Comb-Back Windsor Chair

Starting with a hickory log and a pine plank, we split, turn, bend and hew them into an American Windsor chair. The easiest way to proceed is to locate a windsor chair that you admire and copy it piece by piece.

Begin by splitting and shaving the stock from the hickory log.

Start with the arm rail and crest rail, shaving them and bending them while they are still green.

Next, split and shave the spindles.

Saw or split the seat blank from a pine log and hollow out the interior to a shape to match your own contours.

Turn the legs, stretchers, and arm posts on the lathe.

Begin assembly by boring the angled holes for the legs through the bottoms.

Tap in the legs and bore between them to take the stretchers, fitting in the side stretchers first and then boring between them to fit in the medial stretcher.

Bore into the seat to insert the arm posts.

Pace off the fifteen hole locations for the spindles along the rail and seat.

Bore through the rail and into the seat, inserting the spindles as you go.

Finally, saw and carve the crest rail to shape.

Pace off the holes for the spindles on its bottom and wiggle them into place.

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