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273661 galoot@l... 2021‑05‑08 Re: Chair from a tree
Follensbee's joinery book also has how-to's starting with a log for
some chests and boxes that would be heirlooms for your impression ;-)

Also check lost arts press, they have just released or are soon to
release a new third edition of make a chair from a tree.

Esther the scadian

Quoting Paul Honore :

> Peter Follansbee's blog has lots of info and videos on this; here's a sample:
>
> https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/splitting-planing-video/
>
>
> Paul H.
>
> on 5/8/2021 7:47 AM, John M. Johnston wrote:
>
>> Galoots assembled,
>> I’ve a lovely old white oak tree in my yard that is suffering from
>> massive root rot and will be taken down May 25th. It measures about
>> 36 inches in diameter near the base and has a couple of good long
>> straight runs in the trunk where there are no branches.
>>
>> Ever since my Peace Corps days in the early Seventies, the Whole
>> Earth Catalog, and the publication of the first edition of
>> Alexander’s Making a Chair From a Tree (3rd edition due in July),
>> I’ve wanted to make a chair from a tree.
( He asks if he should, of course he should)

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