| Project by HenryH | posted 68 days ago | 608 views | 3 times favorited | 21 comments |  |
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Sculpted rocker made of Cherry.
I know there are quite a few similar rockers posted using plans from Hal Taylor. Here’s my shot at one. I used two sequential slabs of very wide cherry. (picture) The only thing I changed from the plan is the arm design. I made mine a little more round to suit me.
Total time was 6 months 23 days. About 80 to 100 hours total.
It was a great learning experience and I will probably make another.
-- HenryH - PA
21 comments so far
deucefour
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posted 68 days ago
Wow, you got some serious skills!
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Les Hastings
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posted 68 days ago
Awesome job Henry, fantastic craftsmanship!
-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)
Kindlingmaker
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posted 68 days ago
From slab to art a beautiful chair!
-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings
dreadhead
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posted 68 days ago
Beautiful chair, I really like the curves.
Good work
-- - Marco
edz
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posted 68 days ago
Nice craftmanship. It is a great display of workmanship.
littlecope
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posted 68 days ago
Wow is right!! Beautiful Rocker, Henry. A work of Art…
-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.
Dennis_MGWW
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posted 68 days ago
Very nice. I have been wanting to try my hand at one of these for some time now. It will probably take me three times as long to finish.
Great Job!
-- Dennis, http://www.maplegrovewoodworks.com/
navyman
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posted 68 days ago
THAT’s
ONE HECK OF A BEAUTIFUL CHAIR. After seeing this I’ll scard to post any thing.
-- Michael . USN ( Ret ) Batesville,AR
RetiredCoastie
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posted 68 days ago
That is one gorgeous art piece. I can only imagine the sense of satisfaction you have when you look at and touch it each time.
-- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines! Mike D.
John Gray
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posted 68 days ago
Henry you did a magnificent job!
Thanks for posting it!
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a1Jim
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posted 68 days ago
Be proud be very proud most excellent chairs Henry.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
grizzman
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posted 68 days ago
yea henry …very nice job….i dont care how many times you see one of these type of chairs…you have to have the skill and patience’s to do one of these…...so my hat is off to you..this is no small feat…you can be proud that you have entered the club of chair makers…..not to many around..grizzman
-- The Grizzone
Innovator
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posted 68 days ago
Henry, it came out fantastic
Beautiful work, the cherry looks wonderful!
-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!
DocK16
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posted 68 days ago
Beautifu rocker Henry. Very impressive. Can you share the source of the Hal Taylor plans
-- DocK, WV
David65
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posted 68 days ago
Very nice awesome chair.
-- David '65
JasonWagner
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posted 68 days ago
HOLY COW! That is scary….very nice work!
huff
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Henry, your work is so impressive! I love the way you selected your pieces from the slabs. Great attention to detail from start to finish.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
TedM
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posted 67 days ago
Beautiful!
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jockmike2
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posted 67 days ago
Very beautiful chair in the Maloof style. You can tell by the close ups that you spent many hours sanding and the finish is extraordinary. Kudos.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
okwoodshop
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Craftsmanship like yours is an inspiration to others to do better.
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DrDirt
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posted 66 days ago
That turned out gorgeous. I have the plans and a stack of bubinga that I want to use…. just haven’t pulled the trigger and gotten going on it.
SWMBO has too long a honeydo list right now to do the ‘cool’ projects, rather doing display cases, and such…but as it is said ‘If mama isn’t happy….nobody is’
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