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BowEd:
Thanks.....Actually the most difficult part was figuring out the weaving pattern of the rawhide.With having so many forms for bending wood for bow making making the frame was'nt difficult.
Main frames



Backrest supports

chamookman:
Outstanding - WAY Cool  (=) ! Bob

bjrogg:
Really cool Ed, thanks for sharing it.
Bjrogg

Chief RID:
Not difficult for you my friend. Excellent work. Thanks so much for the pics and showing us your craft.

BowEd:
Thanks....It's a step by step process putting things together.I chose elm for the frames because of it's interlocking qualities/toughness/and elastic abilities.Ash for it's toughness as the braces.Osage for toughness and non rotting qualities for the runners.The main frames can be made from thin laminations glued together too I guess.
Once the cross member braces are doweled in place into the backrest frame the 2 frames can be slid into each other at a 90 degree angle.Clamped in place the runners are made to see where the legs will be doweled to them.

I thought about doweling some reinforcement cleats to the bottom of the legs but so far it holds up pretty well using it.

Once that's done the connection where the 2 frame pieces interlock with each other can be rawhide wrapped in place.Then the back braces can be doweled to upright back rest frame and rawhide wrapped below to seat part of frame.They can be doweled into the runners then too.

Now it's standing on it's own.
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From then it's just a matter of weaving your rawhide lace in.I used 1/8" thick or more beef rawhide.I used what they call a larks' head knot weave.



I finished it off with multiple coatings of spar varnish to a candy coat finish.It weighs overall less than 5#'s.
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