Part Six: The Column
Getting to the Second of the three assembly steps, is the Column. Depending on the material that you select the project will differ. QWSO allows for the assembly to have the QWSO figuring well displayed. Cherry, white oak walnut and other material will have grain faces that should be sonsidered. But, QWSO provides the face and grain that defines Stickley projects, at least to me. Stickley devised the quadrilinear cpnstruction process to best desply the QWSO grain patterns. The interlocking assmeblies assure that QWSO is highlighted. Using a veneer process is easier to accomplish unless you have a molding shaper for the interlocking miter to achieve the true quadrilinear posts.
Mr. White elects to go with a veneer face on two sides. On prior Stickley Morris chair and rockers, I used the veneer as opposed to the use of the quadralinear. Gluing up QWSO and having the glue line displayed on two of the column/post faces is really not an option. So, veneer it is for just about any column that has QWSO and certainly to cover the glue line.
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