I helped my grandfather make Willow chairs when I was a boy. I am really wanting to do this soon with my son. This was a very informative video. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and love for this forgotten craft.

Thank you so much for making this video😊

Thank you so so so so so much for sharing this video! I have loved this furniture for years..... you do beautiful work!

Wow! Thank you! Really great info and energy! You can tell he knows what he’s doing

This thrills me no end. (rubbing my hands together and can’t wait to get started!)

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Great teacher!!

I've copied the way you made this chair and I'm very very impressed with how easy it is and in how fast it is to "get it " THANK YOU so very much for providing this video. 2 thumbs way up

Thank-you so much for sharing this video!! :)

LOVED THIS JOHN!!!!!

Thank you very much, here in Alaska the willows are desperate to be made into beautiful chairs. Thank you!

Awesome thank you

Amazing!!!

Lovely job John ,regards from a green woodworker in Ireland .

Love this🙂

Hi John, thank you for the video. Could you please make a short video of what the willow looks like when you harvest it. Im not sure what willow is in the field and would like to be able to collect some to try this myself

wow great video! I have a lot of downed guava trees in Hawaii and going to try this

Very well done

This is an awesome video. I make canes out of willows and red birch as well as 2x4's but I've often thought of making this type of chair. Now I have a much better idea of how to do it , and there are a lot of willows around where I live, Saskatchewan Canada . Your style of chair is going to be in Canada LOL

Thanks

Thanks. Will try with Diamond willow stripped for the frame and bent willow for the top.

A very instructive video production! I have always been curious about bentwood furniture and this has satisfied that curiosity! What are alternative woods that could be used? The woods on my property are mixed hardwood and conifers. There is an abundance of Yaupon Holly. I wonder if it could be used in the construction of these chairs? What do you think?

Great video! How do you like to do the finishing? The color of the completed chair was beautiful!

Thanks John this was great I cant ait till I trim my garden trees and make this I have a lot of bamboo do you think it could work with bamboo

Great video. I have been meaning to do something like that for a long time, but never got around to it.

I like your style, power tools rule, but a reciprocating saw would be a blessing to your shoulders.

This is a great video. We bought one of these type chairs in Wisconsin. We love it and I really want to make some myself. I wasn't too bothered by the camera. I just would like to know about harvesting the willow and the alder. And are there alternatives to alder? Seems you could use just about any hard wood, eh? Finally.... when the chair is done, do you vanish? Would be nice to have pointers on that at least.

This was a great video not alot of expensive tools very simple , and where do you have a class in Minnesota ? I live near Lacrosse Wisconsin , so not far away . Thanks for the awesome video .

It would help a lot if the camera was zoomed out some

Very interesting but I was getting dizzy trying to watch. You should pan out and make camera stationary or get a better camera operater

Would it be possible to get a "parts list" for this chair. Ie how long the seat pieces are, how long the braces etc. From watching this I come up with 18 pieces needed for frame and 30ish willow pieces needed but it would help if there were approximate measurements. the only measurements I caught are front legs 16" and back legs 26". I know this is a rustic piece and measurements don't have to be exact but when I go out to find my pieces it would help. I LOVE this tutorial!!! Thank you so much!

This is some great information, but it's REALLY hard to watch. I hope you can redo this video after the person filming gets some pointers in how to do it. #1 hold the camera still. Try a tripod. Don't jerk the camera around so much. It makes it really difficult to watch. Love these beautiful chairs and would like to try to make one. Please try filming again!

Where can I buy a retractable ruler? All I can seem to find are tape measure's and regular rulers. 😂

Cameraman! Arrrg

Hummm…..

I can't watch it, the camera is making me dizzy!

camera man needs to stop shaking

I can't watch it bc the filming is soooooo bad!