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Chairs, Benches And Stools - Page 3 of 15

Three Takes on Mid-Century Chair Design

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 from Green Wood

July 25, 2019

Learn how to use riven stock, wet/dry joinery, and natural hickory bark for the stool seat.
Depth Gauge for Chair Seats

April 1, 2019

A workshop tip on how to make a simple depth gauge for hand-shaped chair seats.
Build a Curved-Leg Stool

March 26, 2019

Simple bends provide stability and visual flair for this light, comfortable bar stool.
Peter Galbert’s FWW Live 2018 Keynote Speech

February 12, 2019

Unsurprisingly, the journey of a windsor chairmaker is rarely a straight line
How to Make an Adjustable-Height Shop Stool

January 9, 2019

The tail jaw of a 3/4-in. pipe clamp makes a perfect seat-adjustment mechanism.
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
Modern Adirondack Chair

November 28, 2018

Tom McLaughlin builds a comfortable, contemporary take on the classic backyard chair.
Determining Sight Lines in SketchUp

November 8, 2018

For a new project in the shop, I picked a Windsor Chair and a style I had not done before. Of course, this required SketchUp modeling based on a Rod-Back…
Compound-Angle Tenons on the Tablesaw

September 26, 2018

The angled joinery where the posts and seat rails meet is one of the challenges of making a Chippendale chair. Steve Brown tackles it with the aid of two ingenious jigs that simplify the process.

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