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Chair Devils
Oct 24, 2012
Woodworker: Kathy Somerville
Somerville, a woodworker, and Diegel, a machinist, teamed up to craft these “chair devils,” used in chairmaking and paddlemaking to scrape round spindles after they’ve been shaped with a drawknife or spokeshave. Diegel made the blades from high-speed steel and secured them with brass screws. The cherry version (top) is 12-1/2 in. long and has a 1-1/8-in-dia. cutting surface; the African blackwood model (bottom) is 11 in. long and has a 7/8-in.-dia. cutting surface. They’re both finished with tung oil and wax.
Photo: Kathy Somerville
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