Videos in the Series

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  Ep 1: Starting with the back posts

  August 9, 2023

  In the first episode of this Queen Anne side chair build series, Dan Faia starts working on the back posts—starting with accurate layout, moving on to the bandsaw, and fairing with hand tools.
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  Ep 2: Laying out back post joinery

  August 9, 2023

  With the shaping done, Dan lays out the complex joinery on the back posts.
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  Ep 3: Mortising and tapering the back posts

  August 16, 2023

  In this episode, Dan mortises the back posts at the hollow chisel mortiser and discusses the subtleties of the tapers before cutting them on the bandsaw and cleaning them up with hand tools.
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  Ep 4: Chamfering the back posts

  August 23, 2023

  Dan lays out the iconic chamfers to the Queen Anne chair and then cuts them using little more than a chisel.
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  Ep 5: Adding molding to the back seat rail

  August 30, 2023

  In this episode, Dan creates the shoe molding for the Queen Anne chair using a jack plane and a vintage molding plane.
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  Ep 6: Gluing up the back “H”

  September 6, 2023

  In this episode Dan meticulously tackles the first glue-up of a project that will include more than a few.
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  Ep 7a: Sawing the crest rail tenons

  September 13, 2023

  The crest rail joinery needs to be perfect since the bulk of the material will eventually be sculpted away. Thankfully, Dan Faia has a way.
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  Ep 7b: Fitting the angled crest rail tenons

  September 13, 2023

  In this episode, Dan finishes the joinery and fits the crest rail on the back of the chair.
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  Ep 8: Making the back splat

  September 20, 2023

  Dan uses a clever trick to identify where in space the joinery should be on this complex piece.
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  Ep 9: Shaping the crest rail

  September 27, 2023

  Dan heads to the bandsaw to cut out the crest rail shape in two different planes.
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  Ep 10: Sculpting the back splat

  October 4, 2023

  Dan wields his trusty chisel to sculpt and chamfer the back splat of the Queen Anne side chair.
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  Ep 11: Blending the crest rail with the back splat

  October 12, 2023

  Dan shapes the crest rail until it looks like one unified piece with the back splat and then glues up the final back assembly of the chair.
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  Ep 12: Blending the crest rail with the back posts

  October 19, 2023

  At this point in the Queen Anne chair construction, it becomes just as much about the negative of the finished shape as the positive.
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  Ep 13: Blending the outside of the crest rail

  October 25, 2023

  Dan continues with the task of shaping every surface of the chair back.
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  Ep 14: Finishing the chair back

  November 1, 2023

  The chair back gets the last of the chamfers and Dan perfectly carves a return on a round over with his trusty chisel.
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  Ep 15: Rough shaping the cabriole legs

  November 9, 2023

  Starting at the lathe and then finishing at the bandsaw, Dan Faia finds the elegant Queen Anne-style cabriole leg in the blank.
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  Ep16a: Roughing out the cabriole legs

  November 15, 2023

  In the first of this two-part episode, Dan Faia begins the systematic shaping of the Queen Anne chair legs.
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  Ep 16b: Finishing the cabriole leg shaping

  November 15, 2023

  Dan finishes the shaping of the cabriole leg as the chair starts to come to life.
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  Ep 17: Angled tenons for the side rails

  November 22, 2023

  Using hand tools, Dan creates the angled joinery that make up the trapezoidal rails for the Queen Anne chair seat.
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  Ep 18: Fitting the front rail

  November 29, 2023

  In this episode, Dan finds the needed width of the front rail, making sure that the geometry of the entire chair works in the process.
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  Ep 19: Cutting curved seat rail rabbets

  December 7, 2023

  Using hand tools, Dan deftly cuts the curved rabbets that will eventually hold the seat of the Queen Anne chair.
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  Ep 20: Front assembly glue up

  December 13, 2023

  After a dry fit, Dan systematically glues up the front assembly to the rest of the chair, making sure the whole thing is square of course.
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  Ep 21: Creating the leg transition blocks

  December 20, 2023

  In this episode, Dan cuts out the transition blocks at the bandsaw and demonstrates a clever way of clamping them in place.
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  Ep 22a: Wedged through-tenons

  January 3, 2024

  Dan flairs the through-mortises on the back of the chair so he can wedge the tenon, locking everything together.
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  Ep 22b: Pinning the tenons

  January 3, 2024

  In this episode, Dan makes a square peg fit into a round hole, locking the joint together for decades to come.
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  Ep 23a: Rough shaping the legs and front rail

  January 10, 2024

  Dan begins the processes of making the cabriole leg look like a cabriole leg.
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  Ep 23b: Final shaping of the knee

  January 10, 2024

  Dan continues the shaping of the legs, creating the classic curves we've come to love in Queen Anne furniture.
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  Ep 24: Final inspection and fairing of the legs

  January 17, 2024

  Dan takes one last look at the legs before completing the shaping and scraping.
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  Ep 25: Final fairing of the transition blocks

  January 31, 2024

  Moving ever closer to completion of the Queen Anne chair, Dan finesses the shape of the transition blocks to give the chair a lighter look.
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  Ep 26: Rounding the Seat Rail

  February 7, 2024

  Rounding off the inside of the seat rail and finessing the roundover on the outside of the chair rail, Dan finishes up the shaping of the Queen Anne chair.
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  Ep 27: Final glue-up of the chair

  February 14, 2024

  In the penultimate episode, it all comes together in the final glue-up of Dan Faia's Queen Anne chair.
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  Ep 28: Completing the Queen Anne sidechair

  February 28, 2024

  In the final episode of this series, Dan Faia demonstrates how to fit a seat frame for the chair and how to properly prepare for upholstery.