You can watch this. I can’t. I honestly have to be half in the bag to watch myself on video. Then I hurl slurred insults at myself.
This, I have found, is cheaper than therapy.
The “Build a Campaign Chair” DVD will be released later this month and will be available through ShopWoodworking.com and Shopclass on Demand.
If you want to get a head start on collecting the tools and supplies for this project, check out this entry on tools and this entry on supplies.
— Christopher Schwarz
Oh, and I wrote a book about this topic. “Campaign Furniture” is available in our store. We are down to our last pallet of books from the first press run. More will be on the way shortly.
What leather did you use for the chair in the video excerpt? It’s gorgeous.
Very excited about this video – this will be the project that starts me off turning.
It’s 8 ounce oiled latigo from Wickett & Craig.
The company’s site has been down for a month….
http://www.wickett-craig.com/Construction%20Page.html
Fantastic stuff. Not sure about leather suppliers in England, however. The saddlemaker in Stow on the Wold (forgot his name) makes leather goods for Christopher Clarke Antiques and has made Roorkee leathers for the Clarkes. You might try him:
Cotswold Saddlery
46-48 Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Glos.
Telephone:+44 (0)1285 651 106
Don’t know if you’ve seen this one, but if you’re ever in Napa Valley you might want to check out Hide House (hidehouse.com). They have a pretty overwhelming stock of leathers (imagine a candy red patent leather roorkee) and they will let you walk through the warehouse and pull whatever you want. They also have sample cards so you can see and feel before you order online. For leatherworkers, it’s worth a visit.
Wait a minute! I thought you were half in the bag to MAKE the video!
Keep ’em coming, Mr. Schwarz.
Lynn Bradford
Sadly, I am dead sober through all of my DVDs. Which is why I look constipated.
Someone might want to change “Christoper” in the title…
That’s a new one!
Thank you — I let the video team know. We’ll fix that, of course.
I chuckled at your inventory control. “Down to the last pallet…”
I do believe we’ll be reading your new books for a long time to come.
Books take up a lot of space. Like, a whole basement, sunroom, guestroom and under all the beds. (Glad those days are over.)
We have 433 books in stock after printing 4,000. So it’s not that we print a lot of books – they are just space hawgs.
Well I’m sure your daughters are glad that Dad’s words are no longer lurking under their beds at night too. Osmosis is a dangerous thing.
Screw the chair… I want to watch the drunken anarchist howling and snarling at his own image on the TV.
That’s the director’s cut.
With commentary by family members watching you watch yourself?
Well, Chris, this may just be your best video to date. You could watch this one stone sober. As a viewer, I really see your comfort with the camera growing. Well done!
What if your into having your butt spanked by the Boers?
And as my South African friends would say, the pronunciation of oe is like the English oo in “boot.”
I know. I took a class in South African history.
But I’m from Arkansas. So everything is filtered through “The Duke of Hazzard.”
Coo-coo! Boers!
Have the book, looking forward to the DVD. My new wife and I are planning on making a pair of these for the living room of our new (old) house we just need a new (or old) lathe to go with it. Will you be including your usual sage buying advice for a first lathe?
From what I can tell the options for new are, “Would you like this white one or this green one? Or, can I interest you in this slightly cheaper green one that may need a few mods to function properly?” All made in the same factory overseas.
CS answered my question in his latest PW blog post http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/tools-make-roorkee-chair
Get the silver one with the red motor. Little more pricey, but then you can tell me how it is ‘cuz that’s the one I’ve been looking at for nigh on a year. 🙂
New DVD Idea:
I’d pay to watch you “half in the bag” hurling “slurred insults” at yourself. Now that would be entertainment!