Jens Olson Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 This chair is one of the first finished furniture pieces me and my business partner/father have produced using our new mongo CNC router. We are giving woodworking full time a go and we both lean to the danish modern/Maloof style of furniture. After making a could prototype chairs the Maloof way we could not see us being about to get the production time down to a point where we could make a profit selling dining room or rocking chairs. In college I had learned a little about using CNCs, so we started looking into different ones as a way to speed up the carving of seats and legs. We settled on a Legacy Artisan II. We received the CNC beginning of August. We got to work learning the machine and prototyping Rocking Chairs and dinning chairs. So that is the back story about this chair, its the first finish CNC Chair. The wood is Black Walnut we logged just north of the Twin Cities and then hauled back to our Idaho shop. We cut the chair in 4 sections: 2 sides, seat, and the back. Each of the sections get Cut on the Bottom/back then gets flipped and cut on the front/top. To give a little insight into cut times. Back: 20 min per side ==== 40min Total Seat: 15 min on bottom and 45 on top ==== 1 hour Total Side: 30-40 per side ==== 2:45 hours Total Joinery: The sides and seat are put together before cutting using dominos, then the final assembly is put together using screws and plugs in the Maloof Style. After the whole things is assembled there is about 1-2 hours of final shaping/sanding before finishing. Finish: The finish we use is a traditional Maloof Oil/Poly and Wax/Poly. Love to get everyones thoughts on the design and implementation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasahan Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I like the design. The seat has a floating effect. And I really like the wood grain choice, especially the concentric rings on the back and the light streaks in the seat. I have an unused can of the maloof oil/poly. It recommends a pretty intense sanding/polishing procedure. What was your sanding process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Olson Posted September 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Thanks for the nice words. We do three coats of the both oil/poly and wax/poly. Brush it on, wipe off after 15-20min. In between each coat we use 0000 Steel wool. for the first couple coats we use 400-600 grit sandpaper. Then day or two after it is dry we use a old tee shirt to buff it a bit just to make it smoother to the touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieboy Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 You have brought chair building to a new level. This is a great example of CNC'ed wood work. The wood and finish are excellent. Nice details and thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Olson Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I made this video today when I was cutting 5 more back rests. Hopefully by the end of the week I will have videos showing the entire CNC process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottacat Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Very nice work and thanks for the video - hope to see more. The finished chair is beautiful. I wish you the best of success in your business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 How wide is that chair? It looks beautiful but uncomfortably large to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieboy Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Nice video. Thanks for posting this. I wish I could get CNC machine for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Olson Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 How wide is that chair? It looks beautiful but uncomfortably large to me. It is 19" at the back and 21" at the front. I shaped it out of a 19.5"x21.5"x1.75. We had to make it a little wider than a chair without arms. One of our prototypes was smaller but some heavier people hips where tight. I think looks wider because the arms angle out and the seat carve goes out at the end too. I wish I could get CNC machine for myself. They are way fun. I will have to post a video of the cnc doing a v-carve sign. Way fun to see and makes you realize the machine has a mind of its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Realizing that could have sounded negatively critical. I sit at less than 14" of width and this colors my perspective. 19-20" mirrors the easy chair I am typing from:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdie Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Wood selection and good finishing really make this chair a stand out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwkr53 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 I am wondering what software you use for your design. I made a Maloof rocker & low back years ago & am now into CNC. Do you know of a way to get my current seat profile into software without mapping it in Mach3? The same goes for the arms. I like what I made & would like to reproduce it as accurately as possible. Oh, & I am jealous of your very expensive machine! Mine is 8020 home built & always needing "tweaking." Sometimes it feels like I do more trouble shooting than machining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm curious about the software used, also. I recently used a cnc router to machine the seat and legs for a shop stool using Maloof style leg joinery. I also textured the legs on the router. https://www.evernote.com/shard/s8/sh/8c058f22-3db1-492d-9cb5-9ddb98c4abef/04b2822bb192d8cd87fe73e0131d3349 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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