Charles Brock’s Sculptured Low Back Dining Chair is not only a great chair in a set for dining, it is abeautiful contemporary chair for any occasion. Every part melts into the next, giving it a flowing organicquality. The lumbar support is not incidental; it’s planned. Just slide down into the generously CooperedSeat (Big Smile Seat Video) and you can comfortably sit for conversation, reading or just daydreaming.
Videos
All of the Videos for this Project are Streaming for FREE on YouTube at Charlesbrock the
Rocknchairman . Go to Playlist on the Channel and find the entire Project Video Series. Watch all of the
project’s videos and decide if you want to build it, then purchase the full-size paper patterns from this webpage. I will ship them to you with FREE shipping in the USA and at my cost internationally.
Book – Online under Companion Books. Do not use seat dimensions!
These videos and the full-size patterns provide everything you need to complete your sculptured
low-back dining chair. https://charlesbrockchairmaker.com/project-companion-books/
Quick Start Guide:
Working with Full- Size Paper Patterns
_Make a set of permanent patterns from the paper patterns. Do not try to use the paper patterns
on your stock. Glue (a Glue Stick is a good adhesive for this) them to whatever material you
want to use realizing some patterns need to bend and some can be rigid. Leave a little margin
around the black line when cutting them apart. After gluing, use a bandsaw to cut on or slightly
to the black line, then sand away the black line, leaving the correct size of the pattern for
tracing your parts.
_To use your permanent pattern set, trace the patterns on the candidate boards. Trace around the
pattern carefully with a Sharpie. When deciding suitability for chair parts, look for clarity (knots,
bark inclusions, voids), grain flow, and color. Each factor should weigh into the pattern
placement decision. If you have doubts concerning an overall part measurement, trust the
pattern size. Use the video instructions to lay out joint measurements.
Wood Choices
American hardwoods are best. I like Walnut, Maple and Cherry. Oak is too stringy for this project. Some
exotics are good, especially Rosewood and “Bocote” Requires approximately 25″ board feet
Builder’s Notes:
_I prefer to make the seat 20×20” instead of the 22” deep by 20” wide seat given in the original
video. The Low Back offers two seat choices: The Original Coopered Seat or The Big Smile
Seat (BSS). The BSS will teach you to make a generic coopered seat that is deeper than the
original. Note: Making the BSS 20″deep for the low back requires changing the dimension for
laying out the back of the dado (or front leg notch) on seat boards 1 and 5. Measuring from the
back of the board, subtract two inches from the measurement provided for the 22″ seat board.
It should be 16″ instead of 18″.
_Because of this sculptural project’snature, a cut list is not practical. If possible, lay the patterns
on the candidate stock to check not only size but also color and especially grain patterns to
validate the stock’s usefulness.
_The full-size paper patterns we are shipping to you make a 20” deep seat. Do not make the 22”
seat. Patterns will yield parts that provide ample stock to cut and fit joints, and shape the chair.
Please!
Never teach others from my videos or patterns. You will be in violation of copyright laws and subject to penalty.
Charles Brock
