Besides being a wonderful friend, Curtis Buchanan taught me what I know about chairmaking. His website has pictures of his work.
Windsor Chairs
Side Chairs - Arm Chairs - Settees - High Chairs - Rockers
Oak and hickory.for.spindles, crests and arms. Maple for legs, stretchers and arm stumps. Pine and poplar for seats. These are the woods of the chairmaker. Split from a log, all parts save the seat are worked green and then dried -- some just air dried and some 'super dried' in a kiln. Removed from the kiln, the ends of these 'super dried' parts are inserted into holes in the wetter air dried parts where they swell like a sponge, locking the chair together.
Seat blanks are bought from a local sawmill and deeply shaped to fit you comfortably for hours. The slim, strong spindles in the chair's back flex to cradle your back in a warm, strong embrace. Spindles have minute facets, like a cut diamond, left by a spokeshave.
These are the lightest, most comfortable chairs you have ever slept in.
