correction An earlier version of this story mistakenly reported that joints repaired with hide glue are weaker than wood. In general, using hide glue results in joints that are stronger than wood. The ...

At some point, you've likely crossed paths with old spindles at a thrift store or some that were tossed out from an old staircase, chair, or bed frame. Most people wouldn't give cracked, mismatched, ...

When Jim Van Hoven’s building in St. Croix Falls, Wis., was a restaurant, cleaning up after hours meant vacuuming up potato chips. These days, at the Woodshop Featuring Windsor Chairs, Van Hoven ...

Charlie Tennis works on a chair spindle. For more years than I can count, I have been telling my dad, Charlie Tennis, “he "needs to find another hobby besides work.” Earlier this year, at the age of ...

The Windsor chair was first made in the late 17th century in England and about 1730 in America. The chairs are similar, but the English chair legs are less splayed and only the English chair has a ...