Rocker Finished - Ready to Scroll

[Sycamore67]

The project has taken me about 6 months and is now completed.  The Maloof Style Rocker is made of Claro Walnut with lots of interesting and beautiful grain.

I learned to make the rocker from Bill Kappel in Utah and went out there months ago for a week long one on one class with him.  He has made many beautiful rockers and is a great teacher.  He helped me get started and then shipped the parts and wood back to me in Indiana.  The chair was a real challenge for me and included so many hours of grinding, shaping, sanding.....

One interesting part was fitting the chair to my wife's liking.  It involved setting the upper part on the rockers and then adjusting them for height and placement.  This allowed the angle of the chair and height to fit her.

The finish on it is 4 coats of Teak Oil, 4 coats of wipe on poly with light sanding in between and finally it was sanded with 1500 and 2000 grit paper and waxed with Butchers Wax.  

I did use my scroll saw on the project.  Mostly it was to create wooden templates of some of the parts.  It was interesting trying to get the left legs to look exactly like the right legs.  I had never done this before and it was a real challenge.  

Now I am ready to get back to some scrolling projects and want to take on one of the truck models that I have seen. 

 

Edited December 3, 2018 by Sycamore67
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[Scrappile]

Scrolling is going to be very anti-climatic after completing a beautiful masterpiece like that!  You have got to be so very proud.  That is amazing.

[TripleJScroller]

Beautiful work!

[dgman]

Beautiful piece Larry! Well worth the time and effort. That will be become an heirloom for sure!

[grampa]

WOW,  what can i say just love it,feel free to send it over the pond..........Paul

[Foxfold]

OMG, that's a work of Art.  Absolutely Stunning.

[bobscroll]

Hi Larry, It is a stunning piece of work you have done there, I have to take My Hat off to you!!! A project full of love,

Thank you for the nice photo's of your work.

Bob 

[meflick]

I agree, gorgeous and I am sure your wife is thrilled with it.  Not sure how many kids you have, if any, but if more than one, I think there may be a fight one day over who get’s mom’s chair hand made by dad. you have created a wonderful family heirloom that will be cherished for a long time.

[Sycamore67]

Thanks to all for the kind comments.  Now that I have done one, I am thinking about another for the kids.  I will be on the look out to find appropriate wood for another and that will take time.  The wood for this one was spectacular and difficult to obtain.  The wood was part of the cost of taking the class.  I will not even start to tell how much the class, travel to Utah, New tools, supplies, etc....

  I also have a long list of projects to tackle.

[lawson56]

WOW!!! That is 1 Beautiful Rocker,A Most Excellent job.

[Rockytime]

Your workmanship is superb and the wood selection really sets it apart. A beautiful chair!

[Tomanydogs]

That’s a beautiful rocker. You have done a magnificent job. You should be very proud of your accomplishment. 

[daveww1]

awesome job

[Bill WIlson]

The rocker is outstanding!  The lines flow so smoothly and the transitions are so subtle that it almost looks like it was carved out of one piece of wood.

Excellent craftsmanship!  Everything from wood selection to finish is top notch.  You should be very proud of that.

[wombatie]

It is certainly a thing of beauty.  The craftsmanship the wood and the finish are all perfect.  Definitely one to be proud of.   Is it to be a one off or do you intend to make another one?

Marg

[Dave Monk]

See your rocker is very humbling. I don't think I would ever have the patients to tackle something like that.

[smitty0312]

Beautiful!!

[stoney]

Great workmanship Larry!   Works of art like that just don't come along every day.   It's easy to see you enjoy your labors.   A truly beautiful heirloom.   Thanks for showing us. 

[JAC1961]

That's truly a masterpiece.  Hope it's handed down in your family for generations to come.

[oldhudson]

Absolutely stunning. A true heirloom project.

[amazingkevin]

this belongs in a museum!!!