Child rocker Maloof style

Very cool chair. I want to build one of those one of these days.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Wow! It was kind of funny looking through your pictures – when looking at the first two pics I wasn’t thinking about the scale of the chair. Then when the third pic pops up it’s a bit of a shock seeing it in size relation to your lovely daughter.

Great job, it’s a beautiful chair,
Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada

Yes that is a Maloof chair, you did a fine reproduction. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Dayton,

You built a beautiful rocker. And it looks like you have a satisfied client already.

This is a really nice post.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

fantastic looking chair, makes me wish I had either money or skill!
as much as your daughter loves the chair now, I bet she’ll love it even more when her son/daughter gets to use it!
amazing work.

Great job! I love this style/joinery. Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Did you make your own plans? If not can you tell where you got them. Beautiful chair and grandchild.

-- Al Holstein "I wood do it"

Another excellent rocker Dayton! Looks like your grand daughter thinks so to.

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Thanks guys, AL the plans/templates are mine, I got the basic dimensions from several different Maloof books as-well-as his video. I then attempted to shrink them all by .75 but I don’t think I got the proportions quite right, it’s trickier than I thought. Anyway if you would like I can send you my basic measurements, but about 80% of it comes down to eye. I usually make all the legs and arms big so I have lots of room to whittle away areas that don’t look right.

Oh yeah, she’s not my Granddaughter, she’s our first Child, I’m 31, not quite ready for Grandkids yet : )

I love these types of chairs!! Did you have to buy the plans or did you just learn from trial and error? You should pst a blog and show everyone how you do it :).. Great work!!!

Mike

thanks mike
The only plans that I know of are Hale Taylor’s and Mark Adams’ but I don’t like either very much. I worked out the templates on my own with some basic measurements from Sam’s video and magazine articles. I will try to photo document my progress next time so I can post a blog.

dayton

Thats cool, i’ll have to check and see if i can find Sams video and books.. I thought about buying Hals plans at one time, but… :)
Good work though, all your chairs are amazing!!

You did a beauty job on this chair!

-- Paul Lemiski, Ontario Canada, Custom Wooden Rocking chairs and tables http://www.canadianwoodworks.com