Guest post: George Ingram talks about a journey that started with a Nakashima style table he built 20 years ago and ended with building a set of six Boggs style chairs to accompany it.
Evaluate a log’s suitability for chair wood | Mill a log for the best grain orientation for each chair part | Mill for the most efficient use of each board
The manuals that come with each class eliminate or minimize the need to take notes which gives students more time in class to focus on learning new skills and an accurate description of how to build the chair at home.
Differences in wood movement in the tangential vs. radial plane | Ideal grain alignment for a rung to leg joint | Compromise grain alignment for the rungs to leg joint
