Designing furniture the traditional way - chairs - green woodworking

Thanks for this! Made me smile, as I was just trashing CNCs on another thread;)

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Ha! It’s certainly a long road between the two approaches!

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I like the two-backed bench. I wish they had some close-up pictures. I would love to attend a class like that one day.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

This website opens up the story Bertha.

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A very fascinating chair Stewart. Now I’m off to go contest whatever Al said about CNC. LOL! :)

Hey Al, there’s one of the BEST chair building classes in Bealton, VA that I bet you’d like. I’m talking more about the chair design rather than only using hand-tools. There’s plenty of hand tools used, don’t get me wrong. If I ever build one, this would be it. From Hal Taylor – Rocking Chair University . Watch his videos.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Stewart:” a great post. Thanks

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia karsonwm@gmail.com †

Great Post Stew, are several craftsmen in this region who make chairs traditionally with a Treadle lathe. One specializes in what I think are called Welch Winsor Chairs.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

Rance – there are some beautiful chairs on that RCU site. Thanks for the lnk.

Karson – It’s good to hear fom you; I hope all is well with you.

Roz – For quite a few years now, I’ve had the intention to knock up a treadle or more specifically a ‘pole lathe’ to use for demonstrations at the museum where I’m a volunteer. But, being retired, life is extremely busy & I just haven’t got around to that task! Maybe in 2012? !

Here’s my attempt at a child sized Welsh Windsor…(with nearly 23,000 views!)

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