The Chairmaker's Workshop

All you need to know to make your dreams of crafting a graceful, finished chair come true. Inside this book you'll encounter a thorough introduction to techniques, with photographs, drawings and plans, detailed tutorials, advice on setting up shop, instructions on using tools, and 12 projects.

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This book contains all you need to make your dreams of crafting a graceful, finished chair come true! * More than 500 photographs, drawings, & plans * 3 detailed tutorials * Advice on setting up shop * Instructions on using tools * 12 Projects from post-and-rungs to Sack-Back Settees Welcome to the studio of an acclaimed teacher and founder of the world-famous 'Country Workshops' school of traditional woodworking. Inside you'll encounter a thorough introduction to techniques (tool sharpening, riving chair parts); a trio of "starter" projects for skill-building (a ladder-back with a woven seat, a stick Windsor, and a bow-back Windsor side chair); and to-scale plans for 12 classic styles. Fashion ladder-backs for the dining room, comfortable rockers for the porch, a child's high chair, stools, a comb-back or double hoop-back armchair, and others too.