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Windsor Chairs
and other heirloom quality pieces

Handmade from wood

by Cecil Robertson

Handmade in Missouri, USA

Windsor Continuous-Bow Arm Chair

I make these chairs and settees by hand using the same methods used over 200 years ago.

New Item! Available Now!

Windsor Continuous-Bow Arm Settee

Blue Ribbon winner
and
Best of Show
at St. Charles County Fair 2011

Second place winner in the
Show Off contest at
The woodworking Show 2011

Settees and chair can be make with a natural finish or milk paint.

You can make this
Continuous Arm Windsor Chair

I will be scheduling another chair making class at my wood shop soon. Class will start on a Saturday and continue on following Saturdays to suit the students schedule. I am flexible in scheduling class on weekends and week days.

My chair making classes in March, 2010 and April, 2011 were big successes. All students made a chair and took it home!
See photos of students at work: 2010 class and 2011 class.

You will learn how to make a chair and you take it home with you.
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Eiqht Quater, what's that?

It is a measurement of wood thickness. It usually refers to rough cut lumber. If the lumber is finish planed, it would be listed in 'inches', like 2 inches. The numbers refer to fractions. Eight quater ( 8 / 4 ) means the wood is eight quaters of an inch thick, or 2 inches. Six quarter would be 1.5 inches thick.

For the seat of a Windsor chair, I start with a kiln dried board that is 2 inches thick (8/4). I want the seat to be completely dry and the thickness of 2 inches gives the strength needed for a seat.