Just bought my wife a bread knife for Christmas. Now if I can just get her to let me have the old one and razor sharpen it like Paul's. I've been waiting to learn from you doing some upholstery Paul. Thanks for making this available to us. Hope to see the chair build someday also. I wish you and your family all the best in 2016!
Paul I new subscriber for about a month and I have watched almost all of your videos! I always learn so much every video you post!! Keep up the great work!!!
very nice sturdy chair but it is the blue stool behind your bench that I would like to build. I always learn something every time i watch one of your videos.
Paul, you seem like a really cool dude. I'm loving your video and looking forward to the rest of your catalogue of videos. So much more interesting than what you would get on tv! All the best.
Just finished my chairs in late November :(. Unfortunately there were not very many good videos on YT at the time. I learned a lot, and hope to learn even more from watching your video. Thanks!
Buenos días ...Feliz año nuevo desde aquí Venezuela ....he visto varios videos suyos en Diciembre y aprendí muchos consejos de usted en el arte de trabajar la madera...muy bueno el aporte de sus conocimientos...Gracias
I've been dying to begin building my own guitar case. I want to wrap the outside with tweed tolex and upholster the interior. Your saw trick to leave a 16th is great! Thanks for another great video. Happy 2016!
Thank you! I had no idea there were supposed to be air holes in the seat like that, but it makes sense. I wonder if the holes can be smaller though. But, 1/4 isn't so bad.
I absolutely love all your videos when you have the time could you please make a video over old hand tools like hand routers, draw knives, etc. if you could I would greatly appreciate it.
You mentioned that leather is not too expensive. Where do you recommend buying it? I reckon a fabric store is going to be pretty dear. I've bought vinyl for recovering my dining room chairs and paid a fair price. If there is a better source for leather, I have some vintage living room chairs to recover. Thanks again for the great video.
Great video as always may I dare to make a suggestion to maybe save your finger tips a little when I’ve made an attempt to upholster a dining chair I find using an artist stretcher they use for stretching there canvas very taught over a frame only a small little gadget but works great and no sore fingers
Greetings and salutations Paul. Watched the video twice and thought it wonderful. I was noticing the straight edge you were using and was curious about wood movement issues throwing it out of true. Looked like it was made of white oak to me. I would like it greatly if you would do a tutorial on making that straight edge, as I think it to be classier than any other I've used. Thanks for all you do truly appreciated.
Great video Paul to get this year on the go, It made me remember what my late father did as a self educated upholsterer and I'm sure he used to overlay the foam with some kind of white thin stuff (Kind of silky wooly stuff that stretches as you pull it and adheres to the foam) in order to let the leather kind of slip over the foam. I have no idea what it's called. do you know? looking forward to see part 2. Thanks.
might be a bit late to be answering your question, but from your description I'm almost positive you're thinking of dacron batting. You put it over the foam and staple it down to the wood frame, pulling it tight enough to round off the sharp edges of foam without cutting it like Paul did. I've also heard that it reduces wear between the foam and fabric
Hello Mr. Sellers, What type of foam did you use? Is there a particular density you would recommend? And where did you purchase it or what type of store would sell it? Thank you for your time!
I have a Futon, where the foam seems to be suppressed and you can feel the spring from under the futon when u sit, what kind of Foam can I use to place it to give it more comfort?
Hi Paul I'm looking a at some Stanley 750 chisels what do you recommend to use to protect the metal from rust as I'm sue you will have much more knowledge and experience than others thankyou
+Matthew Dickenson I live two miles from a great lake in NY, things rust bad so I might be qualified to answer your question! And I don't think Paul replies to many RU-vid comments. Anyway, I like wax to protect tools from rust. Paste floor was is easy to apply, because of its low melting point it can be melted into the pores of metal with the friction from a rag so it really protects. It won't stain wood like oil might, and it really reduces friction on wood when applied to the bottom of a hand plane. Win win!
+Matthew Dickenson I think Paul has mentioned before that he uses 3-in-1 oil for most things. Any light machine oil will do. Just wipe them down carefully so that you don't stain wood with the oil. Personally I use a 4:1 mixture of coconut oil and beeswax. It makes a light paste wax. I use it primarily as a wood conditioner that's foodsafe (I make a lot of kids toys) but it ends up on my tools and does an excellent job of protecting them.
+MichaelKingsfordGray It has to be an oil that will polymerize at room temperature for it to produce heat. Machine oil is unlikely to do so, it's just best to keep sparks away. Linseed/Danish/Teak oil/etc. are indeed the biggest threats.
+Aleksandr Goldyrev When i was an upholsterer i used a stanley knife to cut the leather out and a similar knife to Pauls for cutting the foam. Strange we built all the furniture in millimeters and measured the overlaps and allowances for the upholstery in inches.
+Ian Scott i'm willing to hazard a guess that is why he "sharpened the serrations out" of his knife. flat stone = flat blade. it won't mess anything up, but it will remove serrations eventually.
