Video series: How to make a comb back Windsor chair

This series of 53 videos shows in detail how I go from a log to a finished comb back windsor. It covers splitting parts out of a log, shaping the back, spindles and comb with a drawknife and spokeshave, steam bending the back and comb, turning the legs, planing a seat blank, boring the mortises and carving the seat with an adze, a scorp, travisher and scraper, assembling the chair and applying paint and oil. In subsequent series, I refer to the comb back series as the general information videos.​

Pay what you can

If you find the video series helpful and would like to make a donation to help support future videos please use the Donate button. Thank you.

Go to YouTube: How to make a comb back Windsor chair

​Plans are available for this chair:

Full-Scale Drawings: How to Make a Comb-Back Windsor Chair

$70.00

Full-scale detailed rendering of Curtis' Comb Back Windsor Arm Chair. The four pages include a contour map of the seat carving, the turnings, half-scale side and front views, and a template page that is printed on 4 mil mylar. Drawings are rolled and shipped in a tube.

Shop

This is the first video in the series. See the full playlist on YouTube