Windsor Fan Back

Classic or Contemporary Windsor side chair that incorporates all aspects of Windsor chair building.  The class focuses on hand tool skills and green woodworking techniques. 

This five-day class course will take you, step-by-step, through the process of hand crafting a Windsor Fan Back chair. It will cover every aspect of making a Windsor style chair, beginning with lumber selection, chairmaking tools, hand shaping parts, working with compound angles, all the way through final assembly.  Concentration will be on the making of a strong chair joint.  The building of this Windsor chair will be primarily with hand tools. (all turned parts will be provided.)

LEARN HOW TO

• Use hand tools: drawknife, spokeshave, reamer, adz, scorp and scraper

• Steam-bending

• Layout and drill compound angles

• Use of tapered mortise and tenon joints

• Use moisture content and grain orientation to make a long-lasting joint

• Assembly using hide glue