Several readers have asked for a video that shows how I trim wedged through-tenons flush to a seat. So I guess I’m taking requests that aren’t “Piano Man” or “Free Bird.” Be sure to leave a tip in the jar…. Some notes: Usually I perform this operation as-shown in the video. I use my weight…
Read moreEditor’s note: “The Stick Chair Book” – $49 plus domestic postage – is now shipping from our Indiana warehouse. If you order it from Lost Art Press before Dec. 12, you will receive a free pdf of the book at checkout. Though I have written a lot about the delays with printing “The Stick Chair…
Read moreI wrote my first book when I was 11 years old. It sprouted and took root like all the other books I’ve written during the last 42 years. Step one: I become bizarrely interested in a topic. Back in 1979, it was how the U.S. military had moved so many people around during World War…
Read moreWhen I sent “The Stick Chair Book” to press in June, my plan was to immediately launch into my next book project. But then I took a look at our family’s finances, and I knew that idea was unwise. When you don’t sell any furniture or teach any classes for 56 weeks in a row,…
Read moreSeveral readers asked how to use a laser for drilling compound angles in chairmaking after I posted my love letter to green lasers. Here it is with some important caveats: Yes, you can use two lasers like Greg Pennington does. If you have two lasers, go for it. I have only one. I use lasers…
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