Thanks for dropping in! I have been meaning to start this group for a long time. It will be nice to have a timely discussion group for chairmakers to share ...
I have been signed off the Oldtools Listserve for quite a while, so if any of you folks could post a message there announcing this group, I would really...
I posted a couple of pics of my most recent chair in the Files section. Feel free to upload pictures of your work. (Of course I hesitate to say that because...
Chairmakers, This sounds like it could be a great resource. I'm still thrashing around tying to find some time to get more done on solo chair #1. Spindles...
Chairmakers, This sounds like it could be a great resource. I'm still thrashing around tying to find some time to get more done on solo chair #1. Spindles...
Hello I'm just getting into building Windsor and Welsh stick chairs and will need a shaving horse before long. To any of the chairmakers out there, have you...
Hi Darrell and everyone-- Coincidentally, I am sitting in my solo chair #1, which had been relegated to the upstairs. It has a basswood seat, which really ...
... I built one out of a 2X8 and some scraps of whatever was handy. It's a dumbhead design, kind-of-sort-of like the one Roy Underhill built on one of his...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the windsorchairmaking group. File :...
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Oct 30, 2001 1:30 am
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John Alexander makes ladderback chairs, but he has a nice simple plan for a bodger style shave horse. Here is a link: ...
Schwartz, Christopher...
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Oct 30, 2001 1:08 pm
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Hello all: Coincindently, I've been on a personal mission to start building some windsors. SWMBO wants some chairs for the kitchen, I have a habit of making...
Hi Matt-- Welcome. There are plenty of potential threads in your post, but I'll get my flame-proof suit and put in my 2 cents worth only on the spoon bits....
Hi, John, by "powerbore" do you mean the forstner-looking bits that Stanley had out a number of years ago, one spur and cutting edge? Bruce ...
Bruce Haugen
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Oct 30, 2001 8:01 pm
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... had out a number of years ago, one spur and cutting edge? ... Yes. The only real advantages they have as far chairmaking goes are that the lead screw can...
No, unfortunately, I don't have a source, which is why I was curious. I just rebuilt a continuous arm windsor I made 15 years ago (kids and moving kinda took...
Bruce Haugen
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Oct 30, 2001 8:22 pm
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... spoon ... begins to ... angle of ... the ... Jennings or an ... while holding ... control ... I agree with Bill that this is one place where spoon bits are...
Thanks John, Mr. Langher (Iknow I'm tourturing his name) speaks of the elusive "powerbore" I've searched on ebay a couple times and can't find any sign of em....
Matt had mentioned several posts up that he originally built a treadle lathe, but ended up going to a motorized version before long. I have the plans and the...
Matt has questions... ... I have a set of Fred Emhof's spoon bits. VERY nice bits, but very expensive too. The part you really need a spoon bit for is boring...
I use forstner bits for just about all the joints except for the bow where I use a modified auger that I bought 30 years ago. For the seat holes I drill them...
... two ... tape ... How did you modify the auger? And while we're talking about drilling, would anyone care to describe their preferences on tapered reamers?...
Matt asks about tapered reamers. I actually built the one you described on a web site. I used a piece of oak, tapered it to the desired dimensions, then cut a...
Many of the larger taper augers were for making or mostly cleaning out wooden bung holes. Remember, before the advent of the steel drum, liquids and a LOT of...
Mike Rock
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Nov 1, 2001 2:58 pm
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Matt asked about reamers: I have two solid reamers from Fred Emhoff: one is the standard Dunbar size, the other is a smaller nine degree included angle which...
... do ... I am rebuilding a Powermatic 45, so I am not the guy to ask about this, but I too am considering a treadle lathe. I saw Roy Underhill at Conner...
... Which leads me to the question I have been wanting to ask. When constructing a chair style you have not built before, how do you work out the compound ...
... American Woodworker's 5 year index (on their web site) says they have plans for a Spring Pole Lathe in Issue 8, pages 40-41. You can find their index (and...
Tim Swihart
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Nov 1, 2001 4:27 pm
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... What you are seeing are bung hole reamers for barrels. I have a Emhoff reamer for chiarmaking, but have also found antique ones at flea markets. The old...
I e-mailed customer service at Lee Valley about the rumour I heard about reproduction Powerbore bits. They kindly informed me that they do not carry them and...
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