I'm going to be building a whole boatload of chairs (a set of dining room chairs, a couple of adirondack chairs, and some outdoor dining chairs), which is how I got into spokeshaves at all (most of my other furniture wasn't curved).

One of my goals is to repair one of the vintage chairs handed down from my grandmother. These have been in my family for about 70 years, but are far older than that. Originally, there was a set of eight, but I inherited only the "pair" (I say that in quotes because, while they're quite similar from the seat downwards, they're not at all alike above). Obviously, the one chair's going to need a new seat, and that's going to mean softening the hide glue, removing the seat, and putting the whole piece back together again, then trying to paint to match.

One of the details I love off these chairs is the gentle cove profile at the bottom of the feet.



They're too small for my family to be comfortable in, but we have a couple of short and slim regular guests who dearly love using them.

So, with that goal in mind, I'm currently signed up for one of Boggs's classes, and I'm hoping that circumstances will also permit my taking time off later this year to take a class at the Windsor institute.

What I'd like to know are what some resources y'all think would be useful.

Here's what I've got:

Videos
Jeff Miller's Chairmaking Techniques (imho sucks, though he does show some planing techniques)

John Alexander Make a Chair from a Tree (have VHS, waiting for DVD)

Boggs's two videos, which, after watching, I signed up for one of his classes.

Books
Drew Langsner's The Chairmaker's Workshop, fabulous book.

I don't have anything else specifically about chairs, but the above book is pretty thorough.

Oh, and I have three spokeshaves and a drawknife, as well as a small forkstaff. I hope to get or make a chair devil or two soon.

The seats on my family chair can be shaped with a compass plane (which I also have) -- the curve is the same all along the width.