Rex Krueger
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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
Laura Chalifoux
I imagine that there are other, less toxic, adhesives that would work fine, if perhaps requiring a tiny bit more work to apply.
Alice
Great job yall this is exactly what i needed to learn next
Michael Bennett
Truly. 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.
Rex Krueger
You're right. A lot of this stuff applies to other parts of the craft. I'm learning a lot.
Rex Krueger
Ha! 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
That'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
All the credit to Rob on the design. He basically rolled up with everything figured out.
Rex Krueger
It's my pleasure. We're having fun doing it.
Rex Krueger
I'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
Since 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
You'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
Thank you! I appreciate you following along.
Rex Krueger
Hilariously, 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
In 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
Thanks for saying so! I appreciate that.
Rex Krueger
I'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
Yes, we did use Super 77. It's my favorite even though the fumes probably cause cancer.
Dave West
Very cool. Great ideas in this video for more than just chair making
Michael Bennett
In 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.
Carlos Alvarado
Thank both Rex and Ron your direction are spot on and very helpful. Again thanks
Matt Evans-Koch
Thank you Rex and Rob for today's video. Good idea on the kiln.
Jeff Hill
Great plans for a kiln. Simple, straight forward design. The video series is very understandable for a green wood working. Thanks for these videos.
John Griswold
Love 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";)
Michael Jaschob
I'm wondering, with the kiln so tightly closed up like that, where does the water vapor go? Does it not get trapped in there?
Chris St. Cyr
Great video. What I like best is it shows a project takes more than 15, 30, or 60 minutes to complete!
Eric McCormick
Another good installment in the series.
Richard C von Brecht
You 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.
Gerald Eddy
Watching 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!
Sean McGown
So cool!
Thomas Hverring
Excellent video!
GFHWoodWerks (Gregory)
I 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.
