August 23-29, 2027 (7 day)

Make a Comfortable Counter Height Chair

with Michael Fortune

$1800

$1725 tuition + $75 template material

a cut list will be emailed so you can BYOW

About this Workshop

This tall chair builds on the comfortable Number Nine dining chair. With the additional height comes a footrest and additional structural members. The chair students will make can be customized to fit most counter or bar heights. This chair involves mortise and tenon construction throughout, with a coopered seat and back to make it wonderfully strong and comfortable. During the week students will make the patterns so they can build more once they return home.

Key Points

  • Through wedged mortise and tenon construction
  • Anthropometrics of chair comfort
  • Coopering using the bandsaw and shop made shaping tools
  • Cutting three dimensional curves on the bandsaw
  • Safe method for making compound cuts on the table saw

About the Instructor

Michael Fortune

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Full-Week Program

ENROLLMENT DETAILS

Make a Comfortable Counter Height Chair with Michael Fortune

August 23-29, 2027 (7 day)

$1,800.00

Online Registration Starts December 1, 2026

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