One of the chairs I have started working on is a copy of this seventeenth-century original, now in a private collection. (Thanks to Gavin Ashworth of NYC for the excellent photo) the chair is made from ash, with an oak board seat. I have started with the spindles, there are 24 of them, in four different lengths. I turned a bunch of them today, but fell just short – got to 23. The shortest ones, below the seat, are only 5 1/4″ long…these are the toughest for me to turn…it’s hard to get the proportions correct. So naturally, I did them late in the day and the last couple were clunkers, so I’ll do a few tomorrow & have them done.
PETER FOLLANSBEE: JOINER’S NOTES 
Wonderful chair example to remake, Peter.
Thank you for the blog and keeping us updated on what you are doing.
Take care, Mike
OK
I want a blow by blow of the assembly stages. And…. a herring.