Ron Erickson
04-08-2008, 7:52 AM
This chair had some flat work in it but the turning was the real challenge. All the spindles were turned with a 3/8" fingernail spindle gouge and a parting tool. Anyone who has turned spindles knows it is easy to turn one leg, but 4 legs that look alike, that is the challenge. I did not use a duplicator.
I had ordered the patterns for this rocking chair from Wood Magazine (Feb. 2000) 8 years ago, and thought, some day! Well, that day finally came. So, it was not my design, the instructions told you how to scoop out the seat with a homemade router jig, laminating the curved back seat, and making an angle jig for drilling all of the holes for the spindles. I used almost every tool in the shop for this one.
The finish is 2 coats of antique oil and 2 coats of satin wipe on poly.
86060860628606186063
The 2nd chair was a practice one made from old 2 x 6 lumber from an old hog house I tore down.
I had ordered the patterns for this rocking chair from Wood Magazine (Feb. 2000) 8 years ago, and thought, some day! Well, that day finally came. So, it was not my design, the instructions told you how to scoop out the seat with a homemade router jig, laminating the curved back seat, and making an angle jig for drilling all of the holes for the spindles. I used almost every tool in the shop for this one.
The finish is 2 coats of antique oil and 2 coats of satin wipe on poly.
86060860628606186063
The 2nd chair was a practice one made from old 2 x 6 lumber from an old hog house I tore down.