The Stages

Pic 1. Making the end-ply and walnut stripe inserts

Pic 2. Shaping the chair seat and back into surfboard shapes with the bandsaw

Pic 3. Routing the intersecting hole for the two surfboard parts

Pic 4. Cutting out the wave shapes using the bandsaw

Pic 5. Each wave is made from 2 parts and consists of 3 layers of 18mm ply. Each one is screwed together and belt sanded to round off the edges

Pic 6. Each wave is pinned to the chair seat for added stability

Pic 7. Back board is sanded out with a curved sanding disc on an electric drill to make it comfortable for the users back. The same is done to the seat.

Pic 8. A book rack is made on the rear of the chair by steam bending pine dowel into curved pieces and glued into holes drilled into the back of the seat and the rear cross bracing.

Pic 9.After a lot of sanding through grits 80 to 600, a Danish oil was applied to produce the finished chair.