Making a Democratic Chair from Ash Logs I Found on the Side of the Road

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, I make a democratic chair (design and plans by Curtis Buchanan) from some Ash logs I found on the side of the road. It wasn't easy, but I'm glad I did it!
Now, I'll tell you, I learned a ton! One major thing... why white pine is used for the seat! Also, it really, really matters that you try to use high quality, straight-grained material. Otherwise, you waste a ton of the material and your time in the process.
Check out Curtis Buchanan's great series on making this chair. I referenced it a ton!
• 1. Introduction to th...
Pay-what-you-can PDF plans for the chair via ‪@CurtisBuchananChairmaker‬'s website:
www.curtisbuchananchairmaker....
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@coreyhiggins621 Жыл бұрын

Just wow! From log to elegant and classic chair, and all with hand tools. You are driven my friend, and you have some mad skills! I've been working at becoming more proficient with hand tools in order to keep the noise, emanating from my workshop, to a minimum. So, I truly enjoyed this video. I found it to be informative and motivational. One word of advice though. Throw away your gym membership. You don't need it! Great job!

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Haha! That great advice! Noise was a huge reason why I started moving to hand tools. I didn’t have any real machines anyways and I just hated all the screaming motors, not to mention how dangerous I felt like they could be. While I feel more comfortable with machines now, I prefer hand tools, still. Good luck on your own hand tool journey!!

@alberttibbets6567 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. All those angles of the legs and back. That's impressive work. Nice photography. Thanks.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Definitely out a lot of work into it, but I’m so glad I did!!

@giuseppedeepakbentihandtoo3809 Жыл бұрын

My friend, this is Art!!Congratulations!! It's amazing!! :-)

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m certainly very proud :)

@richardrearick1975 Жыл бұрын

Wow all that hard work paid off! That is a beautiful chair! :)

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Sure did! Thank you!

@benjamingiese841 Жыл бұрын

You went from logs to fine furniture w/o a scrub plane?!! Don't know whether to shake your hand or slap your skull!! Truly amazing perseverence and I can only imagine the pride you have every time you set your eyes on it.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! I have a scrub and I used it a ton. I have a #4 that I used and a #6. But even so, it was very, very time consuming.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Both of these are my “scrub” planes with very cambered irons.

@charlesapettit 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks.

@georgeblair5070 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work . Thanks for sharing. Only 5 more and you have a dinner set!

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks! Yes… 5 more 😂😂😂

@Ariovistvs 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the fact that you use a home made treadle lathe! Regarding the greenwood stuff: If your wood has already dried you can just resoak it and it will become as soft or softer than green wood again. I don't know much about turning but I imagine it works better with greenwood as well?

@Siberian_can 11 ай бұрын

Good job. Cool project👍

@diegogimenez6076 Жыл бұрын

I completely understand your frustration with working with Ash. I once started to make a router plane out of ash... I started shaping it and I got it to the minimum shape to work but it stayed unfinished for months. Later I became better at sharpening and got better work holding and completed the process.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I feel confident in sharpening but the lathe work and the seat blank made me lose motivation. How did the plane turn out?

@iamwhoiam4410 11 ай бұрын

The only thing I use Ash for is firewood. Thanks for sharing the hard and dedicated work you did on the chair. You did a beautiful job.

@TWC6724 Жыл бұрын

Way to persevere brother. Love it. It’s crazy how that steam totally warped that end cap.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I know! I had to go back and straighten it. Now it stay flat-screwed a batten to it.

@mikeyo2006 Жыл бұрын

Just stunning!

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@marim.7558 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@bobweiram6321 Жыл бұрын

Here is a way for making relegendable story sticks. Unroll a long strip of drywall paper tape and temporarily tape it to a flat surface. Draw out your dimensions as you would on a normal story stick. When you're done, tape over it with clear packing tape, peel it off and cut off any excess. To use it, tape its ends directly on the work piece, or on a long ruler, or a wooden stick. When you're done, roll it up and rubber band it. The result is a more durable and saves storage space. Alternatively, you can also print and cut a 1:1 CAD printout of the strip and even add graphic profile which gives more context to the dimensions.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@sethwarner2540 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this; no jazzy music; no skipping the messy parts, admission of mistakes, foibles, other real-world events. The result is, you came through all of it with a great chair. I guess I could do this after-all. I bet the next chair you make will have a different seat material! like poplar, or pine! And you just might find a draw shave

@TheHandToolery 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Honestly, yes you can! For me, it was more about determination than anything. I will say, just watch Curtis Buchanan’s videos and take your time!

@margaretkrantz1469 Жыл бұрын

Great work! Congratulations!

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jasonamundson7034 Жыл бұрын

Very nice!! Love all the different tools you used to create a beautiful chair.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It wasn’t very “democratic” in that sense, but it got the job done.

@rollingstone3017 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding. Fun seeing your skills develop over the years. Way more ambitious than me. As a hobbyist hand tool woodworker, I’ve found that there’s just so much furniture I can make. I’ve resorted to staying with small projects.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Definitely understand. One thing I would say is don’t be afraid to take your sweet time, if you ever get the itch to make a large project. My sideboard was 9 months. This was over a year. I wanna make a chest of drawers…. Maybe take a year. We will see. Thanks for the encouragement!

@acraftman2823 Жыл бұрын

Good job! I don't watch tv just utube now days so not sure if the woodwrights shop is still on but Roy Underhill did a lot of bodger work and had some of the best makers on his show which was on for 30 years last time I watched.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

I love woodwright’s shop. I can’t say if it’s on tv but maybe if the episodes are available on KZfaq or on the university of North Carolina website. I’ve learned so much from Roy and his guests… who truly knows just how influential he has been and on how many people?

@clydedecker765 Жыл бұрын

You had a huge learning curve on this one but your skills have steadily improved. I'd say the one area you could spend more time on is sharpening your tools OFTEN. In almost every instance where you seemed to be having difficulty it was a dull tool that seemed to be making things difficult. The end result looks great.You need to put a finish on the bottom of the seat too to prevent uneven moisture effects.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Definitely right about sharpening! I put some poly on the bottom, but no paint. Thanks for the kind words!

@keithschnakenberg3633 Жыл бұрын

4:10 curious what you do to keep from blowing out the other side when going across the grain like this

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Hey! I put a heavy chamfer on the back edge of it. If there is a gauge line, I chamfer to just above the line. If no gauge line to work to, I just eyeball it.

@keithschnakenberg3633 Жыл бұрын

@@TheHandTooleryI notice that now looking again- thanks for the reply!

@user-cd6qz4rd1t Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

😁

@marcinp7880 Жыл бұрын

Nice project. One thing I would recommend is to get some rubber mats for your floor. The concrete looks solid and not forgiving, once I dropped my number 5 I learned that it's a must in a workshop. I ended up with a small chunk of cast falling off this time, but better be safe than sorry.

@benjamingiese841 Жыл бұрын

I just leave a few cubic yards of shavings on the floor.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

Oh man… I’d love something other than that concrete for sure.

@TheHandToolery Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂