The Stick Chair Book _ Plans
By Christopher Schwarz
We have ordered some today,11/11/2022, this will be the last time we get the printed patterns in, they will still be available from the Lost Art Press website for digital download
Please see the note below, emailed from Lost Art Press today 16/12/2021, but I am pretty sure the next batch coming is fixed, but check anyway.
To remove one more barrier to making a stick chair, we have created this set of full-size paper patterns of all the important components for the five chairs in “The Stick Chair Book.”
The five 22” x 34” sheets contain full-scale drawings of all the seats, arms, backrests, shoes, and combs for the chairs. The drawings also include all the mortise locations, drilling sightlines, and centerlines.
With these sheets, you can easily make full-scale patterns in plywood, posterboard, or masonite. Then you can use these patterns to make your own versions of these stick chairs and start modifying them to create your own original chair designs.
Please note that these five sheets contain only the full-scale patterns of the parts mentioned above. They do not include dimensioned construction drawings, a cutting list or construction information. For those, you will need to consult “The Stick Chair Book.”
A reader found an error in the full-size patterns for “The Stick Chair Book.” Here’s the fix. The plans for the Six-stick Comb-Back were scaled down slightly by the printer. None of the other five patterns are scaled down – they are correct. We’re not sure how this happened, but oh well. The patterns for the six-stick chair show the seat at 19” wide instead of 20”. The other parts on that page are also scaled down slightly. The fixes: - Ignore the error. The slight scaling won’t change the chair much. I’ve made chairs with narrower seats with no problem.
- Download an unscaled pattern for free via this link. Get it printed out at your local reprographics firm. And next time you’re in town I’ll buy you a coffee or beer to make up for the added expense.
- Use the seat pattern for the lowback instead. It is the same size and shape. The legs are in the same place. The spindles on the seat are the same space apart (3” on centers). The only thing you’ll have to do is step off one more spindle on both sides of the spindle deck.
Apologies for the error! — Christopher Schwarz |
