The latest book from Lost Art Press shows you how to build a comfortable and sturdy chair using only materials and tools from the home center. No jigs. No specialty tools. Literally anyone can do it.
If that's all you need to know, you can buy the book in our store here. It's $21 and is made in the USA. (Or buy a complete set of our pocket-sized books – including this one – at a special price here.)
Still unsure? Here's how we did it. The chair's legs are made from hickory tool handles. The spindles are 5/8" dowels. The arm is plywood and the seat and backrest are construction pine. Most of the cutting is done with a jigsaw or small tabletop band saw. All the mortises are made with a drill and home-center bits.
What about all the compound angles? Isn't that difficult? Nope. We developed a way to drill all the mortises for the sticks with ease. You just clamp the arm and seat together like a sandwich and drill the mortises according to the patterns. (You can download free full-size patterns for the chair via this link.)
"Build a Chair from Bulls%$t" is short – just 112 pages, written by Christopher Schwarz and fully illustrated by Keith Mitchell. You can read the book in just a few hours.
If you are intimidated by chairmaking, the materials or the tools, "Build a Chair from Bulls%$t" will remove any doubts, fears or excuses. And what if you can't afford the $21 to buy the book? No problem. You can download the entire book for free here. (Don't worry. You won't have to register or give up your email. Just click and the book will download to your device.)
The physical book is nicely printed in the USA and is worth owning. "Build a Chair from Bulls%$t" is one of our "pocket books" – inexpensive but well-made books. It measures 4" x 6.5". The text is printed on #70 matte-coated paper (acid free). The book's pages are gathered into signatures and then sewn together – a step few publishers bother with today. The book block is then glued and reinforced with fiber tape and covered with heavy cloth-covered boards. This is a permanent library-grade book – designed to last a couple centuries.
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