I’ve been trying to finish off this chest with 2 drawers lately. I’m close, but have to go to North House Folk School soon, so the last bits will be in 2 weeks. Today I spent making the last 12′ of moldings – out of a total of over 45 feet! Rabbet plane first…
…followed by hollows & rounds….
Late in the day I still had some daylight. I have been using the last 30 or 45 minutes each day to hew some spoons for evening carving…but today I split some reject joinery-oak and started shaving the rear posts for some ladderback chairs. Must be because I’ve been thinking of Drew Langsner lately…
Here you can see the chest with a couple of clamps holding the drawer’s moldings in place. Shaving the chair posts was like old times…
Here’s the inspiration – one of the last chairs from Jennie Alexander’s hand…and Drew’s book The Chairmaker’s Workshop. I had to look up a few things to remind me of what I was doing.
The last time I made these chairs was some shrunk-down versions for when the kids were small, December 2009. These chairs are put away in the loft now, outgrown…
I hope to bend the posts Friday, then leave them in the forms while I’m away. Hopefully there will be some chairmaking going on in March…
PETER FOLLANSBEE: JOINER’S NOTES 
All my parts are near ready…
You have great memories, Peter. Thanks for sharing them
Peter,
Do you ever turn parts for these chairs or always shave them as Jennie and Drew show?
This reminds me to sharpen my draw knives today. That chest is sharp!
Must be in the air. I’ve been thinking about chairs a lot lately. Planning to take a walk in my woods this weekend to see if there’s a suitable oak I can take down before the sap starts coming up.
As always your work is inspiring. My wife and I look forward to your later class at North House Folk School.
I think I spot a stove flue pipe in one of those photos. You’ll be toasty by Summer! I love those chairs, perhaps I should go back too and make a couple.
As for Morgan Freeman, he was hardly there in the film.