The ash-split seat, it holds

Two weekends ago (August 2nd, for those keeping track), I rewove the seat on my post and rung stool. Friday morning I tested it out, and it held my weight without sagging. In other words: I can now make decent shaker style chairs, hopefully for sale. The seat still needs to be finished, and that could be its own excitement, but looks pretty straight forward.

The chief differences from my previous attempt at putting a splint seat in a chair:

1. I used six foot splints instead of four foot. That makes fewer joints that can stretch and fail.
2. I secured the strips with a spring clamp before making each joint, so the splint stayed tight.

I have a couple of things I need to wrap up before I can make another chair. There's a bathroom vanity that I need to build, which I'm going to try to do this week. I also need to get cracking on my breakdown desks. I'd like to have a series of student desks available at the start of the school year, which is the preferred time to sell them. They're fast to build, but I need to get started and I need to ramp up my advertising campaign for them. By the time school starts, the locals need to be pretty well aware that I'm the go-to guy for a strong, inexpensive and durable desk that can withstand plenty of moves.