Fan-back side chairs in progress

 

With the new lathe up and running, I spent the early part of February turning parts for three chairs, and carving the seats. A photo showing a pile of parts isn't very exciting, so I waited to post photos until I had the chair's under-carriages glued up and wedged. The orb floating in the picture is either a dust mote, the shop has plenty of these, or one of the family ghosts. I have heard both explainations as the cause of the floating orb in photos. I tend to prefer the ghost theory.