That is a very graceful chair. Beautiful work. Do you bend the back slats or cut them out that way?
That is a very graceful chair. Beautiful work. Do you bend the back slats or cut them out that way?
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
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Show off!, Really nice looking chair, keep em coming Brian!
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Brian: Beutiful job and something to be really proud of. I always wondered how you shape the seat on one of these. Router or ???
Mike
Mike Hill
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-The seats are shaped using the most dangerous tool I've ever used -A lancelot. It's a chainsaw disk that goes on a grinder. Goes very fast though. Marc Singer did a post b4 that is basically the same way I do it. I use a template that has holes in it to tell you where to drill to certain depths. This tells you when to stop grinding down to the required depth.
-I used to cut the backslats on the bandsaw but changed to laminating them-I get much better uniform results.
You can see some of my other rockers at this link. This last one is what has evolved from them. http://www.brianpenning.com/index_files/Page439.htm
Thanks for the compliments..
Last edited by Brian Penning; 04-13-2007 at 2:10 PM.
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Wow, that's totally amazing work. I've never had the courage (or the time) to even attempt a chair.
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Wow, that is a fine rocker !
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Mr Penning,
Another beautiful chair! I think that you should consider teaching chair making my friend, your chairs always capture my imagination and I say to myself, "I'd Love to Make One".
I am sure as the snows dissapear and the blooms open in that amazing garden of yours that some new and wonderful projects will come from your shop this spring...they all are wonderful but none seem quite as wonderful for me to enjoy as these chairs,
You "Rock"......I guess so, eh!
Take care,
Jim
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