Dunbars, Windsor Chairmaking seems to be getting a fairly high price.
Why I don't know, because it seems to have content of no value IMHO.
I'm thinking he wrote the book when he knew very little about chairs.
His book, Make a Windsor Chair with Michael Dunbar is a good book.
Sure he doesn't recommend some of the techniques in it anymore, but
there's really only a few places it falls short. I made a very nice
chair with it. The book has plans for a continuous armchair and a
sackback. The c-arm may be a pinch on the small size but is
beautifully styled. Sure it would be nice if he made an up to date
book, but that may cut into the classes he teaches? The plans from the
book are nice(style). The technique is short...but useful.
The sackback is beautiful too, and many chairmakers today may be making
and selling that exact chair.
Drew Langsners book is more complete, but I don't think the c-arm is as
atractive as Mikes, but thats just personal opinion. Drews books is
more up to date with joinery IMO.
John Kassays book had a few different plans but nothing on building
technique.
RESPITE95 wrote:
> Does anyone have a copy of Michael Dunbar's book about making windsor
chairs
> that they would be willing to sell to a fellow woodworker? GCS
Dunno about Dunbar's book, given the comments.
John Bentley (sp?) from the UK has one out as well on
Welsh chairs, and they are very similar. Maybe that's
an option? Certainly cheaper, last time I looked.
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> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:33:58 +0000 (UTC), "Frank McVey"
> <[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
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> >Just had a look on Amazon (.co.uk variety) - 240 GBP for a used paperback
> >copy!! Think I'll hang on to mine for a while yet...
>
> Maybe we should all get on Taunton's arse to reprint the
> "Windsor Chairmaking" and a few other titles, like "Making and
> Modifying Machines". Some bozo on Amazon wants $99 for one.
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For what I heard from Michael Dunbar, do not think they will re-print
the book on Windsor chairmaking. According to Michael his two biggest
regrets of life is his first marriage and writing that book! A few
things that are written in the book, Michael has changed his ways of
doing.
Good luck,
Mike
On 10 Apr 2004 01:54:51 GMT, [email protected] (RESPITE95) brought
forth from the murky depths:
>Does anyone have a copy of Michael Dunbar's book about making windsor chairs
>that they would be willing to sell to a fellow woodworker? GCS
Hayseuss H. Crikey! I can't believe what happened to the
price of those copies! <thud>
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Just had a look on Amazon (.co.uk variety) - 240 GBP for a used paperback
copy!! Think I'll hang on to mine for a while yet...
You might want to have a look at this one instead:
http://www.booksunderreview.com/Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Office_Products/Furniture/Chairs/
Best of luck,
Frank
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On 10 Apr 2004 01:54:51 GMT, [email protected] (RESPITE95) wrote:
>Does anyone have a copy of Michael Dunbar's book about making windsor chairs
Nope.
There are better books around on Windsor chair making. Dunbar's isn't
too bad on some aspects of amercian chairs, but it's ot the book to
look at if you want to make your own. IMHO, I don't know a good US
book on windsor chair making (Has Brian Boggs done one ? That would be
worth a look) and I'd look at UK books instead.
OTOH, windsor chair books seem to be hand-printed by elves in a print
run of a couple of dozen. Same for most green woodworking books. Damn
things sell out as soon as they hit the shelves, and there can't be
that many people buying them.
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:33:58 +0000 (UTC), "Frank McVey"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>Just had a look on Amazon (.co.uk variety) - 240 GBP for a used paperback
>copy!! Think I'll hang on to mine for a while yet...
Maybe we should all get on Taunton's arse to reprint the
"Windsor Chairmaking" and a few other titles, like "Making and
Modifying Machines". Some bozo on Amazon wants $99 for one.
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