Hey guys. It's been a long time, a longggggg time since I've posted here. Just been so dang busy! Some may remember me, others may not. Anyways, I'm thinking of tackling my first chair and I'd like it to be a Windsor chair/rocker. My grandfather built a dining set of 6 armless and 2 armed Windsors. (he also built 15 boats!) Unfortunately he passed away a few months ago so I cannot ask him how he made his chairs. However, I've inherited all of his tools, books, some jigs and plans. One of the books is "Measured Shop Drawings for American Furniture" by Thos. Moser. In this book, by grandfather had quite a few numbers scribbled on the page where the windsors are, they mean nothing to me though. Here are some of my questions:
I understand you turn the legs all on the lathe and the spindles are traditionally done on a drawhorse, can the spindles be done on a lathe as well or no due to the straight grained nature of the spindles and also the green wood drying and expanding into the dried seat which creates the bond?
If they cannot be turned on the lathe, could anyone recommend a good book on building the chairs and also how to build a draw horse. In the book I'm currently refering to, my grandfather circled "Windsor Chairmaking (Sterling, 1982). I am assuming he may have purchased this book, however it is not one that I got in my collection. I believe this is the book by Thos. Moser, but am not sure. Is this a good book?
I am sure whatever book I get will cover it but will I need an aze and a froe?
Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Tyler
I understand you turn the legs all on the lathe and the spindles are traditionally done on a drawhorse, can the spindles be done on a lathe as well or no due to the straight grained nature of the spindles and also the green wood drying and expanding into the dried seat which creates the bond?
If they cannot be turned on the lathe, could anyone recommend a good book on building the chairs and also how to build a draw horse. In the book I'm currently refering to, my grandfather circled "Windsor Chairmaking (Sterling, 1982). I am assuming he may have purchased this book, however it is not one that I got in my collection. I believe this is the book by Thos. Moser, but am not sure. Is this a good book?
I am sure whatever book I get will cover it but will I need an aze and a froe?
Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Tyler