Bret Duffin
09-25-2010, 12:30 AM
To All,
About 25 years ago I attended a two day chair building seminar taught by Sam Maloof and soon aafter that I built a child's rocker for my dauughters which my grandson now uses.
I waited unitl now to complete my first full sized rocking chair. I tried not to copy Sam's stuff but there are some obvious influences from him in this chair although I also have a long way to go to reach his level off mastery.
It's all pretty comfortable except where your elbows hit when you have your hands in your lap, I got the arm rests too narrow at that point. A fairly minor annoyance but something to remember next time.
The M & T joints are all double or triple compound angled which I found easiest to cut using hand tools in combination with the band saw, same with the duoble lap joints at the leg to seat connection. The splats and runners are laminated from thin strips and the rails are mortised to accept a tenon from the legs.
Take a look, Bret
About 25 years ago I attended a two day chair building seminar taught by Sam Maloof and soon aafter that I built a child's rocker for my dauughters which my grandson now uses.
I waited unitl now to complete my first full sized rocking chair. I tried not to copy Sam's stuff but there are some obvious influences from him in this chair although I also have a long way to go to reach his level off mastery.
It's all pretty comfortable except where your elbows hit when you have your hands in your lap, I got the arm rests too narrow at that point. A fairly minor annoyance but something to remember next time.
The M & T joints are all double or triple compound angled which I found easiest to cut using hand tools in combination with the band saw, same with the duoble lap joints at the leg to seat connection. The splats and runners are laminated from thin strips and the rails are mortised to accept a tenon from the legs.
Take a look, Bret