Around the Shop

I wanted to show the bird cage arm chair before painting. Curtis Buchanan said he uses epoxy on the false miter joint seen below. I decided ...

One of the best tools we have is our hands. Sometimes I take them for granted and forget that they cannot be replaced. Recently I learned th...

Recently I was able to put the beams I cut from the old dead red oak to good use. I hewed the 3 x 6 joists down to 3 x 4 at the ends and mor...

Well, here is the finished "Dave Sawyer" fan back windsor chair ready for milk paint, otherwise called "in the white". I...

While spending time with Curtis I got to see many of the chairs he has made over the years. One in particular is a fan back side chair whic...

I have been working on my existing web site trying to bring it back to life. As time goes by I will add better photos to the gallery and mor...

This past week I have spent with chairmaker Curtis Buchanan and his family. We worked on a bird cage arm chair in his back yard shop in Jone...