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When we learned we were going to become grandparents I decided it was time to build a rocking chair. It was finished before he was born, but not by much. I didn’t have any plans or instructions or experience in rocking chairs, and very little in chairs at all, but it came out okay. It’s quite comfortable…I used my wife to figure out how big to make it and where to place the arms for holding a baby. Except for a thirty yeayr difference my wife and daughter are about the same size. (Pretty neat, huh?) He’s almost four now and I’m about to start a second rocker only this time I got in touch with Bill Kappel and he sent me the beta on rocking chairs. It’s a good thing I didn’t know how hard these things were four years ago…I never would have tried it.
-- Rick Hackett
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 739 days ago
Really nice work. Who is Bill Kappel?
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
mot
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posted 739 days ago
Nice work. Todd, Bill Kappel aka, The Rocking Chair Guy, is a guy that is know to make the odd chair or two. He also offers paid for and free instruction on chair making.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Thos. Angle
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posted 739 days ago
It really is something for a first effort. I can’t wait to see what the 10th one will look like. Very nice.
-- Thos. Angle
Bob A in NJ
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posted 739 days ago
Wow, excellent work, congratulations. Very nice heirloom.
-- Bob A in NJ
Kevin Violette
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posted 739 days ago
Nice piece! For your first time with NO plans….imagine what the next one will look like! Great job!
-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)
cajunpen
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posted 739 days ago
Hard to believe that this chair was your first attempt at chairmaking. You seem to catch on quick. Really nice looking chair and it looks very comfortable.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
GaryK
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posted 739 days ago
That’s awsome! A rocking chair is on my list of “things to make”.
Gary
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Russel
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posted 739 days ago
A beautiful chair. I find it fascinating the things that can be done when we don’t know that we’re not supposed to be able to do them.
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.
herbr
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posted 739 days ago
Beautiful work—it should be an heirloom!
-- Spread love with our work
CharlieM1958
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posted 739 days ago
Outstanding! I wish I had the talent to do something like that.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
ramram
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posted 739 days ago
Believe me…if I do then you certainly do. Besides, I looked at some of your projects and they’re excellent. The trip up the coast looked nice also…takes me back about 35 years to when we lived in Oxnard!
-- Rick Hackett
Max
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posted 738 days ago
A very beautiful rocker. Makes me what to hunt up my free plans that I got from the “Rocking Chair Guy” and get busy….
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
cowboy
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posted 636 days ago
Great chair I haven’t ever gotten around to one myself and am impressed with such a fine effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rikkor
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posted 636 days ago
Very nice rocker! I really like the wood juxtapositions.
trifern
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posted 526 days ago
Wow! That is a gorgeous rocker.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.