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Now onto Sack Back Windsor Chairs

Now onto a pair of Sack Back Windsor chairs. Traditional hand made North American Windsor chairs are made from three species of wood: one that steam bends well (often red oak or ash), one that turns well and is strong for the legs (sugar maple), and one that carves easily for the seats (clear white pine). As such, they were always painted.

Conversely, mass produced chairs are made from a single species, are bulkier and less refined to accommodate the needs of machining and less discriminant wood selection, and are often stained. This time I have been asked to make a chair that can be stained, but using traditional methods to produce a chair that is both robust but delicate.

I have turned to locally harvested ash. It bends well, is fairly hard, and I can carve out the seat using a power carving tool. I have carved ash seats using traditional gouges and it is more than a work out!

The log from which all the parts are riven

Splitting the back spindles out of the log

Hand shaping the bow and back rest before steam bending

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My name's Scott Gooch. I provide heirloom quality furniture, cabinetry, Windsor chairs, finish carpentry and other fine woodwork. Located between Owen Sound and Meaford, I serve Collingwood, Thornbury, the Southern Georgian Bay and Grey County areas, as well as the Greater Toronto Area and Southwestern Ontario. I'm able to ship Windsor chairs even further.

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