Saddling a chair seat.

[daddo]

I found this. I think it's a brilliant idea.

 

[R Clark]

Interesting.  

I've done three carved seats for chairs:  one Windsor and two Hal Taylor rockers.  The Windsor was done with hand tools like the video showed, though I hogged out the bulk of it with an adze.  The rockers were done with a Kutzall carbide disc.

The only method that I've seen that keeps dust under control are the hand tools.

From what I saw in the video, the speediest method appears to be the table saw.  However, if one wants a smooth continuous curve bottom to the seats, I think the kutzall or hand tools will have to be used.

Thanks for sharing.

[Terry W]

At first I thought it was a little gimmicky but I was wrong. The results speak for themselves.