1st Rocking Chair

That is an awesome rocking chair! Love the laminating of the rockers that is always a good move. I hope Mama’s really happy as this is a very nice piece that can be handed down again and again.

-- Something that goes unnoticed will never be remembered.

very nice rocker looks great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Rocker looks fatastic and your wife seems to like it.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

Very nice.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

That is one happy customer, can’t do better than that!!

Beautiful lady and chair!

-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.

Very nice! I can’t believe how much “English Chestnut” looks like ammonia fuming. Hmmm…

-- You can't control the wind, but you can trim your sails

Great looking chair. looks like it was worth the weight. Very good build.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Congrats, thats a great rocking chair, I know your wife will enjoy it.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Really Nice

brings back memories of my fathers rocker on the front porch

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Did you make this from a plan? Do you have any pics of your seat pad process you can share with us?

That came out excellent!
I would like to make one just like it, but will have to wait until my skills catch up to yours.
It looks like your lovely wife enjoys it a lot!
Good job!

-- Eric

nice looking rocker, roomy, I notice you have a sewing machine, did you sew up the the material for the seat?the design looks very simiuliar to one in Woodsmith mag that I built a few years ago. lookin good

-- Smitty!!!

Great work. She should enjoy it for years to come. BTKS

Once you are very nice in your remarks. I was inspired to make this after seeing the Craftsman style Rocking Chair that “LJ” Creg Mitchell made about a month ago. As he suggested I made it from a plan at woodstore.net easy to fallow as long as you watch your cuts LOL… Total cost for me was around $300.00 mainly because I had to purchase additional wood because I ended up cutting one of the back legs in half. If you go to the site you can purchase the plans for about $12.00 down load. Well worth the buy. Sorry I didn’t take any pictures of the seat build but I followed the pictures in the plan and all went well. You do need to sew the seat cover together so I used my wife’s sewing machine which I think I use more than she does. As always thank you all again…

-- David '65

Well done. Now you need to build a small tabourette for your wife’s cup of tea.

Sweet Chair – the Wood Magazine plan is pretty detailed.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/11751

Best of all your wife has a big smile…. which always helps when you ‘need’ another tool !

-- Its never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

Nice Mission Chair, I know what it’s like taking a year to build something. It took me a year to build my daughters hope chest. Anyway, it’s beautiful.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

almost identical to my first rocker, but i think you did a way better job. i built an octagon table held together with wedges that matches it. if i can find the plans i will post a link for you. great job

-- Duane,matt_megan@twlakes.net

Awesome thank you I will keep an eye open…

-- David '65