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Shawn Murphy has seat blanks for sale as of September I have never bought from him. This is probably the best option for seats at this time. Hancock Forest Products has single-piece pine seats I have never bought from them. My long-time source, Nick Cicchinelli is out of pine seats for the foreseeable future updated Fall Irion Lumber sometimes has lovely air-dried butternut for chair seats, among other beautiful things.

They ship, but there is a minimum order of bf I think. Chair Plans: Curtis Buchanan is now selling beautiful chair plans of his beautiful chairs.

Green Wood: Read about where to find green wood on my blog. Seat woods: Read about various woods that make good seats on my blog. A nice shaving horse: Tim Manney has designed a simple shaving horse that works really well. He has free info and plans for sale on his blog. Free Workbench Plans: Curtis has free plans for his workbenches, which are similar to mine mine are a little bigger and disassemble easily.

Curtis is the most generous man I know. Tool List: Primarily for my students, this tool list has some tool buying suggestions. Green Wood Book List A list of green woodworking books. Add your favorite books to the list and find new gems. I cracked up when Elia told me how, when he was younger, he obtained permission to use his college fund for some more advanced Windsor chair courses. I call that true success. You can contact Elia and place orders for custom Windsor chairs at his website here.

Great class, lots of fun and learned a ton. If you ever have a chance to take a class with Elia, do it —you will be glad you did. Share This Article!

About the Author: Joshua Farnsworth. Joshua loves mixing his passion for woodworking with his ability to teach in a simple manner. He lives on a small farm in Earlysville, Virginia with his wife and four children, and builds furniture and teaches woodworking classes in his workshop. Related Posts. January 11th, 4 Comments. December 20th, 19 Comments. December 2nd, 10 Comments. Notify of.