"Aloha Classic"; "Deutsche Classic" and "Classic Ranch Estate"

Nice work rocking chair guy! Your lumber rep must love you. So how many rockers have you made? Care to guess.

Thank you Dennis, for the kind words. Yes I do get wood from all over, as much as my storage can take.

Not sure Dennis how many. Maybe a hundred or so, just make them and then get them out of the way because my head is full of a new design and I can’t wait to get started on the new one. My wife says our house looks like an old folks home with all these rockers. I say have you looked in the mirror lately?

-- Rocking Chair Guy

Very nice chairs, since you are into strange woods you might take a guess at the wood I’ve asked for thoughts on. It’s posted in the forum. The pictures are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/karson/

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Don’t know Karson, too hard to see sample and I am not an expert on woods. It has interesting inclusions.

What kind of wood does it feel like when you work it? Soft like walnut, hard like Mesquite; how does it finish? Glass like as doe Myrtle or reluctantly like Koa?

-- Rocking Chair Guy

Calling the chairs nice is like calling the Grand Canyon a ditch. Stunning work. One day I could only hope to create such fine furniture. GREAT JOB !!!

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Thank you Obi, you are too kind. Obi, just download my instructions and follow same and you can make one of these rockers just as well as I do, anyone can do it. You can give your own flair to the style by varying the components, as I describe, so that your rocker is one-of-a-kind. You are a woodworker so don’t be shy to try it will workout better than you think. As you know the leg joints are the limiting element, but if you use the jigs, as explained in my instructions, you can make perfect fits every time.

Thanks to Lumberjocks for providing this forum it helps all of us woodworkers,

-- Rocking Chair Guy

I sent an e-mail and am awaiting further instructions

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And as far as scrap is concerned, anything 1” square or bigger and at least 2” long I can use. If it’s smaller than 1” but still square I use to make my own dowels. What Scrap? Oh, you mean the pine? O.K. I’ll burn that. All three pieces.

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Obi, I didn’t get an email. Not sure what the scrap comment is about. I have a lot of what my wife calles scrap, but to me it is precious wood. I do give some to woodworkers.

-- Rocking Chair Guy

Thats what I was talking about … the stuff your wife referred to as scrap. What scrap?

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RCG: artistry!
Would I be able to down load your instructions?
Thanks

-- Steven Mission BC Canada hobsons@shaw.ca

Hi, Bill, these are terrific chairs.

You may be interested that I have started to repair my rocking chair as per your instructions. I’m fairly confident that I will be successful. Thanks for the advice.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

We’ll expect to see it posted when It’s fixed, Don.

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Hi Steven G, yes I do still give free rocking chair instructions. If you go to my web sit at www.kappelusa.com and choose a code number you are interested in, by clicking on the left side, I can then know the info you seek.

Good luck Don, with your repair.

-- Rocking Chair Guy

Sweet!

-- Carpe Lignum; Tornare Lignum (Seize the wood, to Turn the wood)