Caleb James

Caleb James
Guild Instructor

Build it with Caleb

Caleb James has made Danish Modern chairs full time since 2011. Here is every Guild course he teaches, from a Danish cord bench to a dry bar cube.

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3Guild courses
9+hours of lessons
27lessons

Why learn from Caleb

Danish Modern specialistCaleb has studied Danish chair design and construction since 2005, and he teaches the details that give these pieces their clean, light look.
Learn Danish cord weavingHis Danish Cord Bench course covers the weaving itself, a skill you can bring to stools, chairs and benches of your own.
He makes the tools tooCaleb designs and produces woodworking tools based on 18th and 19th century forms, including his well known line of chairmaking spokeshaves.
Plans includedEvery course comes with PDF plans and printable cut lists, and most include a 3D SketchUp model you can adjust to fit your space.

About Caleb

Caleb lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and two daughters. His first taste of fine woodworking came in a middle school shop class, where he built a stool. He came back to it as a young adult while building furniture for his first home.

His interest in Danish chair design and construction began around 2005. After six years of making furniture as a hobby, he sold a successful business in 2011 to make chairs full time. He has written for Popular Woodworking and teaches Danish Modern chairmaking.

All of Caleb’s Guild courses

Every course includes PDF plans, printable cut lists and a discussion area on every lesson.

3-Legged Danish Modern Coffee Table3-Legged Danish Modern Coffee Table7 lessons · 2.5 hrs Danish Cord BenchDanish Cord Bench9 lessons · 3 hrs Dry Bar CubeDry Bar Cube11 lessons · 4.5 hrs

Two ways to learn with Caleb

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One payment and that course is yours for life, along with lifetime Guild membership benefits: past Guild meetings, woodworker interviews, live demos, exclusive vendor discounts and direct support from Marc.

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$19 a month or $199 a year. Subscribers get 10% off any course purchase, including Caleb’s courses, plus two of Marc’s courses to stream on demand each month. The lineup rotates on the 1st. See the schedule.

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