Letters from the Chair

I had been sitting at the shaving horse all day when my 3 year old daughter Lily, came out to see me. I stood up and walked over to the benc...

 When Mike was making his back spindles he asked if they would break very easily. This is just a little taste of how strong those "fl...

Today Mike got his undercarriage all in and glued up. I am very happy with how well Mike is doing. He has a construction background and that...

 This week I had another chair class this time with Mike. Mike had a great first day and got all his spindles split and roughed out, plus hi...

Byron had a rough day on Thursday. The back bow broke on him right at the tenon and a couple of spindles were a bit to small to fit the hole...

 Now that he's slept a little he's back at working the seat. Here he's shaping the underside of the seat with the drawknife.  T...

 Using the Inshave to further shape the "bowl" of the seat.  And then the Travisher to smooth up the marks left from the inshave....

 This is the second day Byron has put in on his Bow Back and doing a great job. This was his first time on a lathe and he turned a bamboo st...

                       Here is Byron cracking open his first Red Oak log to begin his Chair Class. We began this morning and he did extreml...