The Stick Chair Journal
Issue 3 shipping now!Â
The Stick Chair Journal is an annual publication that expands the universe of all things stick chair. More history. More plans. More techniques. Plus reviews of tools. The Journal is a supplement to the content of "The Stick Chair Book" (which is free to download).
Each issue of the Journal contains a complete plan for a stick chair. And if you purchase The Stick Chair Journal directly from us, you will also receive the pdf of the journal and a pdf of the full-size patterns for the chair in the issue.
The Stick Chair Journal has no advertising and is printed using the same high-quality specifications we use for books. That means the pages are folded into signatures and sewn together. Then we wrap the pages with #100 Mohawk card stock, which is stamped with the cover image. Made in the United States.
Itâs excessive to make a journal this way, but we want it to last for several lifetimes.Â
About Issue No. 3
The King of the Chairmakers: Many have claimed the crown. Only one has earned it.
Finish with Dirt, Soot & Oil: A simple and safe way to color furniture and make it look like it has been already broken in (but not abused).
The Hand-cranked Stick Machine: How to set up the venerable Stanley No. 77 to make tenons and entire sticks for your chairs.
A Search for Early Windsors: Stick chairs pre-date Windsor chairs. But were the two forms similar at one time? We travel to Lincolnshire, England, to investigate.
The Lincolnshire Windsor Chair: Complete plans and construction information for the earliest known Windsor chair, a massive beauty.
The $25 Rocker: Early Appalachian communities had agreements not to raise prices on their chairs. Why? And can we learn something from this old attitude toward commerce?
About Issue No. 2
Not One Chair, But 1,000: Some chairmakers become obsessed with perfecting one form of chair. Thatâs fine. But stick chairs ask something different from their makers.
âPreflightâ Avoids Assembly Disasters: The most common problem stick chair makers face is with cracked arms. These simple techniques reduce the chance of a cracked arm to almost zero.
Gareth Irwin, Chairmaker in the Forest: We visit the Wales shop of Gareth Irwin, who builds his chairs entirely by hand. With lots of inspiring photos.
The Tyranny of Tables: The seats of modern chairs are too high (18â) for short sitters. Why donât we lower the standard seat height of chairs? Simple answer: The dang tables we dine at. We offer a solution.
Stick Chairs in the Wylde: A detailed photographic look at a selection of antique stick chairs from Tim and Betsan Bowen, antique dealers in Ferryside, Wales.
John Brownâs Cardigan Chair: To our surprise, we now own the first chair that John Brown built in the United States. This article is a close examination of the Cardigan chair, both its virtues and faults.
Hobbit-y Armchair: This chair is inspired by a prop from âThe Fellowship of the Ring.â It combines elements of British and Germanic elements into a chair (actually, a backstool. Kinda?) that is perfect for the hearth and telling tall tales.
Control the D#^& Tenon Cutter: If you struggle with the Veritas Power Tenon Cutter, this article will set you (and your tenons) straight.Â
About Issue No. 1
A Lousy Way to Run a Railroad: An explanation of what this journal is all about.
How & Why to Make Hexagonal Parts: An exploration of hexagonal chair parts. How to make them both by hand and with some machine assistance. Plus the design considerations for their visual and actual mass.
True Grit: A Dirty Job, But Not a Dirty Word: Abrasives in woodworking predate planes and other edged tools. There's no shame â and there is plenty of historical precedent â in sandpaper.
The Fat Boy Scriber: An ingenious tool for marking leg lengths and, with an easy modification, marking curves.
Chairmaking on the Cheap(er): You don't need expensive tools; here are less expensive and accurate alternatives for cutting tenons, fitting combs and locking in your important angles.
Comb-back with an Improved Arm: Complete plans and construction information for a new six-stick comb-back chair, with a four-piece, mitered-end armbow and a thin, cut-away profile on the hands.
Stick Chairs in the Wylde: The road to becoming a good chairmaker is looking deeply at beautiful chairs. We explore a chair that has launched the chairmaking careers of many makers.
A Vampire Chair: A fabled chair in Tennessee was broken apart to murder its owner. Now that it has been repaired, it's acting odd.
What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here.
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Issue 3 shipping now!Â
The Stick Chair Journal is an annual publication that expands the universe of all things stick chair. More history. More plans. More techniques. Plus reviews of tools. The Journal is a supplement to the content of "The Stick Chair Book" (which is free to download).
Each issue of the Journal contains a complete plan for a stick chair. And if you purchase The Stick Chair Journal directly from us, you will also receive the pdf of the journal and a pdf of the full-size patterns for the chair in the issue.
The Stick Chair Journal has no advertising and is printed using the same high-quality specifications we use for books. That means the pages are folded into signatures and sewn together. Then we wrap the pages with #100 Mohawk card stock, which is stamped with the cover image. Made in the United States.
Itâs excessive to make a journal this way, but we want it to last for several lifetimes.Â
About Issue No. 3
The King of the Chairmakers: Many have claimed the crown. Only one has earned it.
Finish with Dirt, Soot & Oil: A simple and safe way to color furniture and make it look like it has been already broken in (but not abused).
The Hand-cranked Stick Machine: How to set up the venerable Stanley No. 77 to make tenons and entire sticks for your chairs.
A Search for Early Windsors: Stick chairs pre-date Windsor chairs. But were the two forms similar at one time? We travel to Lincolnshire, England, to investigate.
The Lincolnshire Windsor Chair: Complete plans and construction information for the earliest known Windsor chair, a massive beauty.
The $25 Rocker: Early Appalachian communities had agreements not to raise prices on their chairs. Why? And can we learn something from this old attitude toward commerce?
About Issue No. 2
Not One Chair, But 1,000: Some chairmakers become obsessed with perfecting one form of chair. Thatâs fine. But stick chairs ask something different from their makers.
âPreflightâ Avoids Assembly Disasters: The most common problem stick chair makers face is with cracked arms. These simple techniques reduce the chance of a cracked arm to almost zero.
Gareth Irwin, Chairmaker in the Forest: We visit the Wales shop of Gareth Irwin, who builds his chairs entirely by hand. With lots of inspiring photos.
The Tyranny of Tables: The seats of modern chairs are too high (18â) for short sitters. Why donât we lower the standard seat height of chairs? Simple answer: The dang tables we dine at. We offer a solution.
Stick Chairs in the Wylde: A detailed photographic look at a selection of antique stick chairs from Tim and Betsan Bowen, antique dealers in Ferryside, Wales.
John Brownâs Cardigan Chair: To our surprise, we now own the first chair that John Brown built in the United States. This article is a close examination of the Cardigan chair, both its virtues and faults.
Hobbit-y Armchair: This chair is inspired by a prop from âThe Fellowship of the Ring.â It combines elements of British and Germanic elements into a chair (actually, a backstool. Kinda?) that is perfect for the hearth and telling tall tales.
Control the D#^& Tenon Cutter: If you struggle with the Veritas Power Tenon Cutter, this article will set you (and your tenons) straight.Â
About Issue No. 1
A Lousy Way to Run a Railroad: An explanation of what this journal is all about.
How & Why to Make Hexagonal Parts: An exploration of hexagonal chair parts. How to make them both by hand and with some machine assistance. Plus the design considerations for their visual and actual mass.
True Grit: A Dirty Job, But Not a Dirty Word: Abrasives in woodworking predate planes and other edged tools. There's no shame â and there is plenty of historical precedent â in sandpaper.
The Fat Boy Scriber: An ingenious tool for marking leg lengths and, with an easy modification, marking curves.
Chairmaking on the Cheap(er): You don't need expensive tools; here are less expensive and accurate alternatives for cutting tenons, fitting combs and locking in your important angles.
Comb-back with an Improved Arm: Complete plans and construction information for a new six-stick comb-back chair, with a four-piece, mitered-end armbow and a thin, cut-away profile on the hands.
Stick Chairs in the Wylde: The road to becoming a good chairmaker is looking deeply at beautiful chairs. We explore a chair that has launched the chairmaking careers of many makers.
A Vampire Chair: A fabled chair in Tennessee was broken apart to murder its owner. Now that it has been repaired, it's acting odd.
What's a stick chair? You can learn all about them here.
