Ever since I started selling stick chairs, potential customers have asked: “I like the look of your chairs, but are they comfortable?” My canned response has been: “Compared to a La-Z-Boy, no. But compared to typical wooden chairs, yes, they are fairly comfortable.” Last weekend I experienced a forced, painful and radical reassessment of my…
Read moreAs promised, we created a full-color dust jacket for “The Stick Chair Book” that you can download and print out at your local copy shop. The dust jacket measures 22.5” x 9.25”, so it can easily be printed out on 24”-wide poster stock (a common size). We recommend a coated heavy-weight paper (70# to 100#),…
Read moreSeveral 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…
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