Sack Back Windsor

It is nice work and looks very hard to build!

-- Roger - Havertown, Pennsylvania

beautiful chair and good story.

welcome to lumberjocks.

looking forward to seeing more of your work.

this one is especially well done.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Knowing what it takes, to build a chair. You have done a great job with yours. And proud , you should be.
Nice tutorial also. Thanks for sharing.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

Great chair. I have seen these built at my school. They take an amazing amount of elbow grease and trust in one’s eye for the drilling.

Impressive. Keep up the posts and the good work.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Great job. The chair looks well done.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Looks like you brought home a lot more than a nice chair. Mabye we’ll learn some from your experience. Thanks

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

Thanks for the kind words! It was great to work with my hands again! For medical reasons 4 years ago I had to give up residential construction. I am currently employed in the vaccine department of a large pharma company. Certainly a big turn around for me as I loved working outdoors and working with my hands. The thing that was most pleasing about the chair was the old fashioned tools , no cords, no loud noise, or equipment to set up. I think the draw knife will be my friend for many years to come!

Fred

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

Great chair. Now are you making a full set for a dining room.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Karson,

Went yesterday to get the materials for a steam box! Picked up logs a few weeks ago and have been working on getting parts ready for more chairs. I’m hooked on the whole chairmaking thing. My wife got me another class with Mike Dunbar for our anniversary and another one for a Christmas present. So I will be returning to New Hampshire on May 5th for a rocking chair class and Aug 4th another sack back class. She will get that dining room set one way or another! LOL

Fred

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

Thanks. Good luck on your new classes and getting your wife’s chairs done.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Beautiful chair and story. I don’t know what he charges for the class, but it sounds like you got your money’s worth.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Welcome to Lumberjocks and thanks for showing your beautiful chair. What a great idea for gifts from your wife! Windsor chairs are rarely painted over here but I do like the finish on this one.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

I’m always impressed with chair makers. Well done!

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

I too make windsor chairs. This one looks great! Great idea for the wife to get you more classes.

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

Beautiful chair, I’d love to do that just can’t afford the class. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Your chair came out very nicely. Good luck with the two classes. What nice gifts from your wife.

There is something about making a chair, what a feeling of acomplishment you must feel. Some day I hope to make a chair as wonderful as the one I looking at.

-- Billp

I met Mike Dunbar at a woodworker show, we were both displaying at, in Maine, back in 2002. These chairs don’t fit in with the rest of the furniture that I make, but I was really taken with the workmanship that goes into them. I kick myself for not taking the time to go “next door” to New Hampshire and take the class before I left New England. You did a real nice job on that chair, Fred. These chairs sell real good, so keep after ‘em.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Thanks Tim,

Hard to believe that you would want to leave Maine! I built the house my parents retired to on Bailey Island in 1988 and I have been visiting ever since. Every time I visit the urge to stay gets stronger. The class that I took with Mike was awesome to say the least. He has great teaching methods which enabled people who had never even touched a hand tool before to produce a chair. My wife has gotten me 2 more classes for this year which will get me well on my way to becoming a chair making fool. Little does she know she may become a widow to the woodwork.

Thanks Again,

Fred

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

Fred.

I apologize for missing this one when you originally posted it. But I am glad it came back up on my list. This is a gorgeous chair. I could not imagine the effort and ability it takes to complete a build like this. Obviously working 5 days under a master craftsman says a lot about the effort and talent it takes to complete this chair. Well done.

I am sure more are in your future. Keep ‘em coming. I promise I will be more timely with my next review.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

There is nothing like a windsor chair. I was hanging around and had to look some more. I too have gotten bitten with the chairmaking bug through Mike Dunbar. Just completed my 13th chair and I have 2 more classes scheduled this fall, Sept 22 for a continous arm and Nov 3 for a writing arm. Maybe I’ll see you at chair class one day soon. Your looks great, keep making them.

-- Every cloud has a silver lining

beautiful chair

-- jeanmarc manosque france