Patron Version Video: Making and Drying Chair Rungs
Added 2024-06-15 11:00:06 +0000 UTCFriends:
The chair-building saga continues! We're far, far away from that green log we started with. Rob and I now have real chair parts and we need to dry them. So, we built a kiln!
It's easier than it sounds. The whole thing is made from inexpensive foam from the big-box store, a light bulb, and a few odds and ends. By the end of the video, we're ready to load up chair rungs and dry them out.
We've also got the full rung-making process, both on the shave horse and on the workbench.
It's an information-packed video and this is the extra-long Patron Version. The regular YouTube version will be shorter.
We're finishing the kiln plans right now and they'll be FREE for Patrons only, later in the week.
Happy Saturday!
--Rex
Comments
I imagine that there are other, less toxic, adhesives that would work fine, if perhaps requiring a tiny bit more work to apply.
Laura Chalifoux
2024-06-20 13:18:54 +0000 UTCGreat job yall this is exactly what i needed to learn next
Alice
2024-06-19 19:17:45 +0000 UTCTruly. I used the stuff to insulate the ceiling of my old shop. If it's not secured correctly in the back of the truck, air will get under it and it wants to float away.
Michael Bennett
2024-06-19 00:40:15 +0000 UTCYou're right. A lot of this stuff applies to other parts of the craft. I'm learning a lot.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:07:11 +0000 UTCHa! This kiln might be the easiest shop project I've ever done. Getting the foam back to the shop was the hardest part.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:03:55 +0000 UTCThat's very nice to hear. These videos result in a mountain of footage and it's always a bit of a trick to get it down to size. All credit to Nate for doing most of that work.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:03:12 +0000 UTCAll the credit to Rob on the design. He basically rolled up with everything figured out.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:02:36 +0000 UTCIt's my pleasure. We're having fun doing it.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:02:14 +0000 UTCI'm honestly not sure how this would work for drying flat stock. I used to work for a place that ran several kilns and it was more complicated than I thought. This setup might work great, but it might not. I just don't know.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:01:53 +0000 UTCSince the door is just held on by friction and the seams aren't perfect, the water has plenty of places to escape. Also, you're opening it several times to check on the wood, so that also lets the vapor out.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 15:00:40 +0000 UTCYou're right. Us content creators often create unreasonable expectations about how quick things are to build. We don't do it on purpose, but condensing a long build into a digestible video just makes things seem faster than they are.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:59:04 +0000 UTCThank you! I appreciate you following along.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:57:37 +0000 UTCHilariously, I do all of the hatchet work, so I'm my own stunt-double! He dresses like me because I asked him to wear button-up shirts. They're way easier to mic!
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:57:24 +0000 UTCIn his excellent book _Ingenious Mechanicks_ Chris Schwarz shows how to build a shavehorse attachment for one of his low benches. It looks very good....but I have mixed feelings about that kind of "dual use" bench. I feel like switching it back and forth could be very impractical.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:55:42 +0000 UTCThanks for saying so! I appreciate that.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:53:22 +0000 UTCI'm really glad you liked it. These take a lot of effort and don't perform well on YouTube, so I'm trying to bring as much value as possible to the Patron community. You all are a specialist audience and you seem to get a lot out of these.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:53:08 +0000 UTCYes, we did use Super 77. It's my favorite even though the fumes probably cause cancer.
Rex Krueger
2024-06-18 14:52:15 +0000 UTCVery cool. Great ideas in this video for more than just chair making
Dave West
2024-06-16 14:40:51 +0000 UTCIn the beginning, Rob says, "If anyone out there wants a challenge and wants to shoot..." and then hesitates momentarily. My mind continued the thought with "...themselves in the foot...". I have a warped mind. I need to make a kiln like that.
Michael Bennett
2024-06-16 07:04:10 +0000 UTCThank both Rex and Ron your direction are spot on and very helpful. Again thanks
Carlos Alvarado
2024-06-16 00:45:16 +0000 UTCThank you Rex and Rob for today's video. Good idea on the kiln.
Matt Evans-Koch
2024-06-15 22:26:53 +0000 UTCGreat plans for a kiln. Simple, straight forward design. The video series is very understandable for a green wood working. Thanks for these videos.
Jeff Hill
2024-06-15 16:40:10 +0000 UTCLove the kiln...not building chairs any time soon but trying to incorporate some local woods into my projects, the kiln and my moisture meter might cut a year or so off my air dry "process";)
John Griswold
2024-06-15 15:17:09 +0000 UTCI'm wondering, with the kiln so tightly closed up like that, where does the water vapor go? Does it not get trapped in there?
Michael Jaschob
2024-06-15 14:53:48 +0000 UTCGreat video. What I like best is it shows a project takes more than 15, 30, or 60 minutes to complete!
Chris St. Cyr
2024-06-15 14:20:52 +0000 UTCAnother good installment in the series.
Eric McCormick
2024-06-15 14:00:20 +0000 UTCYou guys really really work well together. You are even dressing a like. You look like brothers. If Rob shaved his head he could be your stunt double. He’d do the dangerous stuff like swinging your hatchet.
Richard C von Brecht
2024-06-15 13:39:28 +0000 UTCWatching the use of the shave horse made me realize that my Low Roman bench that I will be building is a must to have one! Love the low tech kiln as well! Great job guys!
Gerald Eddy
2024-06-15 12:59:59 +0000 UTCSo cool!
Sean McGown
2024-06-15 12:59:45 +0000 UTCExcellent video!
Thomas Hverring
2024-06-15 12:15:39 +0000 UTCI liked the drying box build for more than just this project. It could be used for anything that one wants to bake at a lower heat. Simple design, you didn't describe it fully, but I assume you used super 77 spray adhesive, is this correct. Thanks as always Rex, very entertaining.
GFHWoodWerks (Gregory)
2024-06-15 11:48:32 +0000 UTC
