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Rocking Chair Summer Camp with Bill Kappel #6: last day in Utah..

Blog entry by motthunter posted 498 days ago 407 reads 1 time favorited 13 comments Add to Favorites Watch
« Part 5: day 5 and only 1/2 day to go tomorrow Part 6 of Rocking Chair Summer Camp with Bill Kappel series Part 7: Long overdue chair update »

Well, I am in Salt Lake city and in the morning I fly home. I got on the net here at my hotel so I figured I would post my pice from my last day. I was able to start to fit my rails to the legs and do a bit of sculpting. I still have many hours of work to do when I get home before my chair is a chair, but you can see from the pics how far I got in a week.


starting to fit the leg


leg is doweled into place and ready for sculpting


front is marked


back is marked


begin front sculpting


begin back sculpting


how far I got before I took it all apart and boxed it up for my trip home.

Bye for now

-- making sawdust....


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thetimberkid

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posted 498 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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gizmodyne

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posted 498 days ago

Great post. Makes me realize once again, Maloof is a genius.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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Mark Shymanski

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posted 498 days ago

I hope you find time to finish it soon; I know how life gets in the way of projects some time. Good luck.

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

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stanley2

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posted 498 days ago

I’ve really enjoyed your blog and appreciate the time you’ve taken to share your experience with us. Mark is right, life seems to get in the way of finishing course-made projects once you get home. Let us see how you make out.

-- Phil in British Columbia

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Max

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posted 494 days ago

Mott,

This has been a wonderful post to follow along with your adventure in the making of this rocking chair. I will be awaiting more posts with the process of your finishing when you arrive home. As I stated in an earlier comment, I am going to try and take a class with Bill in the near future. Thank you for posting this blog.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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motthunter

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posted 494 days ago

Max, Thanks for your kind remarks. I highly recommend classes with Bill. He is a great guy and really known what he is doing and more importantly, how to teach it. I know that he offers 4 days group seminars or you can save up for a one on one like I took. The class took my skills to whole new level.

-- making sawdust....

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 491 days ago

cool! this is coming along great! i am really anticipating the final product

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jeanmarc

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posted 484 days ago

superb photograph and very beautiful work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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daveintexas

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posted 462 days ago

Great stuff, chairs are fun.
How did you like working with mesquite?
How long till you think you will finish ??

Thanks for posting

-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture

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motthunter

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posted 462 days ago

Mesquite is really hard stuff and very dusty. THe grain is short so it can be brittle. It really shapes nicely with the proper grinder.

Since I am renovating my shop, I most likely wont have time to finish the chair until early in 2009.

-- making sawdust....

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Branlon

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posted 369 days ago

Just checkin’ up on your chair progress… The grain in your back legs looks really unique and should stand-out nicely when finished.

-- Branlon, Board Director, South Central Indiana

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motthunter

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posted 369 days ago

Brandon,

work is coming slowly. I have had to travel for work and I am renovating my shop. I hope to have time to work on it over the holidays. When I have more done, I will post more. thanks

-- making sawdust....

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jockmike2

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posted 369 days ago

Looks good so far.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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