It’s not hard to do. Last week I got a chair all assembled before I noticed the bottom rear rung was above the line in one post and below it across the chair.
By then it was too late to do anything about it - not sure I would have anyway. I can think of several ways to fix a problem like that, but they’re all leaving you with some trace of what happened. At that point, it’s easier to just chalk it up & make the next chair. A reader wrote in and said he has a mini-meltdown when things go wrong and that he needs to learn how to get over it when this happens. I’ve got to the point where I can take it in stride. Most of the time.
All it takes is a moment’s inattention - I always feel better when I think about a group of chairs made in Plymouth Colony 1660-1720 or so. There’s mis-bored empty holes in a few chairs from this group. It’s easy to get discombobulated when boring a chair like these. The rear posts have 11 holes bored in them - 6 in the back and 5 in the side. Note the extra holes in the rear orientation; 2 above the seat and at least one below.
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