Masters drill the angled holes required to make stick chairs free hand, us mere mortals use jigs! Jigs are not only used for drilling the humble angled hole, better known as a mortise, they help simplify many aspects of stick chair making, from measuring where that confusing sightline should be to checking if the tenon might actually go into the mortise. The right jigs bring you a step closer to actually making a chair that stands by itself! I tell you more about the ones I use and where you can find instructions on building your own!