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• The Craftsman's Path #66: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Front Leg Transitions and Gluing the Legs - 01-12-2010 11:19 PM | 3 comments

  Well, it was finally the moment of truth – gluing up the some of the parts of the chair tha...

• The Craftsman's Path #65: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Rough Shaping the Arms - 12-12-2009 06:26 AM | 4 comments

  With the shaping of the legs completed. I moved on to working on the arms. The rough sha;ping i...

• The Craftsman's Path #64: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Front Legs and Initial Leg Shaping - 12-03-2009 04:17 PM | 3 comments

  How do you put a round-over on a leg with as many curved and non-flat surfaces as those on this c...

• The Craftsman's Path #63: Sculpted Rocking Chair: More rear Leg Work - 10-29-2009 03:33 PM | 3 comments

  Well, after a bit of a hiatus, I’m back working at the Sculpted Rocking Chair. In my most ...

• The Craftsman's Path #62: Do your tools limit your designs? - 08-28-2009 11:29 PM | 1 comment

  I was reading a post at Doug Stowe”s blog, Wisdom of the Hands where he was discussing how ...

• The Craftsman's Path #61: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Shaping the Seat - 03-31-2009 04:37 PM | 0 comments

  After a quick task with on front legs on the chair, it was finally on to some of the sculpting &#...

• The Craftsman's Path #60: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Leg Joinery - 03-17-2009 10:13 PM | 2 comments

  Last time I worked on the seat joinery. This time I complete the Maloof Joint by performing join...

• The Craftsman's Path #59: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Seat Joinery - 03-09-2009 03:31 AM | 0 comments

  With the lamination behind me I have moved on to work on the signature joinery of the chair ̵...

• The Craftsman's Path #58: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Laminating the Rockers and Back Braces - 03-04-2009 12:15 AM | 3 comments

  Moving on from the work of roughing out components, it was time for some laminations. After maki...

• The Craftsman's Path #57: Sculpted Rocking Chair - Coopered Headrest and Ripping Thin Rocker Strips - 02-25-2009 05:06 AM | 0 comments

  After completing the rough out of the seat and rear legs for the chair, I moved on to the headres...

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