Vidar's Chair - Tools & Text
Required Tools:
Smoothing plane
Jointer plane
Low angle block plane
Hock chair scrape iron (provided)
Small flat bottom spokeshave
Small curved bottom spokeshave
Cabinet scraper
Burnisher *
Small plane adjustment & chisel hammer
12″ Combination square
Small sliding square
Bevel gauge
Protractor
Carving knife
Chisels (3mm, 6mm,9mm & 15mm)
Diagonal Sticks
Dovetail saw
Scribe
Water stones 1000 & 8000
Diamond lapping plate
8″ oberg cut file *
8″ 1/2 Round 2nd cut file *
8″ whiz cut file *
Safety glasses
Hearing protectors
Recommended Tools:
Small Auxiliary Bench Vice
Carving Knife
Carving Tools
Needle files
* Available at Inside Passage School of Fine Cabinetmaking
Complete student tool kits and required texts are available for loan (please contact the school for availability)
Required Texts:
The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking
by James Krenov
The Impractical Cabinetmaker
by James Krenov
Recommended Texts:
A Cabinetmaker's Notebook
by James Krenov
Worker in Wood
by James Krenov
With Wakened Hands
by James Krenov
The Nature and Art of Workmanship
by David Pye
The Unknown Craftsman
by Soetsu Yanagi