Handworks 2017, Day 2
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After Handworks 2017 wrapped up last Saturday, I took a few days off work as we wended our way back across the plains to Cincinnati (yes - I actually spent an entire three days doing almost nothing one might consider productive…and it was glorious). But it's hardly fair to call Handworks “work.” It was a delight to not only see and try out the hand tools from so many […]The post Handworks 2017, Day 2 appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Fix a Split Seat
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One of the most exciting (and frightening) aspects of building a Windsor-style chair is the ever-present possibility that you will split the seat when you drive the legs home. I always tell students: Keep hitting the leg's tenon into its mortise until the very next strike will split the seat. Then stop. This is not always possible. Today, I split a seat twice. Both splits occurred in mortises for the […]The post How to Fix a Split Seat appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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