Popular Post Bmac Posted October 13, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Man I love this build, it's challenging, it is rewarding, you use a lot of skill sets, and you end up with an awesome chair. For those on here that say you want to do this build, what are you waiting for! This is my second time around with this rocker, I made one last fall and surprised my mother with it as a Christmas gift. I made this one because I was jealous I didn't have one. I also plan to build more of these (for our porch, for my kids, for my inlaws, for ...). The point is I could continue coming up for reasons to make this again. I started this build when I started my chair that I designed in early Sept. Already had the patterns so that saved time.I selected the lumber, milled my blanks, did the leg joints in the seat, and glued up the seat while I was working on my other chair. This saved a lot of time since my tools were all set up for this as I was doing the same things on my other chair. I also made the rockers and the cut the back slats well in advance as I was working on other parts of the chair. This saved time also as being through the build before I was able to jump ahead on certain parts that I knew were not crucial to wait on. For this build I picked cherry and used the Maloof oil/varnish finished followed by his oil/wax finish. I found a really pretty piece of figured cherry for the head rest. The seat boards didn't match as well as I hoped they would, but they aren't terrible. I spent more time on the finish and sanding of this than I did on my first one, and I'm also getting more experience with sculptured furniture so I was happy how it ended up. For those that have done this build, you'll know there are problems with the angle of the holes for the back slats. I tried to drill the holes at about a 3 degree forward angle, it was better but still not enough. When you drill at the forward angle you need to be careful and line up the peak of the pommel with your holes, so all the holes actually angle forward and toward the middle of the front part of the chair. I also don't like the look of the wide paddle shaped arm rests, you may be able to see I made my more narrow and I do like this better. I was boring with my rockers and plugs, I just used cherry for everything (except the dowels, they are oak, but you can't see them). Thanks for looking. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Bmac I want one! I have the curly cherry lumber. You do more in one month, than most do in a year! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Bmac you will be out of lumber soon, if you don’t slow down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted October 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 46 minutes ago, Spanky said: Bmac I want one! I have the curly cherry lumber. You do more in one month, than most do in a year! I'll tell you it's a great chair to kick back in while sipping some brown liquor. 39 minutes ago, Spanky said: Bmac you will be out of lumber soon, if you don’t slow down. Don't worry, they are growing more trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 How many hours in the chair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted October 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 I don't know, since I do this for fun and have no plans to do this for money, I don't track my time. What i can say is that my first post for my chair I designed was Sept 4th, I started some work on this chair at that time. My post of the final pics of the chair I designed was Sept 24th, I got serious with this chair about then but had most of the prep work done (lumber picked out, blanks milled). I will say I did work on this a little each day because I was having so much fun. Probably was out in the shop most evenings for an hr or two on weekdays and spent more time on weekends. I did have a day or two on the weekends where I was out there for 6 hrs in a day. But it does go much quicker the second time around. The time consuming stuff on this chair are the back slats and the sanding/shaping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 She's a beauty Bmac. The cherry will darken to a wonderful warn color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Beautiful chair. I've told my wife so many times that i want to do a set of rockets next. Next never seems to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 That's awesome! Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Bmac you really do some clean work!! Seeing your last few projects has me really missing the shop. I have one of these on my list for 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Bmac can you come give me a class? What would that cost? I have a spare bedroom and megan makes amazing food. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 Beautiful job, Bmac! It's on my list, too, now that the Morris chair is completed and I have a place to put my feet up. You are truly a productive craftsman! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Beautiful chair. Very well done. I like the way you treated the joint in the 5th pic. That couldn’t have been easy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted October 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 On 10/13/2018 at 7:25 PM, Mick S said: Beautiful job, Bmac! It's on my list, too, now that the Morris chair is completed and I have a place to put my feet up. You are truly a productive craftsman! It would be interesting to see one of these made out of mesquite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, Bmac said: It would be interesting to see one of these made out of mesquite Funny you should mention that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 8 hours ago, Mick S said: Funny you should mention that... New project Mick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 On the list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Ahh yes the list....I have one of those too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyG Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Great work it looks beautiful! I’d be interested to know if you changed any of the processes second time around? And I agree 100% re the back slats, they’re a lot of work. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted October 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Well there are a few things that went more smoothly the second time around. Here are a couple of things I took notice of the first time and paid closer attention to the second time; Make sure you sand back legs and the headrest supports up to the headrest to 320 or 400 before you assemble the headrest/slats. Same goes for the arm/back leg joint area and the seat/back leg joint area. When I say this, I really mean go over those areas with a fine toothed comb. It's way tougher sanding once assembled. Now you will need to sand the headrest/back leg interface after assembly, but this is much easier to get to. Also, make sure your slats are sanded up to 320/400 before assembly. Go over these to with a fine toothed comb, look at them in different lights, feel with you hand all surfaces. Again, these is a lot harder to sand once assembled. Take your time drilling the hole for the dowel in the back leg, to me that is the most pucker part of the build. You've basically gotten to the end and spent tons of time, very stressful hole to drill. As for processes I changed, I never once used the grinder or the galahad grinding discs. I used the festool RAS 115 and the rasps for all the shaping. I used the dremel very little also. I've become very proficient at using that RAS 115. I used a different shape for the headrest and I like this look better. I also slenderized the width of the arm rests, to me they looked too much like boat paddles. Other than that Marc does a super great job at instructing you, I think he is spot on with his videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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