Fine Woodworking

Chairs, Benches And Stools

When a woodworker buys a forest

December 9, 2022

Furniture maker Tak Yoshino pays homage to the forest his new woodworking school was built from.
Designer’s Notebook: Extracting the past

October 13, 2022

Paul Bouchard's Egyptian stool journeyed from tomb to museum to computer to paper to shop.
Sam Maloof: Woodworking profile

September 21, 2022

Watch one of the fathers of contemporary woodworking share his life's work in both his home and his shop.
Remembering Dave Sawyer

September 20, 2022

A giant of Windsor chairs and green woodworking
Amana church benches: A closer look

August 19, 2022

A deep dive into the craftsmanship of this portable bench and its origin in Amana, Iowa.
Amana Church Bench

August 5, 2022

With a long and storied history going back to the early 1800s in Iowa's Amana colonies, this bench is built to survive being broken down and transported, and used every week by church members.
A simple Windsor part 2: Posts, spindles, and crest rail

December 8, 2021

Build a handsome chair with an inexpensive kit of tools
Chairmaker’s Planes

October 13, 2021

On overview of the specialty planes that chairmakers have used for centuries.
Build a Handsome Chair with Limited Tools

October 6, 2021

Part 1: Seat and undercarriage. Curtis Buchanan gets to the basics of chairmaking with this Windsor made exclusively with a few basic hand tools.
Sources of Supply – Upholster a chair seat

September 30, 2021

Sources of Supply Many of these can be obtained at a local upholstery shop in smaller quantities. 3.5 in. Red stripe Jute webbing: Diyupholsterysupply.com or Rochfordsupply.com 3.5 in. Poly webbing:…

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