Patron Version Video: Tools for Chair-Making
Added 2024-02-24 12:00:05 +0000 UTCFriends:
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
Comments
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?
Madeleine Yeh
2024-02-29 13:42:34 +0000 UTCI'm glad! I'm excited, too.
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 13:09:18 +0000 UTCI was very lucky to meet Rob!
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 13:09:08 +0000 UTCI'm really glad you liked it!
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 13:08:53 +0000 UTCUnfortunately, 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.
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 13:08:43 +0000 UTCI 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
2024-02-27 13:07:36 +0000 UTCIt's our pleasure. Just buddies hanging out in the shop.
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 12:53:11 +0000 UTCAh, 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
2024-02-27 12:51:18 +0000 UTCDarn! We might just get you to build another!
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 12:48:05 +0000 UTCWe lav mics malfunctioned and we had to use camera sound for this video. The final video will be far more polished.
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 12:47:38 +0000 UTCThat'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
2024-02-27 12:46:36 +0000 UTCYou 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
2024-02-27 12:45:56 +0000 UTCIt's very exciting. I've been thinking about doing this for years.
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 12:44:54 +0000 UTCIt was, but it is slow getting started!
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 12:44:38 +0000 UTCThank you! I just threw up cameras and we let it rip.
Rex Krueger
2024-02-27 12:44:27 +0000 UTCI’m excited for this project!
John Pankow
2024-02-25 19:53:49 +0000 UTCRob 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.
Richard C von Brecht
2024-02-25 17:26:26 +0000 UTCDamn, Rex, this was a great great video!
Thomas Hverring
2024-02-25 14:12:06 +0000 UTCLooking 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!
Russell Neches
2024-02-25 08:42:53 +0000 UTCMost 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
Michael Falbo
2024-02-25 04:04:12 +0000 UTCNot that fun or informative if I can't hear what they're saying;)
John Griswold
2024-02-24 23:41:07 +0000 UTCGreat 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?
mmgross144
2024-02-24 20:58:36 +0000 UTCSo looking forward to this series. It is going to be a lot of fun. Thank you Rex and Rob for putting this together.
Matt Evans-Koch
2024-02-24 19:55:19 +0000 UTCHow can you tell if a drawknife is supposed to be bevel up or bevel down?
Kenneth Carlile
2024-02-24 19:15:03 +0000 UTCYou might regret that. I finished watch the Lap Joint Video on YouTube. Those commercials were awful and numerous. My Patreon subscription is worth it!
Richard C von Brecht
2024-02-24 17:01:01 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the next phase. I’ve used and gave up 2 shavehorses.
Don Heselton
2024-02-24 16:22:08 +0000 UTCExcellent 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;)
John Griswold
2024-02-24 16:15:28 +0000 UTCMy 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.
Skully Wood and Metal
2024-02-24 15:35:50 +0000 UTCVery 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.
Dave West
2024-02-24 14:36:23 +0000 UTCThis looks super exciting!
Gerald Eddy
2024-02-24 14:35:54 +0000 UTCThanks Rex and Rob, Looks like a lot of fun.
Marc Barash
2024-02-24 13:09:30 +0000 UTCGreat video. I like the "couple of friends figuring out a project together" format.
Kevin S Thomas
2024-02-24 12:51:16 +0000 UTC
