~  -----Original Message-----
~  From: owner-oldtools@l...
~  [mailto:owner-oldtools@l...]On Behalf Of alan
~  ferrency
~  Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 10:26 PM
~  To: oldtools@l...
~  Cc: Bill Clouser
~  Subject: RE: Treenails and jowls

~  As for real-world experience... does anyone have a wooden post and
~  rung chair more than a few years old that doesn't have loose tenons?

Yes. See my home page for an ash chair made about 35 years ago. I've just
checked it and found no loose tenons. It was just glued together when I
didn't know about these fancy theories about the orientation of annual
rings. Mind you, the diameters are fairly small so the chair is fairly
springy, disconcerting for some of the heftier of our friends.

I've been meaning to learn from experience and make a better one for the
last 34.95 years.

Jeff