Twin Oaks Intentional Community - Chair lumber planer.

Processing hammock chair lumber. Lynn is feeding wood into a rip saw to make chair frame parts. The power feed roller above the work lowers risk of dangerous kickbacks.

Processing hammock chair lumber. Processing hammock chair lumber.
Ripsawing chair lumber. Philip catches white oak chair arms from our large table saw. Shavings and dust are caught and taken outside by the vent at right.
Ripsawing chair lumber. Ripsawing chair lumber.
Chair lumber planer. Precision tool in our large woodworking shop for planing the very tough 2 inch thick white oak lumber used to make chair frames.
Chair lumber planer. Chair lumber planer.
Hammock chair frames. Assembled frames ready for power sanding using drum and orbital sanders. Note the rather complex angles and cuts that go into this product.
Hammock chair frames. Hammock chair frames.
Hammock chair lumber air drying. All of the chair lumber and some of the hammock stretcher lumber is sawed from logs on our bandsaw mill, then air dried in sheds before kiln drying. We try to obtain only locally grown selective cut oak, though there is no way presently in our area to certify that the logs we get meet such standards.
Hammock chair lumber air drying. Hammock chair lumber air drying.
Hand sanding chair frame. A little bit of touchup sanding before a second coat of varnish is applied.
Hand sanding chair frame. Hand sanding chair frame.
Prototype chair. Possible design for a floor model chair that would be easier to fabricate than previous model we produced. (2006.)
Prototype chair Prototype chair

Processing hammock chair lumber. Lynn is feeding wood into a rip saw to make chair frame parts. The power feed roller above the work lowers risk of dangerous kickbacks.

Ripsawing chair lumber. Philip catches white oak chair arms from our large table saw. Shavings and dust are caught and taken outside by the vent at right.

Chair lumber planer. Precision tool in our large woodworking shop for planing the very tough 2 inch thick white oak lumber used to make chair frames.

Hammock chair frames. Assembled frames ready for power sanding using drum and orbital sanders. Note the rather complex angles and cuts that go into this product.

Hammock chair lumber air drying. All of the chair lumber and some of the hammock stretcher lumber is sawed from logs on our bandsaw mill, then air dried in sheds before kiln drying. We try to obtain only locally grown selective cut oak, though there is no way presently in our area to certify that the logs we get meet such standards.

Hand sanding chair frame. A little bit of touchup sanding before a second coat of varnish is applied.

Prototype chair. Possible design for a floor model chair that would be easier to fabricate than previous model we produced. (2006.)

The hammock chair we make was designed and patented at Twin Oaks. Woodworking is done at the Emerald City industrial area. Rope work is done in at Tupelo building.