Making a chair out of a tree

Great video - thanks for sharing. < it played OK for me - without logging in to fb >

John T.

A couple of things stood out to me. With all of the handmade fixtures I was really surprised to see the Leigh FMT Pro. That's half the cost of a Shaper and workstation.

He was also using compressed air to blow off sawdust, causing more of a mess to clean up and great for the lungs, too.

Me too. Don't have an account.

The blowing-around of wood dust caught-my-eye also - ... maybe it looked more dramatic for the video < ? >

John T.

I did not see an actual FMT Pro, I did see something that looked similar that resembled an FMT.

I would be concerned with how long the log/lumber had to dry, if al all.

Yep. He placed the planned planks on stickers, but it's not clear how long they were there.

I would say they needed 2 years minimum on the large pieces. And FWIW wood that has been sitting and drying typically has checks/splits on the end of the boards and these had not been squared up to remove those issues. I saw none.

I was in a large furniture store this weekend and saw a huge piece of furniture, 4' x 5' x 16'. It was made out of large planks and ALL of the joints were open because the wood dried and shrunk after assembly.