convert a log into a chair with nothing but hand tools

I didn't see any glue. Did this guy do this depending entirely on the green wood shrinking?

Nice, but he really should learn how to make a bodgers lathe.

Tc20852, give us the recipe for a bodgers lath please.

heh just my opinion here but that looked like way to much work for a flimsy doll chair (yeah you could upsize it my butt would break that toy, hey if you sell em for 30$ or so more power to you) i'd just as soon find a big round log and sit on that (backless chair/stool) or cut out the meat of it leaving a back, not big on wooden chairs myself i'd just a soon fashion a hammock and swing to oblivion on some rope and fabric

on a side note any simple sustainable ideas for wood stains/seals? if i had to guess oils of any sort

yep he could do with a lathe there.

rose. a bodger's lathe is a foot powered pole/spring lathe for woodturning.

i actually dont like this guy's lathe very much, its less efficient then traditional designs,and annoying with that pedal smacking each stroke. but you get the idea.

treadle lathes are another way to do it, and i've even seen combo pole/spring/treadle/great-wheel lathes! tons of other videos on YT, i just picked one quick.

i have some pdf plans for them that i found around the net.
here's one given free by the author.
http://www.manytracks.com/lathe/

and more here http://www.ebooklibs.com/pole_lathe.html

turning green wood is fun,and addictive.

atta.chairs like that sell for several hundred dollars in some places.

I highly recommend The Woodwrights Shop http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/
I own two of his books. In his first he makes a bench from a tree with only hand tools.

vtgreen wrote:
I highly recommend The Woodwrights Shop http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/
I own two of his books. In his first he makes a bench from a tree with only hand tools.

i'll second that, Roy underhill is great. entertaining and educational. i dvr his shows.

i started out woodworking with only powertools. no doubt they can be time savers.(sometimes they actually take more time with setting up etc)
but nowhere near as enjoyable or intimate as working with hand tools! and the nice thing is,you can find good quality hand tools at throw-away prices since most people dont want them or know their value. i once picked up a box of 10 bit-braces(large hand drill),5 eggbeater type drills and 30 or so long drill bits on ebay for about 30 bucks, its not all that uncommon.
some real nice hand planes on there too.

They are great videos. I like shaved peices more than turned ones, there are so many bits of furniture with turned peices that it is nice to see somthing different . I saw some men in a show in England making furniture of split wood and it was so much easier than using a saw. rose macaskie.