From a woodworkers perspective, the thing that stands out most about a sculpted rocking chair like this is probably the Maloof-style joints used to join the legs to the seat. With all of the lamination behind me, I took the plunge to start the work for this unique joinery. The joinery starts on the seat [...]
The rockers and back braces for the chair are made with bent laminations. In the last post I showed the jig and process that I used to cut the thin strips to be laminated. So, now it was on to the actual glue-filled lamination process! There are a bunch of potential ways to do laminations [...]
Continue reading about Sculpted Rocking Chair: Laminating the Rockers and Back Braces
I’ve been continuing with my operations to rough out and glue up chair components. With the rear legs already roughed out, I next turned my attention to the headrest. The headrest (as well as the back braces of the chair) curves substantially to provide a more comfortable position while sitting. To obtain the necessary curve [...]
Continue reading about Sculpted Rocking Chair: Coopered Headrest and Ripping Thin Rocker Strips
All of the table components were completed so, it was now time to tackle milling and installing the string inlay. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this table is going into a house with very dark wood floors. Because of this, I chose Hard Maple for the main wood to provide contrast with the [...]
Continue reading about Modern Shaker Table: String Inlay and Glue Up
When readying parts to be edge glued, most of us probably trust the surface left after a pass over the jointer knives as being smooth and ready for gluing. After all, it feels smooth, and when the boards are placed edge to edge the fit looks pretty darn good. We don’t see how the fit [...]
