Popular Post Coop Posted July 1, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 I started this a good while back but chose not to do a build on it as I figured it might go into the fire pit at anytime during the build and it came close several times. My daughter asked for a chair for her desk and I have always wanted to try it so I gave it a go. Initially it was going to be built from some walnut I cut and dried and I figured I would do a prototype from some cherry. After several months of wrestling with it, I don’t foresee a walnut chair in the future. Plans were ordered from Charles Brock and I picked up several pointers from Marc’s rocking chair build. Three coats of ARS glossy and three coats of GF top coat. The only places I’m not real pleased with are the arm to leg joints. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Coop that's amazing! I"m not surprised to see this caliber of work from you but i'm surprised that you don't see it as being as good as it is. I think the cherry is beautiful. A walnut one would be awesome, I don't want to say you should make it but based off what i see here you won't fail. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Absolutely beautiful work Coop, anyone would be happy to have that in their home, as for the leg joints I don’t see anything wrong with them at all, and +1 to a walnut one, don’t make me call Sharon and put a bug in her ear to make her one very well done sir !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Thanks guys. Perhaps I just need a break building something with 90* joints! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Well done, sir! Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Me thinks you belittle yourself to much. That looks great!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardA Posted July 1, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Chet said: Me thinks you belittle yourself to much. That looks great!!! He does that all the time. He has great skills and thinks he doesn't. But he does great work and this chair proves it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 9 hours ago, K Cooper said: Thanks guys. Perhaps I just need a break building something with 90* joints! That's what July is for. Coop the chair and the wood it's made from are beautiful. But if you think the arm leg joint is not right then it's not right. Something you can fix when you make another chair. Out of walnut. In August. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bmac Posted July 1, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Coop, I think you should embrace the curves and flowing lines, you look like a natural, great job. Absolutely love the grain in your seat. Looks like you were able to get all that stock from a wide board? Your seat/leg joints look real nice and I do like the outline you developed on the side of the seat. That seat outline is a little more pronounced than the outlines I've done and I might steal that. You did a great job with sculpting your first piece. Having done a few of those chairs, I know that front leg to arm joint is tough. You have very little leg length to play with as you blend and shape the two together. If you look at your second picture, that is the pic that shows it at it's less than ideal angle. If you reduced/slenderized the leg more below that joint you probably could have gotten a little better sculpted profile. But that's being really picky. Bottomline, that's a great job and a chair to be proud of! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Beautiful work, Coop. She will treasure it forever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted July 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Thanks guys! I appreciate all of the kind words. From the git go, I saw that there was going to be a lot of waste in this project. So, I weighed all of the rough cut lumber ( not the full length boards themselves but the suggested rough cuts) and they weighed 63 lbs.. I just weighed the chair and it weighs 20 lbs., but the experience itself made it well worth it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B Anderson Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Very fine work Ken. Just as I predicted before you started, you’ll make the cover of FWW magazine. Very nice bud!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Looks great! Coop, do you need me to start taking orders? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, Spanky said: Looks great! Coop, do you need me to start taking orders? Thanks bud but even if you got an order, me putting out 2 chairs a year wouldn’t keep me or you either one in socks, much less shoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 50 minutes ago, Steve B Anderson said: Very fine work Ken. Just as I predicted before you started, you’ll make the cover of FWW magazine. Very nice bud!!! Maybe the back page of Shop Notes under “ acceptable first tries” as a last minute filler but I truly appreciate the compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Very nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo222 Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Looks just awesome! Where have you been before?) I was looking for such chairs when I made repairs in the kitchen. By the way, will you still do this? I just want to make redecoration in the living room, put a wall of 3D panels like this, a couple of artificial flowerbeds and your chairs would be perfect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 This piece looks amazing! Truly a show room look. Kudos to the maker! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle City WW Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Coop, I love it, that looks like a very comfy chair! Great Job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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