The Chairmaker's Workshop: Handcrafting Windsor and Post-and-Rung Chairs

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More than 500 photographs, drawings, and plans; advice on setting up shop; instructions on using tools; three detailed tutorials; and projects from post-and-rungs to Sack-Back Settees: it's all you need to make your dreams of crafting a graceful, finished chair come true! 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 an 11 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—along with seating in Shaker tape, hickory bast, or genuine rush. Plus: construct your own workshop equipment and study the basics of design! Absolute chairmaker's gold. 8 1/2 X 11. 52 color illustrations,486 b&w illustrations

Author Biography: Marshall, NC