Rocking Chair Build
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 Published On Mar 10, 2018

I am a fan of the Arts and Crafts style of furniture and wanted to make an oak rocking chair for a while. This is a follow-up to a previous video on building a full-size prototype (found here:    • Building an Arts and Crafts Rocking C...  )
Here are some links to parts of the build:

00:11 -Creating the bending forms for the rockers and back
05:15 -Cutting and bending the curved slats and rockers
07:49 -Cutting the arms
09:43 -Figuring out the basic joinery
15:23 -Joinery for the curved back and slats
18:40 -Details for the back slats
19:28 -Joinery for the arms
22:25 -Figuring out the rocker positions
25:05 -Finishing with shellac, dye and danish oil
26:12 -Final glue up
26:56 -Adding the rockers
30:42 -Building the seat base
34:04 -Upholstery


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