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Balloon Back or Fan Back Windsor Side Chair5 Days: Monday-Friday, January 13th-17th, 2025, 8AM-5PM
Tuition: $1,400
Ages: 16 & Up
Instructor: Luke A. Barnett
Instructional Delivery Method(s): In person
Prerequisites: None
Program Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Program Description:
Build a Windsor Balloon Back or Fan Back Side Chair with Chairmaker Luke A. Barnett. Students will join us for a 5-day class. Students can choose to build either a balloon back or a fan back side chair. You will learn both techniques in class. We will start with logs on Monday morning and finish with a balloon back OR fan back side chair on Friday.
Learning Objectives:
We will learn how to build a kiln and control the moisture content in the wood to get the best out of it.
We will sculpt the spindles and carve the seat.
This is a hand tool, intensive class. There will likely be additional hours needed during this class, expect to work late some days.
Students will learn how to rive the logs to get perfect straight-grained lumber. We will steam bend the balloon back and fan back bows.
At the end of the course, students will have created their own hand-crafted Windsor Ballon Back or Fan Back Side Chair from a log to last generations.
Gain an intimate knowledge of timber by starting with a log and exploiting the physical structure of the wood to obtain the perfect material. Mechanized machines are unable to obtain the same quality of the material.
Use descriptive geometry and/or trigonometry to solve for sightline and resultant angles in chairs. This methodology is also used in complex hip roof structures.
Utilize different species of wood to push wood beyond it quantified limitation laid out in the Wood Engineering Handbook.
Tool List: (We provide all the tools, but you are also welcome to bring your own)
Cordless drill w/ 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 Brad Point drill bits
Spokeshaves - round and flat
Travisher
Scorp
Drawknife
6-degree reamer
Folding rule
Japanese style flush cut saw
Large gouge - Pfiel 3/25 is perfect
Set of Lee Valley Dowel Cutters - 1/2, 7/16, 3/8
Attendance Requirements: Students must attend all days
Location: Sam Beauford Woodshop, 1375 N. Main St, Building 41, Adrian, Michigan 49221
Class Size: Minimum 4 Students, Maximum 6
If you have any questions about this class, please contact the Administrative Office at (517) 759-3070 or email [email protected].
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1375 N. Main St #41, Adrian, MI, United States, Michigan 49221
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