March 20, 20178 yr Author Popular Post 4 hours ago, Stick486 said: with that design of chair, clamping (not pinning) the rockers to the chair and test driving is how the fine tuning is done... who needs a rocker t5hat creeps or runs around in circles... every rocker has it's sweet spot... only need to move the rockers a schosh to find it... I'll respectfully disagree Stick, these rockers were production runs in the Shaker community, especially this rocker, it's a Transitional rocker because it is the first rocker they made mass produced by belt driven power, they made these chairs by the hundreds, they did not custom fit the rockers by moving them forward, or back, there was a set of templates they built from, and they did not deviate. I have looked in the chair building books I have for the Shaker rockers and I have yet to see anywhere where an author of any book states the rockers need to be custom placed, or tested before pinning. There is a set distance the nose of the rocker sits from the front of the leg bottom edge, there is no test placement, nor any question where the rocker goes. In my own experience with the Maloof style sculpted rockers I have built over the years, there is a fixed location that the rockers set to the bottom of the legs, as well with that design, I have yet to read where any author or builder states you need to test drive the chair for rocker placement. I never did test drive those rockers either and they all rocked fine and still do to this day with no complaints. Now, if you want to design a rocker, I'm with you, it has to be tested, and tried, before a final placement for the rocker can be determined, but once that rocker location is determined, the "sweet spot" as you say, does not change.
April 3, 20178 yr Popular Post I have ordered a DC c-flux 2.0 from Laguna. I am insulating the rim joist. All the house stuff in the basement will go into the redone and stabilized basement room under the dining room. They are pouring the cement this week. Contractor that put in this make shift room should be drawn and quartered he undermined 2 foundation walls causing everything to sink. So in bout 2 or 3 weeks I can finally position everything and then true it up for operation. 1. Project is to build moldings for the house. 2. Project is to build a cherry clothes hamper. 3. Project is to replace the cherry bedroom set with better home made solid wood furniture from my shop. 4. Project is to make cedar chest for family members.
April 3, 20178 yr Author 3 hours ago, Michael Thuman said: I have ordered a DC c-flux 2.0 from Laguna. I am insulating the rim joist. All the house stuff in the basement will go into the redone and stabilized basement room under the dining room. They are pouring the cement this week. Contractor that put in this make shift room should be drawn and quartered he undermined 2 foundation walls causing everything to sink. So in bout 2 or 3 weeks I can finally position everything and then true it up for operation. 1. Project is to build moldings for the house. 2. Project is to build a cherry clothes hamper. 3. Project is to replace the cherry bedroom set with better home made solid wood furniture from my shop. 4. Project is to make cedar chest for family members. Michael, I contacted Laguna and told them you had purchased the machine from them, based on the exposure here. They were thrilled, and it was a big feather in our collective cap, our sponsors love hearing these things. Thank you for supporting our sponsor Michael, thus in turn, supporting us! Thanks!
April 4, 20178 yr 13 hours ago, John Morris said: Michael, I contacted Laguna and told them you had purchased the machine from them, based on the exposure here. They were thrilled, and it was a big feather in our collective cap, our sponsors love hearing these things. Thank you for supporting our sponsor Michael, thus in turn, supporting us! Thanks! I told them also when I ordered it. I ask them to put it on the receipt but they did not?
April 4, 20178 yr Author Popular Post 1 hour ago, Michael Thuman said: I told them also when I ordered it. I ask them to put it on the receipt but they did not? I'm not sure what you mean by receipt Michael. But I can take a stab at it. You may be referring to a process used by many forums and websites, whereas a purchase is made by referral from the forum or website, and a commission is distributed to the forum or website. We do not make a commission on any referrals or clicks through this community. The reason why I contacted Laguna was to let them know you made a purchase via exposure of their brand within our community, and just to simply let them know that their sponsorship is appreciated, and their presence here is beneficial to them as well. I feel that is way more important than a commission. They love to hear that folks like yourself are viewing their product because of their presence here. And I personally appreciate your patronage to one of our sponsors. Thanks again @Michael Thuman!!
May 2, 20178 yr Author Popular Post Just a bunch of non sense. Making another truck box, and it's a nice 96 degrees in the old shop. I'm done! Time to drop my bags and roll it up!
May 19, 20178 yr Popular Post A mess. A bleedin' Stinkin' howlin' mess. The winter presented too many disjointed fix-it projects. I have been re-building my deck after a roofing job. I never got cleaned up after anything and now - - Finally I had an 80 foot PITA pine tree removed and stump ground then I had the pipe from my well to the house replaced ( coz it was leaking) and instead of going through my lovely missus' garden (a work of 20 years) where the original pipe lies. They went through my shop with PEX and of course I had to make way for it so Everything is Everywhere and nothing is were it should be. Cheap though The tree $1200 The Excavator $1460 the Well people $2300 - - - and - - One headache that's been bothering me for a long time is Done. I've in the past had to dig to patch a hole in that old copper pipe. It's been failing for a long time. Now it is poly and the acid won't touch it. So what's on my bench? A mess. A hot mess.
May 19, 20178 yr Had to clean mine off.. 2xs are to keep a panel raised up.... As I had two of these to glue up......wasn't much room, though.. There is a little over a foot of space between the edge of that panel...and the washing machine....Panels are 72" long, by 14-1/2" wide...I can stash the panels out of the way.. And let the glue dry..
May 20, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, steven newman said: Had to clean mine off.. I love it when you start a new project!!
May 20, 20178 yr Don't know - probably a bunch of dust by now - still on "vacation" out here in warm sunny Colorado
May 20, 20178 yr 31 minutes ago, Fred Wilson said: Don't know - probably a bunch of dust by now - still on "vacation" out here in warm sunny Colorado ...Be careful out there Fred...blame @Stick486 for that stuff you're seeing
May 20, 20178 yr 11 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said: blame @Stick486 for that stuff you're seeing bring it on.... Fred could visit the high country and revel in so 4'+ of that...
May 20, 20178 yr No thanks, Stick - I'll stay down here in Fountain and enjoy the views up into the high country.
May 20, 20178 yr 16 minutes ago, Fred Wilson said: I'll stay down here in Fountain how long will you be in Fountain???
May 20, 20178 yr Probably another three weeks Grandson graduating from High School, helping son and family with upgrades to their new house, site seeing, etc.
June 27, 20178 yr Nothing everything. I haven't had an single solid fifteen minutes in the shop since - - - since - - - - - since - - - - Oh Gosh. I had the water line from the well dug up and replaces and the only good route was through my shop so that got all tore up and every thing mis placed to make room. Then I've been on the roof of the Shop re building the sleeper structure for a deck and relaying the deck. I got two monstroud 200 pound wet blanks all trapped in plastic hoping they survive to go on the lathe but I'm still in Deck Laying prison
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