It's time to build another chair.

Last year I took a windsor chair building class and built this chair. Story here.
Now, a fullyear and a week later it's time to use that knowledge, all by myself with no instructor. And starting with totally raw materials, no pre-turned legs or already split out spindle stock.
Here the draw knife, shaving horse and spokeshave that I'll be using to shape the legs and spindles.

The pieces of yellow Pine and the various tools it will take to carve the seat, bore the spindle holes, etc.

An overall view of the various raw materials and tools.

Froe, axe, splitting wedges and pounding tools for getting the raw materials to a working stage.

The approximate expected finished project.

I've got some maple, yew, cherry and holly wood. The piece of yew that is curved is what I expect to turn into the arms of my chair. I'll be using a band saw to cut these pieces
and an electric planer to do most of the smoothing of the seat blank before carving. Otherwise it will be almost entirely built with hand tools.

I'll keep you apprised of the process, progress and result. I expect it's going to take a while.