More work on the seat backs
Messed around with the seat backs some more. There’s no order specified in the directions or plans for building these things. I decided to start by drilling holes in the vertical angles. I carefully laid out the holes on one of the angles and drilled them on the drill press using a fence so the depths would all be the same. Be careful to note that one of the holes (the one for the hinge) has a different depth than the others. After drilling one angle, I used that to transfer the hole locations onto the other 3 angles.
The next step was to back-drill the angles to the seat backs. The plans say the seat backs should be 26 3/8″ long, and to trim if necessary. Well, mine are 1/4″ short. I guess the flutes are a little too aggressive. I figured out that flattening the seat backs makes them slightly longer. I put one seat back between two pieces of plywood and stacked a bunch of heavy stuff on top. After leaving it overnight, hopefully it will stretch out a bit.
I moved on to working on the seat back braces. I laid out the holes on the hinges and drilled them. I then carefully located the hinges on the braces and back-drilled them.
That was it for tonight. These seat backs are definitely taking longer than I thought they would. I thought I’d crank them out in one night, but nothing on these things is prepunched. Makes you realize how much time the pre-punching saves.