Stickley style rocker

You did a good job on this. It is beautiful.

-- Emmett, from Georgia

Hey T
This looks wonderful great chair.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

WOW! Love the look and the job you did. Witch “book” are you using for your inspiration?

Very well done and good work on the rush seat. Have you woven a seat before or where did you find the directions?

Your rocker is very, very nice. i especially like the way the rays popped in the QSWO.

Thanks for posting

To Jerome: The book is called `The Furniture of Gustav Stickley” by Bavaro and Mossman

To Vincent: No, I have never woven anything before—and there’s room for improvement there. I found the directions at the public library.

-- Kinky Friedman on gay marriage: "They should have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us."

Magnificent! Instant heirloom. I love “firsts”. I can’t wait to see your other stuff. BTW, we moved to San Francisco from Austin a year and a half ago.

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

Quick question: you mention both steam and lamination for bending the rockers. I usually see one or the other. What caused you to do both, and how did you steam a bent lamination or laminate steam bent layers?

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

Hello, Cap. I steam-bent AND laminated 5/8” material only because it was suggested in the reference book I used. It makes sense to me for two reasons. First, I haven’t had any luck bending material thicker than 1”, and second, it helps minimize ‘springback’ on those rockers and keeps them uniform.
Do you miss Austin? I have a theory that there are only three cities in Texas that have a soul—Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio.
I love the cowboy culture that exists in Fort Worth, that whole “Keep Austin Weird” movement in Austin is great, and the historical aspects of San Antonio make it the closest thing we’ll ever have to a great European city.

-- Kinky Friedman on gay marriage: "They should have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us."

Absolutely lovely. I’m going to have to add this one to my bucket list. Thanks for the inspiration.

-- Jim Westbrooks

Nice looking chair.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Elegant looking, and comfortable to rock in, I’ll bet!

-- Dean

Absolutely gorgeous. I’m amazon-ing the book right now.