Chairs, Benches And Stools

A comfortable Craftsman-style side chair

March 25, 2020

Tom McLaughlin builds a Craftsman-style side chair with a reclined backrest, curved crest rail, and angled mortise-and-tenon joinery.
Hidden steel stabilizes this custom bench

March 16, 2020

Nancy Hiller designs a bench for a very specific place, with a very specific need.
Turned-Leg Ladderback Chair

December 5, 2019

With its roots in a classic three-slat design, Tim Manney's modern ladderback is built from straight-grained maple with turned legs.
Designer’s Notebook: The Modern Chair’s Lasting Appeal

July 29, 2019

Philip Morley, Libby Schrum, and Kris Burns give their insights into how they designed a modern lounge chair, including the critical details they included and the personal details they added to the iconic Mid-Century style
Make a Post-and-Rung Stool

July 25, 2019

How to use riven stock, wet/dry joinery, and natural hickory bark
Workshop Tips: Depth gauge for carved chair seats

April 1, 2019

When sculpting the seat of a rocking chair, I came up with this simple jig for gauging depth and symmetry. It’s a piece of scrap, with dowels inserted every 2…
Build a Curved-Leg Stool

March 26, 2019

Simple bends provide stability and visual flair
Peter Galbert’s FWW Live 2018 Keynote Speech

February 12, 2019

Unsurprisingly, the journey of a windsor chairmaker is rarely a straight line
Workshop Tip–Use a pipe clamp to make an adjustable-height shop stool

January 9, 2019

After an unsuccessful search for a seat adjustment mechanism, this reader found the perfect solution: the tail jaw of a 3/4-in. pipe clamp
SketchUp: Modeling A Queen Anne Back Slat

December 7, 2018

Tim Killen makes great use of SketchUp's intersect tool to model a complicated 3d piece

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