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Patron Version Video: Tools for Chair-Making (Patreon)

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2024-02-24 12:00:05
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Friends: 

This week's video is unusual for several reasons. 

First it's extra-long for Patrons. My friend Rob came to the shop and we got a little closer to making a chair. We used drawknives, my shave-horse, and my froe and talked about wood grain. We made plans for the next phase of chair-making. Your video includes an extra section on chair styles and history. That's just for Patrons.  

Second, this video is a little rougher than usual. We used a new camera this week....and it created some massive video files that made editing a nightmare. Nate figured it out (as usual) but he didn't have time to process the sound and color to his usual standards. We hope you'll be patient with us while we navigate the new file formats and compression schemes of our new camera. Next week's video will be far more polished. 

Finally thank you all for your suggestions for the coming year!  As requested, we're planning more Furniture Forensics, more simple projects, and more builds. Thanks to your feedback, we have some great directions to pursue. 

Happy Saturday!


--Rex

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Comments

Kevin S Thomas

Great video. I like the "couple of friends figuring out a project together" format.

Marc Barash

Thanks Rex and Rob, Looks like a lot of fun.

Gerald Eddy

This looks super exciting!

Dave West

Very cool. I have been playing around with green woodworking for about a year or so to use up some trees I had taken down. I used the metal wedge and glut system and it worked great. I did use the scoring method on a 6ish foot red oak log to split it into a bench seat. It was the 1st thing I made in green wood. I scored both ends of the log as well as the sides which didn't take as log as you might think. I don't know if it made a difference or if I just got lucky but, it split almost dead straight. I have been looking for an antique froe for awhile but was unable to so I just bought one from Lee Valley tools for $60 US. Haven't had a chance to use it yet but the blade and the handle seem solid. Looking forward to the next episode of this chair.

Skully Wood and Metal

My grandmother had wooden chairs that had leather seats made from rawhide. In the Boy Scouts I replaced the cane weaving for a chair as part of the Basketry Merit Badge. I am very interested this series. Thanks for a great video.

John Griswold

Excellent topic, and I am looking forward to some green work in the future. One problem this old carpenter has with the video is the sound volume...I can hear your punchy middle school teacher voice OK but have to strain to hear Rob. Don't know if you can mic him up, I can't raise the volume on my laptop any more, will wait till this video comes out for general viewing to finish watching it on my TV where I can crank the volume;)

Don Heselton

Looking forward to the next phase. I’ve used and gave up 2 shavehorses.

Richard C von Brecht
>>130567452

You might regret that. I finished watch the Lap Joint Video on YouTube. Those commercials were awful and numerous. My Patreon subscription is worth it!

Kenneth Carlile

How can you tell if a drawknife is supposed to be bevel up or bevel down?

Matt Evans-Koch

So looking forward to this series. It is going to be a lot of fun. Thank you Rex and Rob for putting this together.

mmgross144

Great video! I live in Virginia and cannot source dogwood for gluts (State Tree and State Flower, very hefty fine for taking one down). Does anyone have any suggestions for alternative woods?

Michael Falbo
>>130587065

Most fruit tree woods are hard and dense and should work. I’ve got a mostly dead pear tree that I’m going to make my gluts and beetle (sp?) out of

Russell Neches

Looking forward to the next video! Small request for next time, though. Can you set up the shave horse and mic on the concrete floor? Or maybe throw a bit of carpet under it? That wooden floor is like a giant bass drum!

Thomas Hverring

Damn, Rex, this was a great great video!

Richard C von Brecht

Rob is a very knowledgeable guy. His continuous stream of detail is great. It’s the little things that take a project from a poorly thought out slog to a thing of joy.

John Pankow

I’m excited for this project!

Rex Krueger
>>130560987

You made the right choice! A lot of antique froes are too wide and very difficult to use. The Lee Valley is better than most of the old ones you're going to find and the price is right.

Rex Krueger
>>130564750

That's very interesting! We're going to use Shaker Tape. It's durable and much easier than any other method I've seen.

Rex Krueger
>>130567452

We lav mics malfunctioned and we had to use camera sound for this video. The final video will be far more polished.

Rex Krueger
>>130580133

Ah, it's not that hard. The handles should point down at about a 30 degree angle. So, if you rest the drawknife on its back and the handles are parallel to the floor, that's the WRONG position. Flip it over and rest it on the bevel. The handles should slope down toward the floor. That's a bevel-down draw-knife. If you rest the knife on its back and the handles slope down, then that's a bevel-up drawknife. I think I'll make a short on this topic. Thank you!

Rex Krueger
>>130587065

I used apple for the ones in this video. Just fine. Hickory is good. I bet maple would work. Just find something hard, make them green and let them dry.

Rex Krueger
>>130619966

Unfortunately, we have almost no concrete in the shop. Just a small area where the horse won't fit. It's all wood floors. We had a mic malfunction in this video and had to rely on camera sound.

Madeleine Yeh

This can all be done by hand tools! How marvelous. Did you make the wooden edge cover for that one draw knife? How did you do it? How do you sharpen your draw knives?