A couple of child-sized chairs

Very nice, Stewart! You have to be good to make chairs. Nice work!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

wow theres some real craftmenship there . well done

Really nice, Stewart. How long would it typically take you to carve that seat with the travisher?

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Beautiful work, Stewart. You are most definitely a complete woodworker.!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice work!!! I make chairs as well and noticed your travisher in the photo, did you make it yourself? I use basswood or pine for making seats out of, how is sycamore for seat carving?

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)

Great job. I like the chairs.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Nice work Stewart – they look comfy!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Stewart i think you came out of the womb with a built in sense of ergonomics about furniture and people. Those look great!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Thanks fellow craftsmen for your glowing comments. The travisher is really a most pleasurable way of shaping the seat. I did once try an adze, but struggled with it. I haven’t timed the job, Tom but I suppose it took less than an hour for these small ones in ash.

biff_kpv – The travisher is a hand made one but not by me. A South Yorkshire chair maker, Tom Thackray makes them. See http://www.mikeruane.com/tomthackray/ . The sycamore carved out really well. I used that because there was a suitable piece lying around. Traditionally, elm would be used but of course, that’s much tougher with its irregular grain.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

It looks like that travisher has served you well. I got mine along with a compass plane at http://www.crownplane.com and it has served me very well. Thanks for letting me know.

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)