The Stick Chair Journal vol3

The Stick Chair Journal is an annual publication that expands the universe of all things stick chair. More history. More plans. More techniques. Plus reviews of tools. The Journal is a supplement to the content of "The Stick Chair Book" (which is free to download).

Each issue of the Journal contains a complete plan for a stick chair. And if you purchase The Stick Chair Journal directly from us, you will also receive the pdf of the journal and a pdf of the full-size patterns for the chair in the issue.

The Stick Chair Journal has no advertising and is printed using the same high-quality specifications we use for books. That means the pages are folded into signatures and sewn together. Then we wrap the pages with #100 Mohawk card stock, which is stamped with the cover image. Made in the United States.

It’s excessive to make a journal this way, but we want it to last for several lifetimes. 

About Issue No. 3

The King of the Chairmakers: Many have claimed the crown. Only one has earned it.

Finish with Dirt, Soot & Oil: A simple and safe way to color furniture and make it look like it has been already broken in (but not abused).

The Hand-cranked Stick Machine: How to set up the venerable Stanley No. 77 to make tenons and entire sticks for your chairs.

A Search for Early Windsors: Stick chairs pre-date Windsor chairs. But were the two forms similar at one time? We travel to Lincolnshire, England, to investigate.

The Lincolnshire Windsor Chair: Complete plans and construction information for the earliest known Windsor chair, a massive beauty.

The $25 Rocker: Early Appalachian communities had agreements not to raise prices on their chairs. Why? And can we learn something from this old attitude toward commerce?