Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on October 28th, 2009

Well, I have finally gotten back to work on the Sculpted Rocking Chair – yes, I know it’s been a while!
When I last left the project, I had completed sculpting the seat.  With that task completed my attention turned back to more processing on the rear legs.
The rear legs needed to have a 20-degree angled [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on March 30th, 2009

You may be wondering just when does the sculpting of this Sculpted Rocking Chair actually start? The answer is that is starts now!
Well, maybe after a quick commercial interruption…you’ll recall that in the last post I had glued the two perfectly good front legs together with a piece of two inch stock in between them.  [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on March 17th, 2009

There’s still more work to do on the rockers and back braces but for now I have them on hold. However, with the joinery on the seat blank complete, I needed to complete the work on the front and rear legs so that they will mate with these joints in the seat.
As you will recall, [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on March 8th, 2009

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 blank.  [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on February 16th, 2009

I have always admired the work of Sam Maloof.  Not only has he developed a style that is very distinctive and unique in its own right, I think that he has also done a tremendous amount for the craft of woodworking in America.
I especially admire Maloof’s rocking chairs. These are the pieces that he is arguably [...]

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