| This blog is written by Marshall | 16 entries so far |
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #10: Assembly, Sanding, and Finishing!
Ok, finally after about 8 months of work (in my spare time between full time job and full time sc...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #9: Laminating the Rockers
At this point, all of the pieces for the chair have been milled and roughly shaped—except t...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #8: Coopering the Headrest
The plan for the headrest calls for a 29.5” radius. Hal likes to orient the grain vertical...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #7: Shaping the Arms
Next up was to shape the arms. Again, credit goes to Hal Taylor and his plans for making this bu...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #6: Shaping the Back Braces
The back braces were made by cutting thin strips, “lams,” and then laminating them to...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #5: Cutting and Shaping the Front Legs
I didnt take a whole lot of photos of the front legs, but here are the few I got: Post #1 show...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #4: Cutting and Shaping the Back Legs
The legs were cut from bookmatched slabs shown in post #1. The first step was cutting the patt...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #3: Finishing the Seat
It’s been a long time since I made a blog post. I’ve been taking photos throughout t...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #2: Preparing the Seat
Part 2 of my chair build—based on Hal Taylor’s plans. With the seat glued up, it w...
-
Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #1: Selecting Lumber, Laying out Parts, and Cutting Blanks
I’ve been wanting to build a Maloof style rocker for about as long as I’ve been a woo...
-
Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #4: Finished (Almost)
I spent the better part of the last two weeks applying Arm R Seal to the table. The table top go...
-
Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #3: Prepping the top
Well after many hours in my cold shop and a couple of trips to my neighbor’s cabinet shop, ...
-
Arts and Crafts Dining Table and Chairs #2: Flattening the Table Top
A question was asked in part 1 of this series on how to flatten the top… I started replyin...
-
Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #2: Filling Knots and Cracks, Butterfly Inlays, and and a Start on the Base
I’ve made some progress on the kitchen table in the last few days. I started filling the k...
-
Arts and Crafts Dining Table and Chairs #1: Design and Table Top Glue-up
I’ve been planning this project for quite some time. I actually started building reproduct...
-
Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #1: Bookmatched Walnut Slabs
My wife wanted to buy a new kitchen table. After much convincing, I was able to convince her tha...
