Black Ash Windsor Chair.

Dick that is a wonderful accomplishment. They say, and I know from experience that building a chair is the toughest project a woodworker will undertake. It’s the first time I’ve heard of Black Ash – it’s a great looking wood with a very interesting grain.

OK, so I have to ask. On the underside there seems to be two holes that you’ve plugged. What can you tell us about these? Do they go all the way through?

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

Black Ash has an Oak like grain it grows on wetlands. The hole on the left is a knot. The center hole is for the pivot hole for when I gouged out the seat indentation with my radial arm saw.

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it’s just so beautiful. It would be my favourite seat in the house. What a lovely gift

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks, Dick. Great chair!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

I’d love to try making one of those, but first I’m going to make me a rocker. by the way thanks again for all your help with my computer problems, you’re a man of many talents. Beautiful chair. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

That’s a beautiful piece. What a wonderful present!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Something else I thought of about Black Ash. It’s the last tree to form leaves, & the first trees to lose them. They don’t leaf out until the end of May, & lose them shortly after the first frost around mid Sept.

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It’s a classic

Classic, an heirloom

-- Marty Ohio

I think these are the best projects, the projects that you just know will be around much longer than any of us. I hope to leave a few behind as nice as this one!

Beautiful chair … ASH ... the other queen of hardwood !

I really need to tackle a windsor someday.

Very well done

-- keeping myself entertained

A Big Thank you Dan!

My Grandson, & his wife recently sold all of their belongings, & moved to Ecuador last July, But he told me the chair is at his fathers now.

I’ve never told L J’s, but I had the Ash given to me. I’ve made quite a few things with it already, but the pile is dwindling.

I believe that Ash is prettier than Oak.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1