Originally Posted by
Mike Berti
In general there are two options: use power tools or hand tools.
1) Power tools: carving disks made by companies like King Arthur, Arbotech or Saburrtooth. There are YouTubes showing the use of these tools. I have a disk from King Arthur tools and while quite expensive it does the job. You just need to practice a little to get used to it.
2) Traditional chair making with hand tools: specially made tools of the trade are: A scorp (or inshave) a Travisher and a (now discontinued) tool made by Veritas - the pullshave. (I had it for some time and it performed quite well). As always you need to practice and get used to these traditional tools. One of the better makers of these tools is Ray Iles from UK.