maple rocking chair

[Pete Lamberty]

Hi Everyone,
I thought I would post some photos of a rocker that I made a while ago. As you know it seems like everyone tries not to copy another persons design. Instead, one tries to put their own creativeness into their work. So I came up with this design. It is made out of hard maple. All of it is bent lamination. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Also please critique it, good or bad. Thanks for looking. Pete

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[Billy McCarthy]

That's beautiful. It reminds me a bit of the Veritas super duper premium block plane with all of the swept back lines. I'm curious as to the seating position, though. It seems like one would be leaning very far back in this chair. I bet it's really easy to fall asleep in.

[Marty Gulseth]

Wow! Just WOW! Amazingly well done.

[Jim Tobias]

I really like it! The seat does seem to be tilted way back (but I like the look).
Does it make it hard to get out of or is that the idea??

Jim

[Pete Lamberty]

Hi Billy,
Although the chair tilts back a bit when it is unoccupied, it doesn't when a person sits in it. Everyone who has sat in it has remarked at how comfortable it is. When a person sits in a rocker, the rocker should rock at the neutral spot. A point where a person doesn't feel like he is going to be pitched out forward or tip over backwards. But he should rock at that perfect spot that is in between those two. This chair sits at the neutral spot when occupied. Also the seat to back angle is about 100 degrees. This also makes the chair appear to tilt back.
From a more artistic point of view, I wanted movement in the chairs appearance. I also think that any chair is unoccupied more than it is occupied. Shouldn't it look great when it is unoccupied?
Thanks for your comments. Pete

[Pete Lamberty]

Hi Jim,
No, it is easy to get out of. It isn't like a Adirondack chair. When sitting, a persons knees are not higher than their hips. Pete

I really like it! The seat does seem to be tilted way back (but I like the look).
Does it make it hard to get out of or is that the idea??

Jim

[Jim Tobias]

It looks like I would want to stay in for awhile!
I reall ylike the look and after hearing about the "neutral rocking point", I like it even more!

Jim

[glenn bradley]

Very futuristic looking. Cool swept-back design. The light wood really serves the style well. I would need arms to get out of it though ;-)

[thomas prusak]

How many horsepower are we talking about? That chair is awesome.

[John McClanahan]

Looks fast, even when sitting still!

John

[Gordon Eyre]

I don't know if rocking chairs go fast but if they did this one would be a screamer. Well made chair and very original.

[Jeff Wittrock]

Cool. The first thing I thought of was a stylized weapon like a Klingon Bat'leth.
As others have mentioned it looks like it is in motion while sitting still.
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[Buck Williams]

Looks fast, even when sitting still!

John

My first impression exactly, beautiful original lines.

[Mark Valsi]

Not my cuppa tea, but very nice !!

[Bobby O'Neal]

Beautiful chair and I really do think it looks comfortable. Old man Maloof said you can make a chair that is beautiful to look at but if it doesn't sit well, it isn't a good chair. That looks like a good chair to me. Great work.