Devil's Work for Idle Hands

[Mabouya]

Very nice.

How about some matching tables? : )

[j44ke]

Very nice.

How about some matching tables? : )

Armrests! They are wider than in the drawings for that purpose.

[j44ke]

now with aluminum shoes - fin

[j44ke]

Follow up: My wife is in Mexico City and toured several of the Luis Barragan-designed houses. She shot this photo at one of them.



If you look closely, you can see that the maker was definitely figuring things out as they went.

[72gmc]

In the past 5 years I’ve been able to send my teams on work trips I coveted but couldn’t join. I thought I was most jealous of Australia, but I may be most jealous of Mexico City.

[j44ke]

In the past 5 years I’ve been able to send my teams on work trips I coveted but couldn’t join. I thought I was most jealous of Australia, but I may be most jealous of Mexico City.

My wife is there on business, but due to travel logistics, she had a few days beforehand to do some sight-seeing. Seems like getting to visit the Barragan houses was a revelation. One of those "photos don't give the complete impression" experiences. So she'd recommend a trip.

[Mabouya]

My wife is there on business, but due to travel logistics, she had a few days beforehand to do some sight-seeing. Seems like getting to visit the Barragan houses was a revelation. One of those "photos don't give the complete impression" experiences. So she'd recommend a trip.

She should have visited Leon Trotsky's house too!

[Dave Thompson]

I lived in/did business in Mexico City 45 years ago. An absolutely fascinating and huge place.

[j44ke]

New struggles with wood. Somehow even with all this warpage the design I am relying on manages to be self-correcting, but I have to measure and check and recheck multitudes before putting a screw into it. Clamps and clamps on clamps. 1 of 4 I am building to test out/develop my process.

[j44ke]

Now 4.

[robin3mj]

Looks great. Only you'll need an ejector mechanism otherwise your day guests will stay for days.

[72gmc]

Please place an old fashioned on one of the armrests so I know where to sit.

[j44ke]

Looks great. Only you'll need an ejector mechanism otherwise your day guests will stay for days.

Please place an old fashioned on one of the armrests so I know where to sit.

These are going to our landscapers as a thank you for the work they've done over the last three years. They get to put the water rings on the arms.

[vertical_doug]

You copying Rietveld’s Red&Blue chair?

[Mabouya]

They get to put the water rings on the arms.

You need to either add a hole in the armrests for a cup, or get a few of these:

[j44ke]

You copying Rietveld’s Red&Blue chair?

Good spotting. The chain of development is the Wave Hill chair copied the the Rietveld chair, and then the garden manager at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden copied the Wave Hill chair and made it a bit stouter and a bit wider to better serve the doyennes of dirt who frequented the establishment. He taught a class on building the chairs, which my sister-in-law attended and kept careful notes which she then conveyed to me along with the original drawings and cut list so I could make the chairs for her. Those chairs are still alive and kicking on their boat dock some 20+ years later, though one fell into the water a year or two ago during a hurricane and lost an arm.

My original effort - already more than 10 years old in this photo - stained safety orange by my sister-in-law for visibility.

[Diablo de Acero]

Looking Good! That is an awesome thank you present!

Now 4.

[bigbill]

You need to either add a hole in the armrests for a cup, or get a few of these:

When I was a repair officer in the Navy, we produced Zarfs by the dozens. We used aluminum plate and punched a pattern which was bent into shape before a dip in Plastisol. Two holes were drilled after the dip so it could be pop riveted to a locker. Occasionally, we would make two piece Zarfs so the welders could practice thin gauge aluminum welding. A few times, I had to tell someone, "We can't fix that, but I can give you a dozen Zarfs as a consolation."