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Project by jeffro posted 632 days ago 1580 views 4 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I just finished this pair of rockers for some folks, seats and backs are red cedar burl and the rest of the chairs are made from mixed roots. Its pretty tricky to make natural radiuses rock nice and the balance just rite, and not to mention building a pair that resemble each other. They turned out pretty good and the people were happy with them. I apologize for the pictures I didn’t have time to get the good shots.

-- Jeffro,knockonwood




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Bearpie

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#1 posted 632 days ago

Beautiful rockers, however if they were mine I do not think that I would leave them out on the porch overnight, they might rock away!

-- Erwin, Jacksonville, FL

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learnin2do

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#2 posted 631 days ago

Okay, my man keeps saying i should try a rocking chair…i keep telling him it requires an understanding of balance and geometry that i do not possess. He says that i just don’t want to…
How on Earth did you figure this out?

Those are gorgeous -i knew that before i even looked…but i had to, just to feel good for a minute today!

-- christine

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cwdance1

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#3 posted 631 days ago

Those are the coolest looking rockers I have ever seen.

What a wonderful job.

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Roger

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#4 posted 631 days ago

now that’s a nice pair o rockers

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

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Eli Adamit

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#5 posted 631 days ago

awesome, at the beginning I thought that you used wood and leather and harried to read your description – it is wood – much nicer.

-- Eli Adamit, Israel

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Lidiya Blaznina

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#6 posted 631 days ago

Very interesting project.

-- Lidiya,Russia," I use wood to translate my mood".

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Bluepine38

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#7 posted 631 days ago

Very beautiful rockers, I miss the usual scenery, but these chairs, as well as all your projects can stand on
their own anyplace. Just started playing with rockers, and still have a ways to go, but you have laid out
a wonderful trail for anyone interested. Just wish I could set in these and run my hands over the wood.
Thank you for sharing.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

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canadianchips

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#8 posted 631 days ago

GREAT LOOKING chairs. I like tham very much !

-- "My mission in life - make everyone smile !"

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Roz

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#9 posted 631 days ago

Now this is cool!

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

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NormG

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#10 posted 622 days ago

These look awesome, wonderful job, i bet they are very comfortable

-- Norman

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devann

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#11 posted 621 days ago

A pair of great looking rockers, they definitely have the “jrffro vibe” about them.

I hate to see that someone ran the deck boards the wrong way on the for the house. Rocking would have been a lot soother on a deck without butt joints & rocking across the grain.

-- Darrell, making more sawdust than I know what to do with

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Druid

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#12 posted 620 days ago

Looks like it was well worth the effort that you put into it. It invites the viewer to come and have a seat. Very nice.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

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motthunter

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#13 posted 606 days ago

really cool

-- making sawdust....

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mmh

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#14 posted 606 days ago

Well done! Trying to use the natural shape of found wood really is a challenge, especially duplicating the piece as mentioned. I’d be one to line up to give them a try!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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