Thanks for visiting the blog.

I’m not sure what version of Hal’s plans you may be using (possibly a little older version?)

Hal now uses 9 laminations for the rockers. I believe that he used to use 7. The extra laminations just add to give a little more thickness to shape and make the rockers a little stiffer. So, I don’t think you have anything to worry about with 7 laminations.

Good luck with your project and please continue to visit and comment.

–Mark

Tony

Thanks for visiting!

Yes, I read Peter’s blog (I have a link to his site on my blogroll). He makes some beautiful chairs. I’ve never done any steam bending, but when I read his entry I wondered about using it for rocker back braces. The advantage of lamination is that you get a stronger component for a given thickness. So, the braces on this chair can be thinner than the equivalent solid cut (or steam-bent) version. Thinner laminated braces can also flex without breaking like a thin solid brace might. Of course, for the rockers we want them as stiff as possible so the number of lamination strips comes into play there.

Please continue to visit and share your comments.

–Mark

Have you been to Peter Galbert’s blog, chairnote.blogspot.com, he has just posted an entry on steam bending back braces. It’s an excellent blog.

Thanks for sharing your work,

James