I am excited to share that you can now find Lester Woodworking goods on @etsy! Over the last few months I have been working with @buildanest and @etsy to get my shop set up on Etsy as part of the Appalachian Creatives Collective, a group of artisans
Child-sized rocking chair in red oak with hickory bark seat. #chairmaker #chairmaking #redoak #handmade #etsy
Still need to pin the runners and slats, but it is coming together nicely. #chairmaker #chairmaking #handmade
Child sized rocking chair in red oak is starting to come together. #chairmaker chairmaking #handmade #redoak
A first for me. I was turning some rungs and one spot on this one kept making a weird sound. The staple (I think) was inside the board. I resawed the stock for these and I'm sure I would have seen it if it was on the outside. #chairmaker #chairma
Boggs-style chair in hickory with a hickory bark seat. #chairmaker #chairmaking
Set of 4 Shaker-style chairs I just finished up in white oak. The posts and rungs all came from one tree and the slats from another. The rear posts and slats are steam bent for more comfort. Seats are fiber rush. Finish is a medium walnut stain a
Happy customer picked up his 4 antique chairs today with freshly woven hickory bark seats. He wanted to sand and finish the seats himself, that's why the material looks a little rough in spots. A little 220 sandpaper will smooth that out in a few s
Hickory bark seats finished in 3 out of 4 antiques, hoping to do the last one on Friday. The one in front had the best coils of bark I've ever had. It took 3 31' pieces with no bad spots or waste..just two joints in the entire seat. #chairseating