Building a
beautiful chair that is also comfortable is a rewarding and challenging
woodworking project. These articles from some of America’s finest
chairmakers help any woodworker learn basic and advanced chairmaking
skills including carving, weaving and coopering seats, working
with green wood, and cutting angled joints. Also included are
plans for chair projects from a stool to a rocking chair. Chapters
include “Chair Making Simplified,” “Compound-Angle Joinery,” “Weaving
a Cane Seat,” “Post and Rung Stool,” and “Bowback Windsor Step
by Step.” If you’ve every shied away from making chairs or stools
because of the challenges they present, this is the book for you.
156 pages.
8-1/2 x 11. Fully illustrated with drawings and color photos.
Soft cover. $17.95. (2006) ISBN 1561588571
