When a tree is felled, the wood is green and is easy to cut,  split, shave and shape. As it dries, the wood shrinks and hardensQand  it becomes vastly more difficult to work. In the old days,  wood-workers relied on the ease with which green wood could be worked  to make the parts they needed, and on the way wood shrinks to hold  these parts together. These old ways have almost been lost, but are  revived here for the modern woodworker. Make a Chair From a Tree is a  lively and informative introduction to the old ways of splitting and  shaping wood straight from the tree to make a light and beautiful, yet  rugged, chair. Author John Alexander presents a complete guide to  making this elegantly simple chair. He tells you how to fell a tree,  split suitable pieces from it and shape those pieces into the parts of  the chair, how to finish it, and how to weave a bark seat. Each step  is carefully described and thoroughly illustrated with drawings and  photographs. 130 pages. 9" x 9". Soft cover.

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