Making a post and rung chair from green wood with hand tools

[@asotpan]

Beautiful video... no crappy repetitive background music.... just the sound of the tools on wood.... wonderful!

[@frankward423]

Fantastic video. Back in 1984 I built several chairs like these. I used a chapter on chair making that I found in the Foxfire Book volume 1 as a guide. Several years later I added rockers to one of them and made a rocking chair. I still have that chair and I'm watch this while sitting in it. Keep the great videos coming, your an inspiration to a lot of people.

[@audiotechlabs4650]

I have the foxfire collection and use them to. In the 1970s I lived on a 150 acre farm and lived the “Good” life. Mr Chickadee takes me back!

[@nicofinfinaud]

Thanks for sharing, I found the book collection on Library Genesis for anybody interested in reading some.

[@marshalrommel3410]

Thank you for sharing your love to build. I took up wood working in 2005 after getting out of the Corp Also. It has helped me re-connect with the creative side of myself. Semper fi!

[@joer5627]

I’m going to have to go downstairs and get my copy of Foxfire from the ‘70s to see what this is supposed to look like.

[@ryandavis7593]

Opening segment reminds me of my early childhood when my dad worked for the forest service in Colorado. He kept me busy when I went with him by giving me a hatchet and having me cut up the branches. I still have that hatchet almost fifty years later.

[@ricos1497]

I've got the same hatchet I had as a youngster too. Had to make a new handle a few years back, and the head was in bad condition so I had to replace it. Otherwise, it's still going strong after all those years.

[@denniswilliams3934]

I hope you are able to pass it on. Most importantly, with the memories, and stories. Share it as you have here.

[@benm2370]

@@ricos1497 If it has a new handle and a new head it's not really the same hatchet - is it?

[@matthewnauman5416]

Morgan County's finest right here folks!

[@larsfrandsen2501]

A dose of reality and sanity. Thank you! What is so fascinating to me is that, instead of dominating the materials you use, one has the feeling that you are gently and respectfully persuading the wood to fit into place, from start to finish in every project. It is actually quite remarkable. I don’t think I have seen another craftsman working quite like you do. You get better and better with each video. If that were even possible. (As an aside, I am the son of a 98-year-old cabinet maker. Five generations of wood workers.)

[@vargr]

I learned the trade from a man just a year younger than your father. 42 years ago.

[@DAVIDMILLER-nc9vo]

Another superb video by Josh Stevens (Mr. Chickadee)! Thanks for not including any music. The sounds of nature and hand tools far surpass any other (sounds). And excellent photography, Mrs. Chickadee. I look forward to every episode and am always delighted with the content, format, and photography.

[@craigmooring2091]

Yeah, what he said.

[@Woodenp3ck]

I third this!

[@glennmcqueen9475]

A lovely way to start my Day. thank you

[@ohhpaul7364]

It is always such a pleasure to see one of your videos. The worries of the world seem to disappear, and I find myself raptly paying attention to the task at hand. You tell the story very well with no words spoken at all, I commend you for that. Thank the person that helps shoot the videos with you; it really helps bring them together. thank you.

[@fiendeng]

if a draw knife is 10 inches wide why don't we use 10 inches of blade?

[@AeonCatalyst]

@@fiendeng it allows you to keep your knuckles from busting on a wide log, and as one section dulls you can just work with a different section of blade until you need to Resharpen the whole thing ;)

[@not2tees]

From the first sound of the axe in the autumn woods, to the final gnaw of approval by the velvety pussycat, how good for the old soul is this video. Thank you, Mr. C.

[@johnw.peterson4311]

Mr C. You are a master and genius. Thank you for showing.

[@Booka60]

The most exquisite set of cat chairs I've ever seen! Amazing craftmanship, as always. Thank You Mr. Chickadee!

[@JoeCubicle]

Customer: "I need those chairs delivered right now". Chickadee: "I can't just yet, there's a cat on one of them".

[@Vincent-S]

Man, that little level holder for the brace is genius, I need to make one for myself

[@gus473]

Gotta admit that I made a note to make one too! Also have to up my jig game after watching this! 😎✌🏼

[@srh1101]

The best green woodworking ASMR videos on YT are by Mr Chickadee, an absolute delight to watch

[@JS-ct5jn]

You should pull out a Festool Domino one day just to mess with people. 🤣

[@rootvalue]

Absolutely love that mortise cleaner at 18:48. Never seen one before, but just looking at it immediately tells you its function. 🤘

[@TonyT-lo2sz]

If I didn't see it I would not have believed it. That Sir was spectacular to watch. I can't even remotely guess what there worth.

[@public7515]

If all the furniture factories close, Mr. Chickadee knows what to do!

[@dalyjolly5891]

I can’t remember ever watching one of your videos without being amazed, but this seems like the broadest showcase of your skills & genius in making things work!

[@emmengel]

from one old Jared, to one young Jarhead, again young man you have done outstanding work. simplify

[@nathanielbrewster8457]

The Jennie Alexander chair! These are lightweight, strong, and beautiful. Nice vid!

[@lkj974]

Thank you for 35:18 minutes of serenity.

[@johnjohnson-cv7kf]

I come for the skill....stay for the cat! Your videos are a comfort in todays world. Thank you.

[@dejavu666wampas9]

Awesome start to the video. Like being in an 18th century woods, hearing your nearest neighbor chopping a tree down for his log cabin. A frontier experience. Thanks for that moment.

[@gregallen6415]

Straight rived wood... what a joy!

[@daniellarrivee7933]

Hello There is at least one person who appreciates your work . Thanks to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@StarMountainHikes]

Your craftmanship never fails to amaze me. Thanks for sharing.

[@kentuckypride3802]

This is a lost mountain art. So glad to see you build this chair. Thanks

[@samp4656]

when I watch your videos, I feel like the apprentice learning by watching :) Thanks master!

[@15harney1987]

There is something amazingly relaxing about the sound of sharp steel through wood, it’s better than a lullaby

[@CosmicGorilla]

Sir, you constantly outdo yourself. I would be proud to have a small percentage of your skill.

[@miguelangelfraumolina7547]

- Good evening: It's been two years now that I've been staring in amazement at Mr. Chickadee's various woodwork. I think that only the mastery of the Japanese carpenters who practice the craft of Ishitani furniture is comparable. Item. more: they use sophisticated power tools. Instead our hero remains in the tradition of S. XIX. - It is really remarkable. Thank you for even giving us an Ethics class in a world as chaotic as the one we are experiencing.

[@edwardreedy]

Every time l watch one of these it makes me realize how lazy l am. Amazing work as always!

[@cafecybernz]

Absolutely extraordinary! The debarking, the patient shaping, the steam bending, the seat weaving: all captivating. And the pencil level marking gauge, as well as the drill level jig, were so clever. As much love put into the video recording and editing as into the woodworking, with a stunning intro and cute outro, perfect audio (no music and no dialogue are winners in my book) and awesome décor, be it nature or what would be my dream shop. I've been following your channel for over a year now, and I say this is your best video ever. Thank you.

[@jcsrst]

Stunning! Love the ray fleck in white oak.

[@hder8740]

And again another level in woodworking! Im in awe

[@richardlanglois172]

Wow. Just incredible work. Pretty kitty!!

[@jamesogorman3287]

Simple and elegant

[@VORONM]

Simple?! And you try it. 🙂

[@karlgru3n654]

Fascinating and Korat approved.

[@RedmarKerkhof]

Stellar work as always, from the both of you. The cinamatography is not lost on me. And the chairs are kitty cat approved, that's high praise!

[@dianeleirer9878]

Thank you for this video. The diversity of mastered skills to make these beautiful chairs is humbling. I continue to be in awe and a wee bit envious. When I saw the cat at the end, I immediately thought of my own cats and know for certain one of mine would consider the hickory woven seat to be a new surface to scratch their claws.😳

[@hillbilly4christ638]

Stunning work! We live a country lifestyle and I look forward to your videos. Please do not stop making these videos. There is a gentle peace that only those that pursue this lifestyle experience fully. It is like feeling the warmth of a fire that you cut and cured the wood or a hot pot of bean soup that has simmered over that fire.

[@kathysalkeldbonilla6541]

I just discovered "Mr. Chickadee" today. Wow, what a treasure! Thanks for sharing!

[@jlmfoy365]

Wonderful to watch you work Josh, a perfect end to the day. Thank you. Regards Jim UK.

[@andyguinn7052]

I’m always motivated to go sharpen my tools after watching these videos.

[@167curly]

It's great to see you back with this project. It's a very elegant yet light-weight chair, and I love the woven seat. Congratulations on making a set of them.

[@claudestuder4199]

These chairs are stunningly crafted. Also, that cat is looking fir trouble! Beautiful work.

[@jefff9549]

Mr. Chickadee your my hero!

[@sydneyevans2637]

Always a pleasure to see your passion for woodworking, Mr. Chickadee.

[@asecashugo]

No concessions here, a true testimony that craft alone is enough to achieve great results. Congratulations on your work

[@lint2023]

If you look away long enough to fill your water glass, you might miss something significant. I always learn from these builds. I'm always entertained by these videos. Thank you.

[@kinklee]

The imposition of your will upon the material. Absolutely Sublime

[@VORONM]

Standing ovation! 👏

[@TWC6724]

I love the drawknife. Probably one of my favorite tools. Well done sir.

[@jjurksztowicz]

The subtle camera movement and zooms are really nice. Great job on the chairs too 😅

[@horatiohornblower868]

Beautiful work, Mr. Chickadee! These chairs take time and are therefore not for mass production. But the fact that a person can make a chair from freshly cut trees is reassuring in a world that is sadly out of kilter.

[@FrozenMadLad]

I'd love to see a little wood boat or dinghy built by hand, and I think only Mr. Chickadee can make a video on it that will be perfect.

[@FrozenMadLad]

Mostly because I want to build one by middle of next year 😆 🤣

[@dianeclemmer1344]

Those are absolutely beautiful ❤️ the cat,,,too!

[@Killianwsh]

Lol! @34:40! Universal feline stamp of approval! This ch. never disappoints!

[@dingc.velasco6038]

They will be heirlooom chairs. Amazing craft, Mr Chickadee!

[@jasonhammond4640]

A Jennie Alexander chair. 👍👍 Awesome work Sir.

[@paulmachak9853]

This is one of the finest sites on all of Utube. Excellent videography, excellent sound, excellent content. Thank you.

[@glenhopes8233]

Well done! The final tick of approval at the end says it all!!

[@pamdemonia]

Give your wife a huge hug and kiss for the absolutely stunning opening shot and for the courage to hold it as long as she did! Wonderful video, as ever. Thank you!

[@marklamontagne3919]

Your work always blows my mind. Pleasure to watch.

[@michealmcconnell485]

Always a pleasure to watch and learn !

[@marauderii1]

Awesome job making those chairs. I grew up sitting in chairs just like that, but with straight backs no fancy curves. Now you can sit down and enjoy the smell of wood smoke and mamas cooking.

[@larrykelly2838]

Great looking chairs Mr Chickadee, you're an amazing man.

[@teeeff5179]

such a pleasure to watch, many thanks. 👍✌🖖

[@craigmooring2091]

Good to see that these carefully crafted chairs carry the charter of Charles' certification.

[@jeffreyarmstrong2800]

Wow, thank you for sharing this beautiful project!

[@patrykpilas2697]

No talking, no music - only calm woodworking. Your videos are something different. Very precious content. Thank you!

[@dejavu666wampas9]

All the labours of love involved in the making of these pieces. No wonder they were passed down from generation to generation as heirlooms. Outstanding artistry and craftsmanship. Also, Mrs Chickadee deserves applause for her videography skills.

[@DanielCooper1]

Beautiful work, and the cat is - as always - a good supervisor. And beautiful too. :D

[@ClarksKentuckyKnives]

Awesome!!! My great great grandfather did that for a living in central Ky. My grandma remembered he had a lathe with a big wheel and the grandkids would have to take turns turning the wheel for him. A feller told us about seeing him coming out of the knobs where he lived with a bunch of chairs on his back headed to the main highway to sell his chairs. I’ve got a good dining chair and I have three rockers that needs restored. Good chairs of his, at estate sales, bring hundreds of dollars these days. Awesome seeing you build one similar to the way he did. From log to sitting chair. Awesome!

[@PerkBuilders]

This is the best video I’ve seen in my life

[@robertzabinski6083]

This was great. Admirable workmanship. Just the sights and sounds. Hand tools. Beautiful implementation. Great stuff. Kudos. I don't know exactly why but I find it irritating boarding on aggravating to watch self professed, silver spoon, trust fund "wood worker" channels that use $50k of power tools, wearing $1000 dust masks, go through $100 in sandung discs, and take an exotic live edge old growth stump disc, and gallons and gallons and gallons of epoxy to "create" some stucturally deficient, purely decorative, highly impractical, heavy frankenstein melding of epoxy and wood coffee table for even more bourgeois, fashionesta, green fetishistic consumerist clients.

[@ludvigtande1236]

Wow!! Beautiful chairs👍

[@PalmettoPrepared]

Love your work

[@philedgerton7892]

I've got an old chair that my neighbor, Malloy Griffith, reseated with hickory bark about 30 years ago that I helped him get out in the woods. The seat has held up very well. He told me that sometimes the seats were stuffed with hickory shavings for comfort. What a process making a natural chair is!!

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

Got the World Series on mute. Got my high school football game on my phone. Got Mr. Chickadee soothing my soul. Ahhhhhh. The world is spinning in greased grooves.

[@bobbieolsen7264]

Sure is a talkative sort and his craftsmanship leaves a lot to be desired; thank you for an excellent video!

[@woodshopnerdery]

Making a set of these chairs has been on my too list since I picked up Jason Alexander's Make a Chair From a tree DVD 17-18 years ago. I watch it every few years. I see some similarities in technic here.

[@bizmarck1]

respect from Croatia/Zagreb

[@jamesconner8275]

Titebond and not homemade hide glue? Mr. Chikadee is going modern!!! Excellent work.

[@brianpike8165]

Mr. Chickadee upping the cinematography game with a dolly shot?!? Whoa!

[@aserordepa3847]

Real craftmanship. I am very impressed.

[@LouPeabody]

Always wonderful to see another upload, beautiful work! Not to throw shade but another woodworker I enjoy ISHITANI FURNITURE uploaded a stool video similar to this today. He used a bandsaw, CAD modelling, lasers, and a CNC router for a very beautiful and elegant outcome. While I can clearly see the advantage of using lasers to precisely establish compound angles for stools I couldn't help but wonder "How would Mr. Chickadee make a chair?" and then this video dropped

[@adrianorosa8423]

Patience, knowledge. Wonderful work. Thank you.

[@mildthing]

five minutes into this and I knew it was gonna be epic. Awesome work! I'm gonna be stealing a few of these idears lol. Thanks for the video!

[@mehdikoschin5651]

Es ist immer wieder eine Freude Ihre Videos zu sehen. Dankeschön

[@MrChickadee]

thank you!

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful, dude! Stunning work! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@leho5416]

The flecking on the backrest is so fine. That's a chair worth looking at.

[@VertexCarver]

Wow. Stellar work! ^^

[@udowolff3383]

A lot of work, very good Job! 👌👍

[@denniswilliams3934]

I was bracing myself for the difficulty in the seat weave. Then you did a 2 over 2 under pattern, absolutely Brilliant.

[@necmettincinar1221]

Çok teşekkürler. Her zamanki gibi mükemmel işler çıkarıyorsunuz insanların ufkunu açıyorsunuz. Türkiye den selam ve sevgilerle.

[@stupidasso6183]

It's funny, I'm watching this dude and you can tell by the slight movements in what he does that this dude knows what he's doing. This right here is a good video!

[@720MJW]

That little knot on the bottom rung is about the best thing I’ve seen

[@tpledger100]

Masterful!

[@brianteunessen85]

The simplicity and patience of how you build things is exactly what I need . Thanks for sharing