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I generally like your work (some I love!), but that is one ugly chair in my view.

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Caveman furniture not my cup of tea. But 6 pack of beer and a chain saw. What could go wrong?

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I love the antler chair. I think you made it comfortable to sit in.

Amaze your friends!

Scare your enemies!

Keep your friends close, and your enemas closer.

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Antlers. Best chair crest yet.

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FYI, those antlers were sheds. No deer were harmed in the making of this oddball.

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Damn autocorrect!

I can imagine a rocker version next to it!

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Love it! I came image a rocker version next to it.

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I love the chair. I was trying to figure out how the seat attached. Is it drilled and screwed from the bottom like the old church pews I’ve reworked?

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Interesting you should mention the angle grinder. I met two woodworkers in the last month who use angle grinders. They both make beautiful stuff. I bought wood from Shea Alexander to make a seven-stick chair. I'm going to use my scorp and travisher to saddle the seat, but I know that while I do, there's going to be a little devil on my shoulder telling me how much easier and faster it could be.

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Next a half rotten log lying in the woods looking a great deal like a sofa.

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Or a coffin

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I love this. We need a chair. We have this rotten log. Done! Human ingenuity at its best.

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As I was lighting my morning fire (not a euphemism) the question came to me: is this the earliest form of stick chair? It’s a big stick. I love the addition of the antlers too. Silver maple is a wondrous underrated wood. Tough stuff.

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“Your gonna put your eye out with that thing”

I like the chair just not at my house …..

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I always wondered what the thrill was of making museum pieces that precisely imitated chairs from the 1750ties.

Niw its time to show me your take on things. A nod to the engineering and construction lessons makers from a few thousand years have figured out. Ok. Now do something creative.

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“King in the castle, king in the castle, I have a chair, king in the castle!”—Borat

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Dugout chairs may have been the first thrones.

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We'll have to start calling you Gaston.

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