Why Woodworkers Hate Building Chairs 

Every time I sit down and watch a woodworker with huge workshop, they always say they are not good at it. Can you stop lying and pat yourselves on the back? Because you're doing a great job

I love Cam's explanation about chairs in Japan 🤣 Besides - who needs a chair when you can just use the stump from the tree you cut down for the rest of the project!

It is a pleasure to watch a chair build which, particularly for us older craftsman, is the ultimate in wood work skills. I certainly hope you obtain a large viewing for this project.

I love to see the "sit down" moment with the chairs!!!!!!

We usually learn more from our failures than from our successes. Or yours. Thanks for normalizing trying new things that don't always work out as planned. It's a great lesson for makers and for life. And sitdown.

If you don’t watch Jonny build from start to end, boy sit down and take several seats. Love the chair, beautiful still😊

Brilliant and complex piece of work Jonny. I really appreciate you showing your mishaps. Your kumiko turned out amazing, sorry it didn’t work out. Chuck a cushion on that and I bet Katy will be glad to sit down - especially looking after the wee one 🤗

I would absolutely love to sit-down in that chair. Great job.

Nice job Jonny. Thanks for taking along for the ride 🌞

Great video! Chairs are definitely something only to tackle when you have a clear vision and passion to complete it no matter the cost. Sit down and enjoy your hard work.

It’s easy to sit down when your chair is ,are into a masterpiece of art. Good work.

Wow! Nice work - glad I took a moment out of my day to sit down and watch this process.

I love how this turned out! The cracks look so cool in the light.

couldn't sit down on this one, it was awesome! love how you show us all the stumbles and new learnings to make things move forward!

A real sitdown comedian :) Honestly, this was a very entertaining, and educating video that just had to be watched to the very end. Thank you!

Enjoyed sitting down to watch this! Great job!

I was told to “sit down” so much as a kid… Look, tell the H8ers to pound wet sand! I love the craftsmanship you put into each build!

"Sit down" I always watch the videos until the end and skipping the end doesn't show you all the mess ups, learning points that you go through while making what ever make. So thank you for your videos I appreciate it

Sit Down.... Late but I enjoy seeing the failures and fixes we all make.... Thanks so much for doing what you do

Bless You ! The Chair looks amazing and your persistence duly noted…

Love your projects. Really complex and varied

Sit down all the way from South Africa. I'm a fan.

Now I can share a tip- go to the cosmetic section of any store that has one. There are pre-manufactured ‘popsicle sanding boards’ people use for doing their nails. You can buy all different grits just like sandpaper. They are super cheap and some are washable. I use them all the time. Sometimes it’s easier to make something from what you have on site. Other times it’s great to buy some nail files and throw them in a drawer because you will find a time to use them if you have them. Just pointing this out to anyone who has never watched the nail polish process and who may not know.

I'm just here to say I can't imagine anything more enjoyable than building a chair 😂 Good looking chair.

Sit down! That is such an incredibly beautiful chair. That style of chair is by far my favorite. I recently inherited a very, very old one that has been in my family for many years and I cannot wait to get it reupholstered.

You know, "Sit down and be quiet" is the most essential chairy sentence teachers use again and again.

Great work. Always love the detail you put in your builds. Sit down

Always good to sit down and watch one of your videos. I really like the design!

Jump up, jump up, and sit down. Love it. Thank you! ❤

Sit down. I love chairs! They are personal architecture. I have over 150 of them. I collect miniatures. Anything from charms to just to small for a toddler to sit on. So sit down just not on one of mine.

Even if I'm not able to spend time in the shop right now due to moving and the ensuing chaos, it's nice to be able to sit down and watch woodworkers show new techniques and tricks to explore when I get the shop back together.

Always great to sit down and watch a good woodworker finish a fine project.

Sit down 🪑

I paid $3000 USD for a rocking chair once. I don't regret it. The chair is beyond epic, has not a single flat surface, and is built to last a lot longer than I will.

I love to sit down and watch these videos. I don't think I'll ever build a chair, but I can still learn something from this.

Awesome build that looks beyond intricate..n sit down👍🏿👍🏿

What a fun and creative design, thanks for sharing!! Sit down, and enjoy the support of that custom art piece.

I love watching ppl make furniture whether that's a foot stool to help their short legged dog get up on a sofa or this fabulous chair, if it is something in the realms of something i can build myself or i can learn from it I'm watching it, love the chair love your videos

It was very nice to sit down after a hard day of work and watch this video! Thanks !

I have seen so many table builds that this was a nice. Thank you for this build.

Great work! Relax and sitdown!

Really enjoyed watching you work through the problems that went into building this chair. Sit Down!!

I always enjoy your videos and was super happy to see another one waiting to be watched when I sit down to take a little break before I get going to my afternoon appointments. Thanks for showing us your great work!

Well, I would sit down on that chair! Beautiful, creative project!❤

I really love your videos. I have been an enthusiastic amateur woodworker for years now but have yet to try a chair.... you have inspired me to give it a go, though. Now, all I need to do is sit down and put a plan together.

Sit down Watching you build all these amazing pieces is very relaxing!

Sit down and enjoy that awesome, beautiful chair!!

Sit Down, this build turned out absolutely amazing!!!! Can’t wait to watch the table build!!!! 🤯❤️

Sit Down - Yet again another Jonny Builds video! Woo Hoo - Since discovering your channel - I have not missed a video! Love all your content Jonny!

I love sitting down and watching such great content.

Just love the process “sit down” and enjoy.

Love your style of making videos! Wonˋt loose any second - so I grap a tea and „sit down“ watching them 😊

A chair is a piece of real design. There is so much character in it. I am sure you had a great time challenging yourself on that one. I really love what you did.

Yeh my dad showed me the way. He gave my mom a cement mixer. And a year later we had a flagstone Pateoin the back yard. The gift their kept on giving!

Sit down! I am in love. This is gorgeous, so glad you decided to make a chair 😍😍😍

Can't wait to see how someone can sit down on that wood puzzle you made. Nice work!

@Jonny Builds Relax and "sit down" friend, you did an amazing job and are a remarkable craftsman.

Sit down Awesome looking chair! Thanks for sharing the build.

"Sit Down". Thank you for a great video of making a complex chair. Take care and. God bless. I love chairs

The biggest issue with the comfort is getting the seat pan contoured. I saw one you tube build where they were able to set up a depth map and had their C&C go to town. The cameo's from the other youtube woodworkers was pretty cool. Thanks for the video.

what a beautiful piece!

Beautiful and unusual. Thank you for sharing this technique.

Thank you for the sit down progress

Awesome build I would never try it, but it was fun watching you do it, especially when she sat down in the chair God blessings on your new baby❤

Very cool place to sit down. Not sure I would have the patience to even try. So glad to see you understand the axiom, happy wife, happy life. Thank you for sharing.

The chair is gorgeous. I'm an old woman that doesn't know anything about woodworking and I couldn't look away!!!!

Had to sit down to fully appreciate this beauty! Thanks!😊

I like to sit down and watch your videos. such beautiful work thank you for sharing.

I think I'll have to sit down in my favorite OKC place to truly enjoy this.

If you attempt this chair again, consider making individual kamiko panels and space 3-5 of them around the back curve. Then if you really want to mirror the curvature, each sub panel could be sanded to fit. Another great video sir. Thanks for sharing this insightful video and your comments regarding the process. Wishing you and your lady a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather. Peace brother

To sit down in that chair once complete must be satisfying. So much time to build... But looks stunning. Love your videos!

One more thing to say. You did a great job on this. It inspired me bc I didn’t know about the wood bending technique. Thanks for showing the mishaps. Sorry the Kami didn’t work out, but at least I did something u liked and was relaxing. I may try to make a Spawn style instead of the pattern. I’ll have to figure that one out. Thanks again J!

I would need to sit down and really think about the amount of time to construct a chair with this amount of detail. I think you are an excellent craftsman and clearly recognize the importance of a comfortable place to sit down!! 🎉

Nice! It was a great “sit down” moment with the wife. Excellent work yet again Sir.

It was good to see your wife sit down on the chair at the end. Suitably complicated build, great job. Kept expecting you to produce a carving disk to contour the seat.

It's always great to sit down in front of my computer and find another great woodworking youtube channel. I really hope you can bring yourself to tackle another chair project in the future. Sure, they might not pay as much per working hour, but the techniques involved are really fascinating. Definitely consider some of the more historical designs, and the ones from antiquity, there are some really interesting designs out there!

Great job. Thank you 😊

I had to Sit Down while watching this, your craftsmanship was overwhelming.

I had to "sit down" as I watched you make the last adjustments to the seat pan, and loved the video.

Sit Down after a great build! 👏👏👏

"sit down " Another great video , I appreciate all you do , as a non woodworking person I am amazed at what you do ! The chair looks fantastic , and well mmmmmmm it looks fantastic..............Thanks for sharing !

This is really awesome, seeing work being done at the sme open source level is always great! One note you can always use a 1depth shallow gut clone, so much faster for things like builds and installs where you don't need a whole source tree

many thanks for your video. it's a great job. Wonderfull!!

Awesome job on the seats, can't wait for the "sit down" moment 😋

Bloody love it! Very inspiring to push on myself. Oh, and 'sit down' .

Great work 'sit down' ... fascinating chair build!

Sit down 👏 nice work! Love your videos!

Set down. Beautiful chair

What a fun chair, it's a joy to sit down.

I needed to sit down the whole time, it's a super complex but a nice piece in the end.

I don't do any woodworking, but found this absolutely fascinating, I just had to "sit down" and watch.

Beautiful Work! Popular project or not it really is awesome.

sit down, great video. I'm just starting my woodworking journey and aspire to be as good as you and some of the other youtube woodworkers.

Looks like a great chair to sit down on!

I love when I can sit down and watch a nice video about chairs.

Must be excited for the first time you Sit Down on that thing! Great content, thanks..

Great work, Sir 👍🙏

To see a truly beautiful chair can be memorizing. But to sit down in a beautiful chair is transformative.

I normally watch these on the treadmill, but I had to sit down for this level of detail in a chair.

Sit down, keep them coming, awesome stuff