Pattern, Woodworking

Description

Slanted wooden wood-working pattern and jig for revolver chair parts. The base of the jig is a rectangular piece of wood. A wooden board is screwed perpendicularly into the base piece. This board has a groove near one end. On its bottom face there are three incised circles each one smaller than the one it's inside of. The circles are bisected with an incised line and two parallel lines which are at either end of the smallest inner circle. On one end of the top of the board a rectangular block is secured width-wise. Another board, just smaller than the other is screwed into the block making the top board sit at an angle. The face of this board has curved pencil guide lines for the pattern. They are marked with different dimensions. Screwed into the top board is a chair slat with a straight bottom and convex top. Secured to the top board next to the chair slat is a long rectangular piece of wood, just short than the board it is screwed into. At one end there is a small rectangular piece of wood that extends wider than the piece it is attached to.

Notes

Used to make the pieces for swivel or "revolver" chairs, produced at the Second or South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY. See blog post on these patterns: https://shakerml.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/revolver/