Yesterday, my father-in-law and I delivered a set of five chairs for Josh and his wife’s new house. We met at a horse park and transferred the blanket-wrapped chairs into Josh’s car. As I wrapped the chairs last week, I…
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Chairs for Sale (At a Discount)
I’ve never offered chairs for sale at a discount, but I find myself drowning in chairs. Many were built in classes, both online and in-person, while others I made by accident. I am offering a discount on them for the…
Posted in Chairs For Sale, Classes
French Spoons with Jane Mickelborough
“What did you do during the pandemic, ” friends will soon be asking. Now you can have a good answer: “I made a set of French eating spoons for our dining table.” Boy, will they be impressed. First we’ll learn…
Posted in Classes Tagged with: chip carving, eating spoons, french spoons, green woodworking, hand tool woodworking, inlay, jane mickelborough, online classes, spoon carving, wax
Velda’s Chair Class with Curtis Buchanan
I first made one of Curtis Buchanan’s Velda’s Chairs about six or eight years ago when a neighbor came by my shop and ordered two bar stools and a settee in Velda’s style. They wanted the chairs unpainted,…
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Chairmaker’s Woodturning Class, plus Bowl Carving with Dave Fisher
I remember the day I first heard of Dave Fisher. I was standing in front of my shop talking with one of my students about Instagram and he mentioned Dave Fisher. He seemed surprised that I’d never heard of him,…
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Fan Birds with Jane Mickelborough/Chairmaking Videos
I first met Jane Mickelborough when she spent three days with me and taught a class on spooncarving in my shop. They spent a day carving the spoon, a day chip carving and a day doing wax inlay. Her work…
Posted in Classes, Craft Films
Spoons with Follansbee & Reamer-Making Class
I’ve been looking forward to doing this class for a few months – I first learned to carve a spoon properly in one of Peter’s classes and he is such a laid-back, entertaining fellow that the idea of teaching with…
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Green Wood Source List: By You for You
Where do you get green wood? I get this question regularly and it’s a hard one to answer. Seth and I sell oak splits for chairs, but it’s not exactly cheap if you need a bunch of parts. My blog…
