Carving a Seat Pan with Chris Fitch

When building chairs, there are tasks that are familiar to many furniture-making woodworkers: cutting parts to size and joinery come to mind. It's when the steps take a free-form turn that can cause some anxiety. Woodsmith has shown a few chairs in recent years that have sculpted seats. It started with the Welsh stick chair. Then a kitchen chair and most recently the rocking chair.

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[henrysara]

Thank you, what s specie are you using for the sit, its grain and color is lovely.

[Ham]

So, all the holes are there for is nothing but a depth gauge then? If so, then how does one know exactly how far "depth" wise to drill and to "shape"? Trial and error? Honestly, I've never made a seat and I am wanting to but never really have found any books that give much detail on seat work. Thank you for sharing. Cheers :)