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Episode 9: In this episode work on prototyping the joints for the chair. I sketch out the ideas and then move to 3D modeling before laser cutting and gluing the mock joints together. I also begin designing the feet for the chair and finish the bows with a hand plane.

I designed and fabricated the original Bow Spring Chair as part of a furniture making workshop at Harvard and MIT in 2014. I was interested in how the arms and legs of the chair could work in unison as a type of double bow spring structure – becoming extremely strong under direct loading, yet flexible and responsive to the shifting load of the user. The legs/arms of the chair are made from steam bent, glue laminated strips of ash, and the seat is made from glue laminated birch plywood. Throughout the semester I employed many different techniques of fabrication from hand files to CNC lathes.

This series of videos will look at how I develop the design further and attempt to get the chair to market.

Music by: Jeff Kaale

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Blog post about chair structure: http://conorcoghlan.com/blog/?p=1109

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