The movie selection today does not adequately cover everything we did. It does not cover the empanadas. Or the pastries. Or the bourbon slushes.
It also doesn’t cover the fact that we made most of the sticks and tenoned them. Tomorrow we will shave all the sticks to shape, clean up the arms and assemble the chairs.
Then maybe some more bourbon slushes (and a well-deserved merit badge).
— Christopher Schwarz
Is that a bow legged saw bench? Inquiring minds would link to know.
It’s a Swedish bench (from Skansen) that I have converted into a low Roman workbench.
Looks like a lot of fun! Which I could attend or help out.
There is nothing that compares to making something with your own labor.
Be it growing vegetables or making furniture.
I was thinking about buying a scorp and try my hand at making a chair. But, after seeing the gal at 0:17 using one, I think I’ll save my money for now. I’m sure her chair turns out great. But I’m going to use what I have on-hand – a drawknife, spoke shaves, rasps, card scrapers and an old wooden block plane that I can round the sole on. BTW, I’ve been loving the music on all your videos. You should put up a playlist on Spotify.
It looks like you are having students try out every iteration of tool there is. Every kind of scorp, travisher, and even a Veritas pullshave. What a great opportunity.
I see both the deluxe and wooden Mursell travishers being used in the class. I was wondering if any of the students had a chance to use both on their chair and if they thought there are any noticeable differences between the two. I realize the deluxe delrin model should win the longevity contest, but a head to head comparison of the two on the same piece of wood would be interesting to me.
The chairs look amazing, but I’d like to hear a bit more about the bourbon slushes.
loved the clips, made me
wish I was there –the point 🙂