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This is one of four Rockers that I made for the front porch of our new house, that I started building over 2 years ago. They are a little on the large size, but so am I and I like to be comfortable when I’m relaxing. I based the design and dimensions off of an antique rocker that I had in the shop for re-caning. I just squared up the parts, the original was all turned. They’re made out of Ash and have flat reed seats, woven in a heiring bone pattern. I finished them with tung oil, tinted with a sandalwood tint, then finished with varnish. The seats have several coats of a boiled linseed oil and varnish mixture.
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dennis mitchell
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posted 573 days ago
Nice work! Did you do the seats yourself?
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CharlieM1958
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posted 573 days ago
Extremely nice. I know it took a lot of patience to make 4 of these.
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trifern
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posted 573 days ago
Very well constructed and beautiful.
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tenontim
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posted 573 days ago
Thanks everyone.
Dennis, yes I did the seats. My father used to do chair caning of all types and that’s something he passed on to me.
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Harold
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posted 573 days ago
I really like the woven seat and back, was it difficult to do? I can imagine your front porch is very inviting now…..I would like to make a bench swing one day, althogh I don’t have enough overhang on the roof above my deck. I remember my grandparents had a couple rocking chairs and a bench swing on thier porch when I was young, the chairs and that squeaky screen door that would close with loud crack each time someone came in, didn’t need a door bell back in those days… Anyhow…wonderful chair
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BrianM
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posted 573 days ago
Nice job Tim. What better project is there for a woodworker than a rocking chair? You need the space to relax and think about the next project.
Now how about a chair for the Mrs?
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Karson
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posted 573 days ago
Tim A great looking chair. When we go to Cracker Barrel I always sit in a rocker in front for a while. Never made one though.
Looks great
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Tim Pursell
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posted 573 days ago
Great chairs Tim. I wish I knew how to do caning like that. Any chance of a blog about that??
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tenontim
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posted 573 days ago
Thanks again, Guys. I recane chairs as a sideline, in between jobs or during glue or finish drying sessions. Next time I get one of this type to do I will photo the progress and post it.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 573 days ago
Tim,
This is a really nice rocker. If I were passing by I would have to sit down and relax- it looks so inviting.
Thanks for the post and the construction blog on the caning would be interesting as well.
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ND2ELK
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posted 573 days ago
Very nice rocker. You did a beautiful job on it. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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cajunpen
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posted 573 days ago
Good looking rocker – sure looks inviting. Bet it would even fit my big bottom :-)) Did you buy some plans are or is it your design? If you bought the plans, where did you get them? I really like this chair.
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tenontim
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posted 573 days ago
Bill, this design was loosely based on an antique rocker that I re-caned. It was a large rocker and fairly comfortable, so I made it a little bigger and altered the style, to meet my non-turning criteria for building furniture.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
jjohn
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posted 573 days ago
I’m like Carson. Sit in many of them. Built “0”. I’m sure I’m a much better sitter than a builder of one of these. Looks great. I know it was a difficult project, but after the third I bet the forth was easy.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 572 days ago
Nice work Tim!
Looks like a lot of work in one of those.
Easy to see where you get your nickname.
Very nicely done.
Lee
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