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Morris Chair from a 2001 issue of wood magazine.
Rockers are 3/16 bent laminations with Weldwood plastic resin glue.
Done in Red oak as that is what I could get at the time.
Daughters 2nd birthday, August 2003
My Wife doesn’t like the angular Arts and Crafts style – so I now have a set of drawings from Hal Taylor to make a Maloof style rocker. I have 42 feet of 8/4 Bubinga coming in on Monday! Certainly not for this Christmas but SWMBO birthday is in March….So Maybe!
-- Its never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
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cajunpen
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posted 359 days ago
Good looking Chair and a Beautiful Model – congratulations on both.
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mtnwild
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posted 358 days ago
That is a good looking rocker. Nice job! Looks like it got a good test out.
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sharad
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posted 358 days ago
Very nice and comfortable rocking chair as can be seen from the child enjoying it. The bent laminations are available or you made them?
Sharad
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DrDirt
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posted 358 days ago
hi Sharad -
I did the bent laminations myself – I made a form from MDF about 4 inches wide. Then laminated the strips onto it. After curing (urea formaldehyde resin glue) I cut the lamination in half to form the two rockers. Of course this helps so that each rocker has identical curve and springback since it was formed and glued from the same boards to form the left and right.
Dave
-- Its never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.