Pithy, yes?

I'll do better next time, I promise.