An Ebeneezer Tracy Sack-back Windsor chair

 

I mentioned in an earlier post that I am going to start posting parts of my book about building an Ebeneezer Tracy Sack-back Windsor chair on this blog. Getting ready to do so forced me to draw up a set of plans that serve as the foundation for what follows. So far I've created ten pages of drawings and will probably have to do several more pages before I am done. The photo above shows most of the construction details which make Tracy Sack-backs so interesting, I love the turning profiles and the large knuckles of the hand-rests. Obviously, a project like this one isn't suitable for a first time effort. However, if you have made one or more Windsor chairs and have basic turning skills on a lathe this is a chair you can make. As a start to the book publication, I am going to offer the complete set of plans as a package for sale through my website.

 

I spent the past weekend working on the baptismal font, which I am building for a local church. I ran out of time and didn't get any pictures. Watching the Masters golf tournement got in the way. I will post a few in-process pictures in the next couple of days. Have a good day.