Make a Chair from a Tree: An Introduction to Working Green Wood

by John D. Alexander

When a tree is felled, the wood is green and is easy to cut, split, shave and shape. As it dries, the wood shrinks and hardensQand it becomes vastly more difficult to work. In the old days, wood-workers relied on the ease with which green wood could be worked to make the parts they needed, and on the way wood shrinks to hold these parts together. These old ways have almost been lost, but are revived here for the modern woodworker. Make a Chair From a Tree is a lively and informative introduction to the old ways of splitting and shaping wood straight from the tree to make a light and beautiful, yet rugged, chair. Author John Alexander presents a complete guide to making this elegantly simple chair. He tells you how to fell a tree, split suitable pieces from it and shape those pieces into the parts of the chair, how to finish it, and how to weave a bark seat. Each step is carefully described and thoroughly illustrated with drawings and photographs. 130 pages. 9" x 9". Soft cover.

Genres: Woodwork

130 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1978

About the author

John Alexander lives in Frisco, TX with his beautiful wife and Charlie Brown his Cavalier. During the last five years of his forty-four year career in the high tech industry John discovered his love for writing. He now spends full time pursuing that passion.

Reviews

[Christopher Hachet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this one rainy day. Want to follow up with the actual project. Later books may be written under the name Jeanie, it's the same author.

[Jeff Youngstrom]

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