Make a Windsor Chair: The Updated and Expanded Classic - Softcover

Dunbar, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440334811 ISBN 13: 9781440334818

Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books, 2013

Synopsis

The ultimate guide to chairmaking!

Making a Windsor chair is one of the purest forms of woodworking--and one of the most fulfilling. With a few specialized tools, greenwood straight from the forest and some expert instruction, even beginners can craft an heirloom.

In this book, chairmaking expert Mike Dunbar will show you exactly how. Dunbar, who has personally taught more than 3,000 students over the last 30 years, details every step in building sackback and continuous-arm Windsors. You'll learn how to:

• Choose and use the tools you need for efficient work.
• Carve a comfortable seat.
• Make well-proportioned legs, stretchers and spindles.
• Rive and steam-bend a chair back.
• Assemble joints for a perfect fit the first time.

Plus, this expanded edition (with 32 additional pages) includes a chapter on fixing chairmaking mistakes, one of the most common issues Mike's students ask about.

Follow the professional tricks, tips, and techniques in this updated and expanded edition and you'll have a chair that will stay tight and true for generations.

About this title

About the Author

For more than 40 years Mike Dunbar has worked tirelessly to advance the craft of Windsor chairmaking and to promote handmade Windsor chairs. Since 1994 he has taught at his school, The Windsor Institute. Mike is the author of seven woodworking books and has written more magazine articles than he can count.

Edition details

• Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440334811
• ISBN 13: 9781440334818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192