This video is part 3 of a 6 part course:
Gearing Up For Chair Making: Pt 3
My goal for this course is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to design & build your own chairs from scratch.
Once this is complete, I’ll come up with some projects so we can put it all into use.
These six videos will get you well prepared.
The full (free) 6 part course at a glance:
‘Gearing Up For Chair Making’
- Pt 1) Understanding Chair Joinery: Tapered Round Joints
- Pt 2) Reamers & Tenon Cutters: Use & Applications [Shop bought vs Homemade]
- Pt 3) The ‘V-Block’: A Simple Workholding Gizmo for Chair Making
- Pt 4) Perfect Spindles Without A Lathe: Making the ‘Chair Maker’s Shooting Board’
- Pt 5) [in two videos] Making Your Own Reamers: Two Variations
- Pt 6) Making Your Own Tenon Cutters
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A simple V-block is one of those workshop jigs that can make a surprisingly big difference. I like how it solves the awkward problem of holding round stock securely without needing expensive specialist equipment.
Dead easy to make and will be very useful when I start to make chairs.
Actually used the v clamp already when making large dowels to fill bolt holes in my bench when upgrading to a bigger vice