Haig Dream Rocker Reproduction

Wow, that looks great, nice work, love the style.

-- Z, Rockwall, TX

You’ve made a beautiful job of it. And as you say, a stunning design

-- I may have lost my marbles, but I still have my love of woodworking

That also is a great design. Nice job on the build.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I didnt know pine could be made into a work of art. That is not just a rocking chair it is art. Man you are definitely talented.

-- Chief Petty Officer USN(RET) 1991-2011

I am amazed at your ability to take a picture and figure it all out. This is totally graceful, and I’m also astounded the pine allowed you to laminate it so well. Thank you for sharing this with us

-- We call the destruction of replaceable human made items vandalism, while the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources is called development.

Very talented! how strong does the rocker feel made from the way you made It? really great! job. I have no cares for Haig.

Thanks everyone.

The design of course is David Haig’s not mine, so credit for the design goes to him.

The pine worked out okay. Most of the curved parts are made from about 3/16 – 1/4 inch strips resawed out of pine boards. The thickness of the various parts is 1.5 inches. For the rockers to bend so tightly I had to resaw down to about 1/16 inch. So there are about 20 plys in each rocker.

Being a “little” on the and heavy side I had to widen the seat to provide a nice confortable 21 inches between the two arms. For the next version I would make the seat thicker from 1.5 to 2 inches to provide a bit more beef after scooping the seat out. I made the back stretcher a little to thin and had to repair on of them where the the tenon joins the seat. I’d bump the thecknes up from 1/2 inch to 3/4 inche. A relative sat in the chair and I heard a loud crack. Other than that one fix so far it certainly has supported people who are over 250lbs. I’m not sure how it will stand up over the long term. Time will tell.

To get most of the dimensions, I cut and pasted a side profile picture of the Haig rocker into powerpoint, then using typical rocking chair dimensions (e:g the depth of the seat I assumed was abetween 19 and 20 inches) tried to establish the size of the various parts using that one dimension as the scale. Once I made my mock-up I photgrapghed it and pasted it along side the orginal photogragh to see if the proportions were similar and made adustment from there. I’m suspect there are software packages that would do that automatically for you.

I’ve purchased some air dried white oak , and I am off to a steam bending seminar this evening. I will be retirng at the end of this year and will be attempting to make another version using better wood and steam bending.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Fantastic rocker.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

I would never have guessed pine and spruce. That is a beautiful rocker and you are a superb craftsman. Looking forward to seeing this in black walnut???

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Excellent!! Yeah hard wood.. and maybe widen the back slats a bit and use quarter saw oak laminates, but I thinks this is amazing as is.

-- ~ Eric P Jorgenson: Jorgenson Design

Thanks all – I have a Maloof style rocker on my list and have the walnut for that one.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario