The Furniture Repair Shop
  • Home
  • Repairs
  • French Polishing
  • Cane and rush
  • Upholstery
  • About me
  • Blog

New Crinoline stretcher for Windsor chair

8/6/2021

0 Comments

 
Unfortunately the Crinoline stretcher on this Windsor chair had broken. This type of stretcher is desirable on Windsor’s, but they are weaker than the alternative ‘H’ Stretcher.
To make a new one you need to steam a piece of timber around a former and clamp it until cools. The bend I used for this chair was one of many I steam bent 17 years ago.....I knew it would come in some day! Below are a few pictures that show the piece of wood taking shape. Most of the shaping is done with an old Spokeshave, which you can see in one of the photo’s.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

    Steve’s Blog

    I’ll try to keep this area regularly updated with some of my recent projects!

    Archives

    February 2022
    January 2022
    October 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Copyright ©️ 2022 The Furniture Repair Shop
  • Home
  • Repairs
  • French Polishing
  • Cane and rush
  • Upholstery
  • About me
  • Blog