LumberJocks Woodworking Forum banner

Project Information

this is the tiger maple rocker I'm almost finished with..I have another one that I started and a 3rd that I will be starting.. but I thought everyone can get a look at my work in progress..I still have to finish sand this one to 400 grit..steelwool it then burnish it with a rag..then 12 coats of hand rubbed oil finish..I took this with my phones camera..lol

the 2nd picture is the same rocker but without the rockers on it yet..

Gallery

Comments

· Registered
Joined
·
1,083 Posts
Excellent construction of SM Rocker. It's beautiful.
Looking forward to seeing it in oil finish. Good luck with your finishing.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
939 Posts
Man, that looks comfortable. Beautiful work.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
924 Posts
Lotsa work ahead! Looks real good so far.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
196 Posts
That really looks good.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
158 Posts
Looks good.The finish will be the iceing 0n the cake though ,be sure and post
 

· Registered
Joined
·
6,840 Posts
That looks great….. I really want to try it out.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
19,753 Posts
Beautiful well done, Rock on

Jim
 

· Registered
Joined
·
152 Posts
The rocker looks wonderful, cant wait to see it with the oill finish on it.

Thanks for posting
 

· Registered
Joined
·
521 Posts
Looking fantastic so far. Like the others, will love to see it with the oil on.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
3,693 Posts
She's a beautiful chair for sure…...........I'm sure our rocked it so how does it feel rocking?

I stopped using steel wool because on occasion the steel fibres get embedded in the wood, and down the road they oxidize and leave little green spots so I have been using the sythetic steel wool

Cheers
 

· Registered
Joined
·
44 Posts
Wow. For a new person on board, you sure have a masterpiece there. You may be new to LJ, but you can't be new to woodwork. Awesome shaping there. What do you carve with? Can't wait to see the finished product.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
334 Posts
Thanks everyone..I use many different files and rasps..I bandsaw out the seat first.. but use a lancelot carver to really scoop it out afterwards..followed by disc sanders and scrapers .. to sculpt the reat..I use nicholsons pattermakers rasps #49 and 50..also use several Aurious rasps too.. one tool that really helps me and i can't be without is a die grinder with a rotary rasp on it.. it really speeds up the sculpting and I follow up with one of the many files..I also use which is not available anymore is a sandvik file..I have several and really takes out the rasp marks and readies it for sandpaper.. it's a joy to use and was really sorry Sandvik discontinued them..
 

· Registered
Joined
·
205 Posts
Wow! Lookin' goood!
 

· Registered
Joined
·
20 Posts
Great job RB! You have a very good eye for sculpting and shaping.
Keep it up
 

· Registered
Joined
·
31 Posts
Great Looking chair, did you take a class to learn how to make it?
 

· Registered
Joined
·
415 Posts
It's REALLY early here and I could almost swear that it looked at first like you'd gone and PAINTED it white! OH NO! THen I looked closer and realized that the beautiful Tiger Maple was indeed as it was meant to be (at that point) unfinished. WHEW!

Great job on this SM piece.
 
Top