Designing and Building Chairs

by FINE WOODWORKING EDITORS

• ISBN13: 9781561588572
• ISBN10: 1561588571
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-09-05
• Publisher: Taunton

Summary

Learn to build comfortable, long-lasting chairs. Chairs are ubiquitous, found in every home, office, and building. Almost all are commercially made since many woodworkers shy away from making chairs, or even stools. Granted, there are not too many square parts to most chairs, and compound angles are somewhat intimidating. But the articles in this book, reprinted from Fine Woodworking magazine, should help dispel any questions or fears you may have about chair building. Not only can you build them, you can make them better than the average commercially made models

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 2
Chair Making Basics
Chair Making Simplified	p. 4
Compound-Angle Joinery	p. 16
Working Green Wood	p. 24
Shaping the Arm of a Chair	p. 30
Building a Basic Stool	p. 36
Jigs for Joints on Curving Parts	p. 42
Built for Comfort: The Three-Slat Chair	p. 46
Building a Chair, Arts and Crafts Style	p. 53
Making Chair Seats
Sculpting Chair Seats with a Shop-Built Duplicator	p. 62
A Slim, Comfortable Slip Seat	p. 70
Carve a Softwood Seat	p. 77
Weaving a Cane Seat	p. 82
Coopering a Chair Seat	p. 86
Weaving Shaker Tape Seats	p. 92
Projects
A Light Settee in Cherry	p. 98
Post-and-Rung Stool	p. 109
Shaker Rocker	p. 118
Oval Chippendale Stool	p. 128
Bowback Windsor Step by Step	p. 137
The Shaker Revolver	p. 146
Credits	p. 152
Index	p. 153
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