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We were talking about making chairs for family members to have in a Neanderthal forum.
This chair is one I made for my oldest grandson and his wife. They will be rocking my first Great Granddaughter in it.
Yes, I am bragging and I feel privileged to hold Harper Rose Holmes when she is one day old.
The chair is made of cherry.
Harper Rose's chair.jpg
Last edited by lowell holmes; 11-14-2014 at 12:36 PM.
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That's got to be the greatest stealth gloat of all time. Congratualtions on the GGDaughter. Oh, nice chair, too.
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That is a very nice chair.
I am a touch fearful of making something with rockers. I am afraid of people going air borne.
jtk
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Good looking chair Lowell and congrats on the GGD.
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That looks spectacular. I would love to see more details of the back of the chair. Are those sawn curved? Hard to tell from this image.
[OP]
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Malcolm,
They were sawn to rough shape on a bandsaw and then they were worked with a spoke shave and card scrapers.
The chair is basically a Paul Sellers style, but the design is my original design. The seat is leather from Tandy. A local retired upholstery guy covered my seat blank with foam and my leather.
He made the piping.
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Its not everyone who gets to hold their Great Grandchild, much less build their rocker. So I remembered your story and was recently was wondering how that chair came out. It looks great! Congratulations on your new GGD!
Fred
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Every woodworker's dream! Congrats! Great chair and great story!
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Beyond beautiful work. Congrats and congrats!
regards, Marty
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