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Advice from Experts Bender & Breed

Matthew Teague — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:05:19 +0000

I recently stumbled across a short but interesting video from The Furniture Project in which Alan Breed and frequent Popular Woodworking Magazine contributor Charles Bender discuss a Seymour-inspired chair made by North Bennet Street student Timm Scheliff. For those unfamiliar with The Furniture Project, it’s a relaunch of the WoodExpo show in Boston and a great spot … Read more »

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New Yankee Workshop Adirondack Chair

Steve Shanesy — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:27:50 +0000

In 2005 I had the good fortune to spend a couple days with Norm Abram at his New Yankee Workshop building one of the program’s most popular projects – an Adirondack chair. Norm and I each built a chair from a plan he developed that was based on a chair his father built years before. … Read more »

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New Episode of ‘The Highland Woodworker’

Matthew Teague — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:09:04 +0000

The second episode of “The Highland Woodworker” web TV show is out and if you haven’t seen this new show yet, it’s definitely worth a look. Produced in conjunction with Highland Hardware in Atlanta, the show provides great woodworking advice and visits with some of the best woodworkers out there. (The first episode included a … Read more »

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Not Your Typical Beginner’s Project – Blacker House Chair

Robert W. Lang — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:59:30 +0000

If you were to rank woodworking projects by degree of difficulty, chairs would be at the top of the list. They aren’t like boxes or tables with nice square corners and predictable sizes of component parts – everything on a chair is odd. If you were then to rank chairs by degree of difficulty, those … Read more »

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Exploring the Roorkhee Chair

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:28:18 +0000

I’m gearing up to build a run of Roorkhee Chairs for some customers and (fingers crossed) this magazine. But before I can even order the wood I had to do something I thought I’d never do again: Buy a piece of commercial furniture. The Roorkhee Chair is a seminal piece of British campaign furniture and … Read more »

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How I Glue Chair Mortises

Christopher Schwarz — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:46:09 +0000

This is a stupid trick. In fact, I’m sure you have a better way to do this. But I don’t. This week I glued up a couple Welsh stick chairs – each had 12 spindles and 28 through-mortises that must be glued and wedged. The top spindle deck of each chair was one massive glue-up, … Read more »

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I Can Do That: Limbert Outdoor Cafe Chair

David Thiel — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:53:54 +0000

A great chair to make in pairs (or more), this outdoor version of a classic Charles Limbert Arts & Crafts cafe chair is simple to make using basic home center lumber and only a few common tools. Very little woodworking experience required. Download the Limbert Chair Plans Here

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All-weather Morris Chair Plan

David Thiel — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:52:17 +0000

When it comes to slouchy comfort, there are few chairs that answer that call better than the Morris chair. But when it’s 70 degrees, the sun is shining and you just want to get out of the house, you need a special Morris chair. An all-weather Morris chair. Say no more! This is the newly-updated … Read more »

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Morris Chair Tour

Robert W. Lang — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:36:38 +0000

My favorite project is usually the last one I’ve finished, or the one I’m about to start. The cover project for the April 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine will likely stay a favorite for a long, long time. It’s a reproduction of a Gustav Stickley No. 369 bent arm chair. Gus knew what he … Read more »

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History of the Morris Chair

Robert W. Lang — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:20:59 +0000

In the mid-1860s a carpenter in Sussex, England named Ephraim Colman had a brilliant idea, to make a chair with an adjustable back. The idea was sketched by Warrington Taylor, and adapted by Phillip Webb for a chair to be produced by William Morris and Company. Chairs have had a slow evolution, and the best … Read more »

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