Birth of Mary Chair pt 2

Today was working on the back legs/posts of the chair.  It's hard to tell exactly what's going on in the picture, but it appears to be a combination of beads, fillets, and coves.

If this was a turned leg, it would be pretty quick to do.  However, this is in a square post, which means saws, gouges, and a mallet.

Layout

The layout lines are more for guidelines and getting the saw depths correct.  The gouges are really what determine the curves (at least for me).

Cutting the depth lines

Roughing to the lines with gouges

Basically, this is a case of rounding the beads with the inside of a #9 gouge and then removing everything that doesn't belong on the sloped section starting with aggressive cuts and then smoother and flatter gouges.

The two legs, roughed out

Test layout of back

Then I made the upper back rail.  It went so quick, I forgot to take any pictures.  It's still rough, straight from being sawed and the curve hasn't been smoothed down yet.  The tenons are cut, and are pretty much ready to go.

Next up are mortises and cleanup.