Mount-Royal Windsor Chairs

Tools

• Adzes and axes
• Braces
• Carving tools
• Drawknifes
• Lathe
• Measuring tools
• Planes
• Saws
• Scorps
• Spokeshaves
• Travishers
• Workbench

Construction

• From a log ...
• Steam bending
• Sadling
• Hand carving
• Lathe work
• ...to a chair!

Tools

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Tools used while crafting Windsor chairs

Measuring tools

 

The chairmaker uses different measuring tools to reproduce Windsor chairs. Bevel squares are used to determine leg and spindle angles. Compasses and rulers are used to measure distances.