Curtis Buchanan Windsor Chair Class at Highland Woodworking

Peek in on renowned chairmaker Curtis Buchanan’s week-long “Build a Windsor Chair” class held at Highland Woodworking in April 2006.
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Making rockers with bent wood lamination. 1 of 5 videos
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Make a Chair from a Tree: An Introduction to Working Green Wood

When a tree is felled, the wood is green and is easy to cut, split, shave and shape. As it dries, the wood shrinks and hardensQand it becomes vastly more difficult to work. In the old days, wood-workers relied on the ease with which green wood could be worked to make the parts they needed, and on the way wood shrinks to hold these parts together. These old ways have almost been lost, but are revived here for the modern woodworker. Make a Chair From a Tree is a lively and informative introduction to the old ways of splitting and shaping wood straight from the tree to make a light and beautiful, yet rugged, chair. Author John Alexander presents a complete guide to making this elegantly simple chair. He tells you how to fell a tree, split suitable pieces from it and shape those pieces into the parts of the chair, how to finish it, and how to weave a bark seat. Each step is carefully described and thoroughly illustrated with drawings and photographs. 130 pages. 9″ x 9″. Soft

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News in brief
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
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Question by sailormoonfru: How do I make doll sized furniture without using wood?
Im wanting to make a chair or sofa for a 22 Inch sized doll. My sewing skill is more than adequate, but my wood working skills not so much. So if I can complete the task without using wood that would be awesome. Any Answers?

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Answer by doclakewrite
try cardboard and glueing fabric on it…..

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