The movie selection today does not adequately cover everything we did. It does not cover the empanadas. Or the pastries. Or the bourbon slushes. It also doesn’t cover the fact that we made most of the sticks and tenoned them. Tomorrow we will shave all the sticks to shape, clean up the arms and assemble…
Read moreNone of these chairs are the same. Not the rake and splay of the legs or undercarriage. Not the arms or hands. Not the position of the sticks. So yeah, stick chairs are on the menu.
Read moreToday: stretchers, arms and shoes. And pizza. (Thanks to Jared Wayne from Taglio for an amazing lunch.)
Read moreThis week we are running a stick chair class for six students with Aspen Golann as the co-instructor. The class was organized by The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, and the students are all teachers or woodworkers who want to become teachers. The goal is for all of the students to have one stick chair complete by the…
Read moreWhile my personal tools stay in my tool chest, we keep the communal ones hanging on the wall behind my bench for students or visiting instructors to use without guilt or asking. Our “tool wall” is made up of three panels of cherry that cover three bookcases. For most of the year, our shop looks…
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