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ROCKING CHAIR sa ROCKING CHAIR (CHILD'S) xx CHAIR xx FURNITURE Mount Lebanon (New York) Shaker rockers. The story behind these historic chairs and complete instructions for making them. Includes instructions for taping the seat and making the oversize dowels. Mississippi porch rocker. Red oak rocker with a woven hickory-bark seat. Features turned front and rear posts, mostly plain rounds, simple arms, etc. Langcrest loveseat. Reproduction of an antique rocking bench located in Digby, Nova Scotia. Maple platform rocking chair glides back-and-forth while the base stays put. Rocker uses ball bearings. Chair seat and back are upholstered. Est. cost: $100. Outdoor rocking bench (loveseat rocker) built entirely of wood. Estimated cost: $45. Rocking chair features mortise and tenon joinery, a woven seat, and a touch of Shaker influence. Rocking chair with arms and a slat back. This is an award-winning project from a high-school student. Stationary rocker. Build this updated version of the platform rocker. Easy rocker. Armless folding rocking chair made from 1"-thick hardwood. Seat and back are upholstered over woven webbing. Country comfort. Sit back and relax in a rocking chair you build yourself using simple modern methods. Features 2" dowels for the legs, a square woven seat and straight slatted backrest. Furniture from the past that you can build from kits. Photos show step-by-step assembly of a Shaker rocker from a kit. Designer (contemporary) rocking chair. Each side is composed of laminated secions that add both strength and design to the project. How I make a rocker (rocking chair). Master craftsman Sam Maloof reveals the details. Tips on repairing rocking chair legs which have broken at the rung hole. Building a bent-back rocking chair from green hardwoods. Making a high-back Shaker-style rocking chair with commercially available dowel stock for rungs, legs and back uprights. Requires some steam bending. Weaving of the rush-fiber seat is also explained. A look at the five critical design elements which will affect the performance of a rocking chair. Tips on designing a rocking chair that works and feels right. Tips on fabricating and installing new rockers on an old rocking chair. Make a rocking chair from a discarded cable spool. Build Mary Lincoln's solid-walnut rocking chair with a woven cane seat and back. Step-by-step instructions for making a fine antique reproduction. Easy-to-build solid oak rocking chair. Based on an antique from Kemp, Oklahoma. Classic wooden rocking chair for a porch. Built from solid birch. Arts & Crafts-style rocking chair has slatted back and side panels and an upholstered leather seat. It is constructed of quarter-sawn white oak. Advanced skill level. Modern rocking chair is built from one sheet of plywood. A PS/APA Plywood Project Contest winner. Fun-in-the-sun outdoor furniture. Part 1. Porch rocker that seats two. Seat and back are contoured and surfaced with oak slats. Rocker of the ages. Walnut rocker with a circular scooped seat and turned spindles is a scaled-up version of a child's rocker from Savannah, Georgia. Rocking arm chair features oak construction, curved slats in the back, an upholstered seat, and a technique for making identical rockers. Shaker-style rocking chair and matching footstool. The construction uses large dowels which are turned from square stock using a router table. The rockers and arms are cut from flat stock and the tape-woven seat and back are filled with foam padding. Ladderback rocking chair features steam-bent back slats and hand-shaved posts and rungs. The seat is woven splint. Splint-back rocker with arms. Several lathe turnings are combined to make the frame. Includes tip on modifying a lathe to turn the long back posts. Includes instructions on weaving the seat using rattan splint. The caterpillar rocker. Woodworker describes the process involved in designing and constructing a "21st-century" rocking chair. Tips on adding rockers to an old straight-back wooden chair. Clissett-style ladder-back rocking chair reproduction (circa 1890). Involves steam bending, angled jointing, and rush-seat weaving. Ski-chair. Unique armchair with padded seat and back features wooden skis where the chair meets the floor, complete with turned-up tips. This prevents the chair from snagging carpeting or rugs as it is moved. Alternative designs eliminate the ski and add a rocker. Platform rocking chair. Incorporates many ornate spindle turnings. Design inspired by a trade sheet from a factory in Boston, Massachusetts (circa 1880). Upholstered rocking chair in a "Danish modern" style. Adirondack-style rocking chair features an accentuated fan-shape in the back. Shaker design rocking chair. This arm-chair version is typical of those made at the New Lebanon (New York) workshops in the 1840s. Nursery furniture. Part 1. Rocking chair designed for adults while nursing a baby or reading the children a bedtime story. Danish-inspired rocker and matching low-backed chair with walnut frames, rubber fabric webbing and loose seat and back cushions. Early American rocking chair features a lot of wood lathe turning. Plans for a giant rocking chair. Rungs are turned from 2x3s. Back and front posts are turned from 1" stock glued up to 4x4s. Seat and backrest are padded. Includes instructions for making post boring jigs and a jig to use with a band saw for grooving legs for rockers. Can be made from hardwood or softwood. Restoring the molded-plywood (molded-veneer) seat on an antique rocking chair. Oak rocking chair. Copied from the "Mission style" (circa 1900). | |||||||||
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