May 12, 201610 yr Well, took a few tries to get things done today......after fighting those brass corner plates and their tiny screws....laid the pattern rocker on it's side, clamped the pine 5/4 x4 in place to make a tracing......ooops, should have bought the 5/4 x 6 instead.. oh well, we do adapt in this shop. Adjusted things a bit. There is a way to prevent one from over-rocking. You add a recurve to the end of the rocker.. Oh, and meet my new beltsander that replaced the old B&D Dragster. Soo, I made one of these, took a break for awhile. Came back, traced a second one out, and bandsawed it to shape... not too bad. Well, according to the floor.. Twould appear that the HMS Pegleg has launched. Fit for John Silver himself......but, I needed to keep flipping this around, until.. Short leg #2 appeared. Both of the long posts, and the front short posts are now done. There is still enough of that 5/4 pine to make a crest or back rail. That sould finish up the drawknife work, Mortise and tenon jobs for a few days/weeks? Intend to cut a slot on the end of the posts, to fit over those rockers, And then add a pin through both. might work?
May 12, 201610 yr Heck ya it will work Steve! Keep plugging man! And by all means, don't erase those fabulous tooling marks!
May 17, 201610 yr Author need to get that mitre box done and moved out of the way, Then I can start this up again. Going to try to add the posts to the rockers, then work on the back and the seat. IF I can find a spot to place that BIG mitrebox and HUGE saw, that is....
May 17, 201610 yr Author well, cleared the bench. rehabbed a spokeshave, first. $3 one from last weekend.. With THAT out of the way, tried to resaw some stock for the rocker.. But it was making a lot of noise, and throwing sparks...tore it down, reset the guides ( lower thrust bearing was rubbing the frame) reset the table, stoned the back edge of the blade....lot quieter, now. Ok, NOW can I work on at least one side of this rocker? Front post about fitted. Made the slot a bit too wide in the bottom of the leg, will do better on the next one.. A little better. Will pin and glue both at a later date. need to find some sizes, lay out some mortise and tenon stuff.....August completion date?? have to measure for the seat parts, as well. Busy day. Even redid the blinds on the house's backdoor window. And, got "drilled" in a finger by the tip of the driver's phillips head tip. Yep, back on track, now
May 18, 201610 yr Looking good Steve! A little unorthodox your process, building from the rockers up, but hey, this is woodworking, were we can do whatever the heck we want!
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