Well with my PC down the last few days, I actually got some work done on my chair! I didn't realize how much time I spend on the PC until I am without it for a few days.

I spent much of Friday getting the chair seat shaped out and I even glued up a a set of rocker lams.

This first shot is of the chair seat before I took my right angle grinder to it.

This next shot is of the first 1/4" or so of the chair being ground out with my Harbor Freight right angle grinder and wheel.

Next pic shows a little more progress, after a lot of dust and some strained arms, even though the grinder does a lot of the work, it still take some continuous muscle to keep working the pressure and back and forth motion to keep the grinding even and uniform.

Now the seat is starting to take shape.

The sander is brought out after rough shaping, I fine tune the lines and center ridge with my sander. I am sanding with 60 grit at this point, just trying to even it all out, take out the bumps and carry a nice line around the perimeter. I still have the pencil line preserved from the beginning, I laid out the line at the ridge center of the seat, this is no mans land, that ridge area I like to keep in original condition, and I like to keep the same pencil line that I started with.

The seat is now good enough for assembly with the legs, I will perform final sanding after the legs are joined and blended.

Also the bottom front will swoop up to join the top, this will be done once I get closer to assembly of the legs. I like to keep some mass on the bottom of the chair in case of nicks or dings, they can be shaped out later for final sanding. I learned this the hard way with my first chair!

 

The next pics are my rockers being glued up. I really love the Titebond III glue. I have 9 lams to glue up, I need to spread glue on 16 sides, and it takes some time, the open time of the Titebond III is great for this application. Plus the darkness of the glue after it sets up is great for filling in any micro gaps if there is any, the color goes well with the walnut.

You'll notice with this rocker set, I designed a little negative hook in the rear of the rocker, I wanted to experiment with some design changes on this rocker. As a lot of you might remember, my first rocker was based off the Hal Taylor design, I really want to branch out and come up with my own design. While I am still being influenced by other rocker makers, some day I hope to have a signature design of my own. Step by step.

Thanks folks for looking!

Awesome looking as always. You really got it coming together nicely.

 

I know what you mean about the computer time. That is why you don't always see me when I get home. I go to the shop and don't come in until it is almost time for bed.

 

That is a nice touch on the rockers. Will be interesting to see how they come out.

 

I use the Titebond III on my cutting boards. I like it better than anything I have tried.

 

 

Thanks John! I'll keep the pics coming! And now I know why you hit the shop first, that's a new habit I am going to get into.