shaneymack Posted January 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 The top of the back slats have a 3/8" tenon that fits into a 3/8" hole that was drilled into the headrest. The bottom of the slats have a 1/2" tenon that fits into a 1/2" hole that was drilled into the seat. It will all be glued in place with epoxy. If you look back through the journal I think there are some pics of the tenons/mortises.... Sorry, the head rest is so well fared that it looks glued up, making slat installation a challenge. Now I feel like a dope. LOL Lol no worries! It's just screwed in. I will take the screws out and glue the spindles and headrest all together hopefully tonight! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 looks great!. cant wait to see the finished product! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted January 22, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I have a chair!! I got the spindles and headrest glued in this afternoon!! Pretty awesome to be done sanding and scraping all those spindles!! After glue up i started on the rocker lamination form. Started by gluing the template to the 3/4" ply. Then i smoothed it all out with the rasp. Then i did the same process for the negative part of the form. The i glued both form pieces to another piece of 3/4 ply so I would end up with 1 1/2" total thickness Gave em a few minutes to dry then took the clamps off and cut the curves to match on the bamdsaw and then off to the router table to flush trim Cut some strips of cork to glue to both form pieces Glued them on Finally I taped the living daylights out of this bad boy I realise this thread went from kinda cool to really boring. Hopefully the laminations will be a little more interesting Total time today 4 hours. 69.5 total hours so far. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Truly spectacular chair Shane! And yeah, normally dull people would think this is boring, but we are woodworkers...You know, folks that are more attuned to the nuances of life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Looking great man. I can't wait to see this chair after finish and a year of sunlight on it. Gonna be beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Truly spectacular chair Shane! And yeah, normally dull people would think this is boring, but we are woodworkers...You know, folks that are more attuned to the nuances of life. Lol very true Dave! But building a lamination form isnt the most interesting part of the sculpted rocker ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hold off dude, just got word that rocking chairs are no longer the IN thing! Looking fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Okay, i'll bite, why the tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Looking great man. I can't wait to see this chair after finish and a year of sunlight on it. Gonna be beautiful. Ya it darkens up pretty good huh? It actually darkened up quite a bit over the few weeks that I didnt work on it. I noticed when I scraped and sanded the spindles. I can wait to see this wood with finish on it either. The chatoyance is incredible, it shimmers in the sunlight as I walk around it!! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Hold off dude, just got word that rocking chairs are no longer the IN thing! Looking fantastic! Well if thats the case I might as well give it to some old guy to sit in all day to rock on his front porch as he heckles the passersby...... Hey coop, you want a rocking chair? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Okay, i'll bite, why the tape Just looks really cool. Just kidding, so the glue wont stick. Good idea for a multiple use glue up jig. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 22 minutes ago, shaneymack said: Well if thats the case I might as well give it to some old guy to sit in all day to rock on his front porch as he heckles the passersby...... Hey coop, you want a rocking chair? Bawahaha.. you may have to change the font size. He's only using a 42" monitor. Those pesky letters are small. This was 4 months, in the dark garage. 4 coats ars, maybe combined 3 hours direct sunlight. . Before After Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Well if thats the case I might as well give it to some old guy to sit in all day to rock on his front porch as he heckles the passersby...... Hey coop, you want a rocking chair? Bawahaha.. you may have to change the font size. He's only using a 42" monitor. Those pesky letters are small. This was 4 months, in the dark garage. 4 coats ars, maybe combined 3 hours direct sunlight. . Before After Wow! That's a heck of a change! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 35 minutes ago, shaneymack said: Truthfully, its an unfair comparison as one had finish and one dry, but the change was huge in that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Looks awesome Shane! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 So great to follow this... no boredom here... learned a new term "chatoyance" very cool!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Awesome work Shane! Put your track shoes on for the upcoming glueups! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted January 23, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Got to work on the rockers this evening. Cut all the magogany and wenge strips. Test fit Time for the glue up! I was so excited at this point!!! Two hours tonight. Total of 71.5 hours. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 So hard to tell from pictures but, that looks like a pretty good job on the glue up! Getting closer to "a chair that rocks"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 So hard to tell from pictures but, that looks like a pretty good job on the glue up! Getting closer to "a chair that rocks"! Ya it went really well Kev. I used f clamps to clamp the stack to the form so keep the edges flush. The actual glue up took exactly 11 minutes so i know what to expect tomorrow. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 How did you go about the strips? Narrow ts cuts, dialed in on the drum? How did the wenge behave? Every time I've ever tried to bend wenge, it simply splinters and cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Impressive setup there, Shane! Why is the upper half of the template covered with some red thingy and the lower half isn't? Is it relevant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 The upper part of the form is taped, wondering why the lower is not as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 How did you go about the strips? Narrow ts cuts, dialed in on the drum? How did the wenge behave? Every time I've ever tried to bend wenge, it simply splinters and cracks. I cut the strips on the bandsaw and dialed them in on the drumsander. I had no issues with the wenge, it cut quite easily and bent really well. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Impressive setup there, Shane! Why is the upper half of the template covered with some red thingy and the lower half isn't? Is it relevant? Both parts are covered in tape. I ran out of the clear packing tape so i used some tuck tape for the rest. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk The upper part of the form is taped, wondering why the lower is not as well. Both are, you just can't see the clear packing tape very well in the pictures. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, shaneymack said: Both parts are covered in tape. I ran out of the clear packing tape so i used some tuck tape for the rest. Well, nobody is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Wenge is definitely super brittle and splintery, but the way it's sandwiched between the other layers means that the fibers will be supported and less likely to splinter apart...and you wouldn't see it anyway if it did. If you try to bend a piece of wenge on its own I could see that being a problem. Looks good Shane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Wenge is definitely super brittle and splintery, but the way it's sandwiched between the other layers means that the fibers will be supported and less likely to splinter apart...and you wouldn't see it anyway if it did. If you try to bend a piece of wenge on its own I could see that being a problem. Looks good Shane. yeah and his wenge is QS. it is probably still splintery, but in my experience the cathedral grain of wenge is really what flakes apart and gets in your skin. Ya I think the qs helped. It was spintery for sure but it bent really well. I tried a piece in the form by hand before i sandwiched it all together because I was curious. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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