Chairmaking Tools and Supplies

The last few months have been a time of innovation for me.  I've been working on a new tool to produce - a handled scraper for cleaning up chair seats.  Right now I'm trying to bend the handles out of walnut, which isn't real easy.  I've also been...

Elia recently invited me to contribute to his blog. By way of introduction, I’ve been working with Elia since 2017—primarily as resident toolmaker. Prior to that I had a career as a baker and pastry chef, but my shift to woodworking had earlier inklings. After college...

For your entertainment and edification, here are some more British Pathe woodworking videos. If you watch one, watch the tennis rackets - it's a pretty neat look at a mechanized shop that was still using a froe and drawknife. Turners making chess pieces in Hungry in...

I visited with Curtis Buchanan last week, building Velda's chairs and going over his new plans for the Velda's chair.  On the way to his TN home, I dropped off Tomi's Birdcage Side Chair.  Here's a story about her chair: Last week, I was at the lathe turning...