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"There's nothing better on the market." —Fine Woodworking
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The often-intimidating art of chairmaking is explained in this book of expert patterns and tips for creating seven elegant chairs. Through each project, craftspeople learn increasingly complex skills that build upon each other, making the manual a complete education in all of the basic chairmaking techniques. The straightforward plans and methods make the designs—such as a child's ladderback chair and even armchairs—accessible for home woodworkers. Illuminating discussions of construction and design fundamentals, along with an appendix on oils and waxes to give projects the finishing touch, round out this exploration of the art of building comfortable chairs.
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A great deal at twice the price!!!!,
By Bo Todd (Red Deer, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chairmaking & Design (Paperback)
Finally...a book written about how to build something, for people that don't know how to build it!!! Awsome!!! Takes the fear out of building chairs...well NOT all the fear, but at least most of it.This is a must have book for first time chair builders!!
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This review is from: Chairmaking & Design (Paperback)
I bought this book about eight months ago when I needed some chairs for the living room. I ended up making two of the chairs in the book using some basic tools like a drill and a jigsaw. The instructions were clear and the chairs have held up well so far. The chair designs that were used are more on a formal side, better suited for sitting at a dining table. There is also some instruction on making your own designs for chairs as well as variety of examples. Overall a great addition to my woodworking library.
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Very Good Resource for Chairmaking,
By Rocky Mountain Entrepreneur "Rocky Mountain E... (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
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This review is from: Chairmaking & Design (Paperback)
I am now in the process of completing my 15th chair. I used the designs from this book with a great deal of success for the last nine. The author gives some insightful details I hadn't thought of before I got this book. The designs are fairly straight forward and progress from easy to harder chairs. I have found that the harder chairs certainly take some practice before trying to tackle them. A couple of things I would have liked to see would have been:1. A cut list. No cut list or take off list is provided for the designs which means you have to look at each piece, count them up, and get their measurements; 2. A board foot total. Before beginning a chair or set of chairs, I always cost it out based on the materials I am going to use. Without a cut list this takes time, but then I needed to know how much wood to order and how much to budget for each chair. 3. Variations in seats. One area lacking was seats. There are several designs, but I am working with solid wood seats and most of the ones shown are cloth or woven inset seats. This doesn't help in educating me in dishing out of the seats or attaching them or issues with wood movement. 4. Wood bending. There needs to be more info on wood bending and curved parts for chairs. I found out the hard way that the exotic woods I was using wouldn't bend and couldn't be laminated in thin strips to bend it. Perhaps I should have used the encyclopedia of wood first (due to complaints on the first chair from my wife, I needed curved pieces vice straight ones, and I already had the wood purchased and had it sent to our remote location). If you want to make a decent basic chair or are looking for a few ideas for chairs (I modified some of them), then this book will work for you. One thing I did like was the pictures of unusual chairs in the photo gallery.
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