# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Modern Windsor Rocking Chair - 3 spots left!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 am
- **Event Description**: ? Hurry! Only 3 spots left in this class! 

Modern Windsor Rocking Chair

7 Days: Monday-Sunday, December 8th-14th, 2025, 8AM-6PM

Tuition: $1,600

Ages: 16 & Up

Instructor: Luke A. Barnett

Instructional Delivery Method(s): In person

Prerequisites: none

Program Level: Intermediate, Advanced

Program Description:

Build a Modern Windsor Rocking Chair with Chairmaker Luke A. Barnett. Students will join us for a 7-day class. We will start with logs on Monday morning and finish with a rocking chair on Sunday. With a maximum of 5 students, you'll receive personalized instruction in a fully equipped woodworking college with state-of-the-art work benches. 

Learning Objectives:

Students will learn how to rive the logs to get perfect straight-grained lumber. We will steam bend the spindles, back posts, and crest.

We will learn how to build a kiln and control the moisture content in the wood to get the best out of it.

We will sculpt the arms and carve the seat.

This is a hand tool, intensive class. There will likely be additional hours needed during this class, expect to work late some days

At the end of the course, students will have created their own hand-crafted Windsor Modern Windsor Rocking Chair from a log to last generations.

Gain an intimate knowledge of timber by starting with a log and exploiting the physical structure of the wood to obtain the perfect material. Mechanized machines are unable to obtain the same quality of the material.

Use descriptive geometry and/or trigonometry to solve for sightline and resultant angles in chairs. This methodology is also used in complex hip roof structures.

Utilize different species of wood to push wood beyond it quantified limitation laid out in the Wood Engineering Handbook.

Students will learn how to obtain and choose the ideal logs for a chair.

Tool List: (We provide all the tools, but you are also welcome to bring your own)

Cordless drill w/ 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 Brad Point drill bits 

Spokeshaves - round and flat

Travisher

Scorp

Drawknife

6-degree reamer

Folding rule

Japanese style flush cut saw

Large gouge - Pfiel 3/25 is perfect

Set of Lee Valley Dowel Cutters - 1/2, 7/16, 3/8

Attendance Requirements: Students must attend all days

Location: Sam Beauford Woodshop, 1375 N. Main St, Building 41, Adrian, Michigan 49221

Class Size: Maximum 5 students

If you have any questions about this class, please contact the Administrative Office at (517) 759-3070 or email admissions@sbwi.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions: 

Q: Can I transport the chair in my vehicle or on an airplane?

A: If you have limited vehicle space or fly here, we will only glue up the bottom portion of the chair. This will allow you to box it for carry-on or ship it to your home. You can then complete the glue-up at home. 

Q: Do we make the turnings in class? 

A: The turnings are provided for this class.  

Q: Do we finish the chair in class? 

A: No, the chairs are not finished in class, but we will discuss the finishing process and instructions to take home. 

Q: Do I need to bring tools or wood? 

A: No, we provide all the tools and wood you will need, but you are welcome to bring your own tools if you would like.
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- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, crafts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://ce.sbwi.edu/s/courseoffering/0P0Hu000000TbzqKAC/modern-windsor-rocking-chair?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=adrian-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Adrian
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1375 N. Main St #41, Adrian, MI, United States, Michigan 49221
- **lat**: 41.91364
- **long**: -84.02597
- **full address**: 1375 N. Main St #41, Adrian, MI, United States, Michigan 49221

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute (https://allevents.in/org/sam-beauford-woodworking-institute/25984810)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1375 N. Main St #41, Adrian, MI, United States, Michigan 49221
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, crafts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Modern Windsor Rocking Chair - 3 spots left! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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