Scoopin' a Chair Seat

Charles Neil uses old and new and demonstrates how he scoops the seat for his signature chairs.


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• chair seats
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• woodworking
• woodworker

[alalaty]

great tips thank you very much

[gateman08]

I've always wanted to know how to scoop a seat thanks for shareing.

[tusksUK]

this guy is the nuts!

[paloarteinc]

nicely done, sir! 

[soulessdelu]

Hy there !i have one fingher just like you sire !Good joob !Today i ve learn something !Thancks!

[tribalwind]

great tool, i have an arbortech which is similar.

i think your opening comment on what woods traditional craftsmen used was enlightening, there were good reasons for it! i think those reasons are just as valid today if not more .so why use these expensive endangered dense exotics that serve no more functionality and arguably no better aesthetics.

as someone who started purely with powertools (and still use them), i find the old ways increasingly superior and far more enjoyable.

[morrixwarlock]

Scoopin' seats... not as hard as it once was.

[woodworkinstallation]

Thanks! Built furniture for 35 years but never could figure out how to do a chair bottom in oak. An old Yates catalog had a machine for this and I know a CNC could do it. I still want to know how to get all of the waves out of the bottom. The course holly gallahad and a dado blade did most of the work. Stickley wants $600+ for the chair I like. As a woodworker I couldn't bring myself to buy 16 chairs. Did my first as a prototype out of quarter sawn white oak. Turned out great.

[SuperKwame1]

Hi Charles,

I want to say Thank you. You have always been one of my idol..

charles .

San jose.

[psychodelicdragon]

thanks for what i figured they could be done like!!!

with those new handheld chainsaw blades!!