The Basement Workshop



Finn Juhl Bwana Chair Album

Drilling Side Frame for Knob Repair



Drilling Knob



Fashioning Teak Dowels



Frames Repaired and All Pieces Ready for Finish



Repaired Chair Frame Assembled



Delaminated Arm Shells



Preparation to Glue One Pair of Veneers



Gluing One Pair of Veneers



Arm Shells Reglued and Touched-Up



Frame with Repaired Arm Shells



Old Seat Frame and Materials for New Seat Frame



Gluing Laminated Front for Seat Frame



Trimming Front Piece of Seat Frame in the Form



Ripping Front Piece of Seat Frame in the Form



Cutting End Mortise in Front Piece of Seat Frame



Layout for Bandsawing of Back of Seat Frame



Back of Seat Frame Joined to Sides



Bandsawing Back of Seat Frame



Excess Where Side Piece Meets the Back Piece



After Excesses Have Been Planed Off



New Seat Frame



Chair Frame with Seat Frame Added



Back Stripped to Original Foam



Shaped Foam Rubber Removed



Final Front Layer Removed



Thin Back Foam Layer



Back Frame with All Foam Removed



Salvaging the Only Part of the Old Back Frame Not Delaminated



Salvaged Crest on Chair Frame



Salvaged Crest Piece



Dry Clamping Laminates to be Added to the Crest



Gluing Laminates for Crest Piece



Gluing Laminated Piece to Salvaged Piece



Shaping Crest Piece



Crest Piece on Chair Frame



Top (Crest) and Bottom Pieces of Back Frame



First Shimmed Block for S-Shaped Sides



Second Shimmed Block for S-Shaped Sides



Third Shimmed Block for S-Shaped Sides



Fourth Shimmed Block for S-Shaped Sides



Fifth Shimmed Block for S-Shaped Sides



Filler Strips Added and Ready for Shaping



Mold for Right S-Side of Back Frame Ready



Gluing Right S-Side of Back Frame



All Pieces for Back Frame Made



Set-Up to Cut Bottom Back Frame Joints



Cutting Side Piece of Bottom Back Frame Joint



Splitting the Piece from Guide Block



Cut Bottom Joint of Back Frame



Cut Bottom Joint of Back Frame Close-Up



Chair Frame with Back Frame



Gluing Back Frame



Glued and Shaped Back Frame



Finished Crest of Back Frame



Finished Bottom of Back Frame



View Up the Side of the Back Frame



Completed Chair Frame Before Upholstey



Chair Frame with Seat Suspension Added



Adding Webbing to Back Frame



Plywood Shaping Added to Back Frame



Completed Chair Frame Ready for Foam



Old Back Foam



Old Back Foam Cut to Reveal Profiles



Profiles Translated in Topograhic Mappings



Comparing Old and New Bottom to Top Profile



Comparing Old and New Side to Side Profile



Patterns of Foam Layers



Foam Layers



Adding Shaped Foam Layer to Back Frame



Shaped Back Layer on Back Frame



Back Side Profile of Back With Foam



Front Side Profile of Back With Foam



Chair Frame with Seat in Muslin and Arms with Foam



Adding Final Layer of Foam to Back



All Foam Layers Added to Back



Completed Chair



Completed Chair and Ottoman