{"product_id":"build-a-chair-from-bulls-t","title":"Build a Chair from Bulls%$t","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Christopher Schwarz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: You can download a pdf of this book for free \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BACFBS_book.pdf\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e and full-size patterns \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BACFBS-full-size-patterns-for-download-and-printing_rev2.pdf\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. You won’t have to register or give up your email. Just click the link, and the book will download to your device. All copies are signed by the author. You can purchase the entire set of pocket books (at a savings) \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartpress.live\/products\/lost-art-press-pocketbooks\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuild a comfortable wooden stick chair using only materials and tools found at your home center. No jigs, no specialty tools and no exotic techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, farmers and people who were handy with tools built comfortable chairs using simple tools and the materials around them (usually stuff from the firewood pile). You didn’t need special training or fancy tools – just a normal amount of cleverness and the need to sit down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Build a Chair from Bulls%$t” shows you how easy this is to do – even today. Modern home centers are awash in materials that can be adapted to make a nice chair. Shovel handles and stair handrails can be easily made into chair legs. The seat and headrest come from the construction lumber aisle. The spindles? Dowels. And the curved arm? Plywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen stop at the home center’s tool section to find the gear you need to make the chair. All the sawing is with a handheld jigsaw or tabletop band saw. You’ll also need a battery drill, a block plane, some drill bits and other basic tools. (You probably own most of them already.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there’s one more thing you might need: this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Build a Chair from Bulls%$t” shows you how to make this chair using a series of simple illustrations. Instead of wandering into a protracted discussion of trigonometry and compound angles, “Build a Chair from Bulls%$t” shows you how to drill all the weird angles in a chair simply by clamping the arm to the seat and drilling holes through both of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTricky operations – like working in curved compound-angle environments – are revealed to be easy. Once you know a trick or two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chair itself is spacious and comfortable. It’s based on antique folk chairs you might find by a fireside in a stone cottage. But its straight lines allow it to fit seamlessly in a modern living room or kitchen as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter you build a chair or two using the methods in this short book (you can read it in less than an hour), you’ll be ready to embark on making different chairs – smaller, taller, wider, whatever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOh, and there's a bonus section at the end of the book that shows you how to use your scraps from the chair to make a nice three-legged stool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAll the Help You Need\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the book, we’ve also created a free feature-length how-to video on making the chair filmed by journeyer Kale Vogt and woodworker Bridgid Gruber (of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dinkles_woodshop\/\"\u003eDinkle's Woodshop\u003c\/a\u003e). Check it out here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1pWLHAJr5zI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBuild a Chair From Bulls%$t: Chapter 1 – Introduction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vZThUXY0f7s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 2 – Visiting the Home Center\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Lh5-5twNyI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 3 – Tools\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aGAKQCevjWI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 4 – Making the Patterns\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jmsmy4UlN0M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 5 – Gluing up the Seat\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xjdOSAGoGGI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 6 – Sandwich Drilling\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6HxYT3EbWR4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 7 – Creating the Leg Tenons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h7rF1GSf1Vk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 8 – Making Wedges and Leg Glue-Up\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PldXL1nd8uE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 9 – Leveling the Legs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qUcJgHThg8s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 10 – Gluing Up the Arm and Sticks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZBRoBfw_NLM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 11 – Attaching the Comb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Nv9nmk7SoY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChapter 12 – Painting\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeed full-size patterns for the chair parts? You can download a pdf of them free \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BACFBS-full-size-patterns-for-download-and-printing_rev2.pdf\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan’t afford this book? Download it for free \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BACFBS_book.pdf\"\u003ewith this link\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Physical Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Build a Chair from Bulls%$t” is one of our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartpress.live\/products\/lost-art-press-pocketbooks\"\u003e“pocket books”\u003c\/a\u003e – inexpensive but well-made books that are printed and bound in the United States (this one was printed in Tennessee). Measuring 4” x 6.5”, this book has 112 pages. The text is printed on #70 matte-coated paper (acid free). The book’s pages are gathered into signatures then sewn together – a step few publishers bother with today. The book block is then glued and reinforced with fiber tape and covered with heavy cloth-covered boards. This is a permanent library-grade book – designed to last a couple centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e2. Tools for Bulls%$t    \u003cbr\u003e3. Materials\u003cbr\u003e4. Make Patterns\u003cbr\u003e5. Glue Up the Seat\u003cbr\u003e6. Drill Mortises in the Seat\u003cbr\u003e7. Mortises \u0026amp; Tenons for the Legs\u003cbr\u003e8. Make Wedges\u003cbr\u003e9. Undercarriage \u0026amp; Leveling Legs\u003cbr\u003e10. Arm \u0026amp; Sticks \u003cbr\u003e11. Add the Comb\u003cbr\u003e12. Paint \u0026amp; Wax\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eStool from Leftover Bulls%$t\u003cbr\u003eGridded Chair Drawings\u003cbr\u003eChair Cutting List\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/files\/CS-chair_IMG_7022_a3e7fdb3-5746-4c77-88a3-15ca1274f740.jpg?v=1738106446\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/christophermschwarz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChristopher Schwarz\u003c\/a\u003e is a furniture maker, writer and reluctant teacher. He is one of the founders and publisher of Lost Art Press and one of the founders of Crucible Tool.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Art Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41664519798847,"sku":"BK-BSCHAIR","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/files\/IMG_7269.jpg?v=1761928410","url":"https:\/\/lostartpress.live\/products\/build-a-chair-from-bulls-t","provider":"Lost Art Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}