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Build a chair with Christopher

Christopher Schwarz is a chairmaker, writer and the founder of Lost Art Press. His American Welsh Stick Chair course is the easiest way to make your first chair, and more Guild courses with Christopher are on the way.

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1Guild course so far

3+hours of lessons

10lessons

20years teaching chairmaking

Why learn from Christopher

Your first chair, made simpleThe American Welsh Stick Chair is designed for woodworkers who have built some casework but never tried compound angle joinery. No lathe, green wood, steambox or drawknife required.

Tools you already ownYou build it with a table saw, band saw, cordless drill and a jack plane, using kiln dried lumber and home center dowels. A cheap construction laser handles the tricky drilling angles, no trigonometry needed.

20 years teaching chairmakingChristopher has spent two decades teaching woodworkers to build these chairs with simple tools and straightforward techniques, in his Kentucky shop and around the world.

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 Christopher

Christopher Schwarz is a furniture maker, writer and publisher who works from a storefront in Covington, Kentucky. He is a founder and editor of Lost Art Press, which publishes books on hand tool woodworking, and a founder of Crucible Tool.

Christopher is a former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine. His work has appeared in Fine Woodworking, Mortise and Tenon Magazine and many other woodworking publications, and he teaches hand tool woodworking around the world. He teaches his in-person classes through Workshop Covington.

Author of five Lost Art Press books and a contributor to two others, The Joiner and Cabinet Maker and The Art of Joinery
Follow Lost Art Press on Instagram or take an in-person class with Christopher at Workshop Covington

All of Christopher’s Guild courses

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

American Welsh Stick Chair10 lessons · 3 hrs

Two ways to learn with Christopher

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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 Christopher’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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Pick a project, grab the plans and build it alongside Christopher. Curious what members think? Read their reviews.

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