After making Welsh stick chairs for almost 17 years, I am accustomed to strong reactions to the form. “I hate to tell you this,” said one recent visitor. “But I think Welsh stick chairs are butt ugly.” Asked another: “You sell these chairs? How much money for a ‘regular’ chair? You know, a ‘normal’ one.” …
If you know anything about woodworking, I think you are qualified to teach it to others. In my earliest days of woodworking as an adult, my friend Chris and I taught each other what we knew about woodworking, even though we each knew enough to fill up a thimble. In the early 1990s, I taught …
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Bog oak chair parts on my bench this week. For the last year I’ve been building chairs using slabs of bog oak that are 2,000 years old (according to a carbon dating test) and was harvested in Poland. Furniture maker Andy Brownell is responsible for starting me down this path. He offered me some scraps …
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Almost every week, someone on the LAP Open Wire asks what book they should read to learn about the different furniture styles. To be honest, I haven’t had a good answer because most of the guides to furniture styles are terrible and not worth buying for $1. So I took some time to see if …
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Built in Baltimore. While many people associate Jennie Alexander’s chairs with country woodcraft, she lived in urban Baltimore, where she developed the design for her chair. For the last five years, we worked with Jennie Alexander to revise her classic “Make a Chair from a Tree” book to her satisfaction and include all her latest …
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Visit the Crucible Tool website to purchase one of our lump hammers. They are $85 plus shipping. This is likely our last batch before Christmas. Remember: If you have a question about Crucible, please send your email to: help@crucibletool.com. — Christopher Schwarz (Illustration by Raney Nelson) Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like …
FIG. 1. DRAWER WITH PROJECTING MOULD The reference letters in the various sketches are as follows: DF, drawer front; K, kicker; B, bearer; P, dustboard; T. B., top bearer; R, runner; C, cocked bead; V, veneer. This is an excerpt from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume II” published by Lost Art Press …
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