-
The blog of Steven Thomas Bunn, Windsor Chairmaker Welcome to my new and updated blog. Visitors to my website, http://www.stevenbunn.com, this past summer found my site filled with pop up confetti and other garbage. The site quickly fell in ranking from its former position in a Google search. The local website developers who had…
-
I was perusing the internet last week searching for any signs that my website, Steven Thomas Bunn, Furnituremaker, might be bubbling up from the depths of the internet. I was surprised to discover a Tools and Plans ad from FWW offering me a free PDF of an article and plans for a tool cabinet if…
-
A quarter scale stretcher for a miniature Windsor Chair turned on the lathe The latest batch of miniature Windsor chairs are finally assembled and ready for final sanding and painting with traditional milk paint. Time to take a day or two and work on something else, or I was until my wife told me she…
-
As I stated in an earlier post, one of the aspects of case construction I wanted to explore was making and fitting fluted quarter columns to a clock case. Following Franklyn Gottschall’s plans, I glued up a 2-1/4 inch square turning billet from four smaller 1-1/8 inch square lengths of cherry. The laminated squares were…
-
2019 saw Ann and I building a house on our property for our younger son, Alex. I thought we were an exception to the rule when we decided to build a house for our son Alex. Andrew was working in Seattle, and I was concerned about my wife’s ability to stay in our home in…
-
During the past year I had plenty of time on my hands in the shop. Looking for something to do, I decided to make a new handle for one of my antique saws whose handle was broken. The saw with the split handle appears to be an early Disston 7. The tongue on the original…
-
A view of the front of both new cabinets One of the things that has narked me over the years is the lost space under the tablesaw’s outfeed and side tables. Yes, a trash can will fit handily. But, is that the best use for the space? This past summer I decided to finally do…
-
A view of the back sides of the new cabinets I built for my table saw. The frame and panel dimensions and profile match the stiles and panels on my work benches. I have been bothered for years by the wasted space under my off-feed and side tables of my table saw. Yes, a trash…
-
A Fan-back Rocking Chair with carved knuckle hand-rests Made for a friend of mine from Georgetown, Maine. Any of my designs can be made as rocking chairs, but this fan-back with its carved knuckle hand-rests is my favorite. Originally posted 4/25/2022
-
Fitting spindles to sockets in the seat and thru holes in the arm bow. Just as in assembling a full size Windsor chair, every spindle must be shaved to fit so that nothing binds up when gluing the chair together. Not shown in this photo, this week I assembled three miniature Windsor chair under-carriages, the…
-
I built a rotating jig that allows me to more efficiently carve quarter scale seat blanks using a gouge, and a palm plane. I am currently working on a batch of ten miniatures for a customer. I screw the rotating jig to a mini-bench which I clamp on top of my work bench. The extra…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
News From Henge Hill 