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Windsor chair

Steaming parts

Bending arm

Nearly complete

Carving Windsor Chair Seat

A student works in the traditional manner to carve his butternut seat.  Butternut is a friendly wood to carve as it is a bit soft with a regular grain.

A scorp is being employed, prior to using either a travisher or a paterrnmaker's spokeshave.