A Rocking Chair In English Walnut
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2023
- In this video I take you through my building of a rocking chair prototype to add to my furniture range. As ever, the design is based around a looping wooden frame - my signature style if you like.
The aim with these designs is to pay homage - in wood - to the minimalist looping steel framed furniture from the 1930s and 40s, from designers like Marcel Breuer/Bauhaus and Eileen Gray.
My preference is usually much lighter woods - White Beech, Poplar and Maple for example. But I found myself curious as to whether a darker wood - English Walnut in this case - might lend it self well to this style. I think it does. Hope you do too.
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Absolutely beautiful workmanship ! Best rocking chair I have ever seen !
Thank you very much! That means a lot.🙏
That is amazeballs Dude. Totally amazeballs. I would love to see your upholstering capabilities. That is just because watching a careful and considered expert at work is intrinsically very interesting.
Thank you man! Starting to think I should've been more clear in the vid now. I'm certainly no upholsterer. I muddle through making mock ups for actual upholsterers to work from. I was more think about showing how I solve the problems these chairs throw up for upholstery. Just to manage your expectations like.😁👍
Amazing.. exceptional craftsmanship and engineering!!!
Very kind. Thank you Jerry.👍
Absolutely beautiful you are a master craftsman
Much appreciated. Thank you Rob.👍
If this chair is rock'n (& it defo is!) don't bother knock'n! 😉
😁 ...The last picture at the end of the video - that's the rockness monster that is. 👍
Wonderful as usual. Are you going to show us the scar from selling the kidney to buy the walnut 😂
Thank you Doug. Yeah, that's me on dialysis now!😉
That is a beautiful chair! The old rocker brought right up to date. I'd buy it - as soon as I win big on the lottery 🙂
Yes, I'd like to see more of your upholstery. I'm in the middle of trying to do some myself... It isn't going well 🙂
Thanks Clive. Yeah, upholstery isn't easy. I should be clear though - I'm no upholsterer! It's just for these chairs I had to come up with something fairly original, so I've taken to doing the mock ups myself. Thought that might interest some. I'm certainly not the guy to do a "how to" for upholstery though!👍
A thing of beauty.
Appreciated. Thanks Paul.👍
Superb, such skill. It looks fantastic.
Thanks Paul!🙏
That is incredible
Thank you!🙏
Very nice
Thank you!👍
Absolutely gorgeous with amazing attention to detail.
Do you make a version out of rubbish wood first when making the design and then when figured out do it with nice wood, or do you design in sketchup and go for it?
Yes to the upholstery question by the way
Thank you man. No, I don't do trial builds in "lesser" woods, so to speak. What I do do is make lots of test parts and joints. These made from the woods I'll use. I finish them up, polish and all, then try and break them. When I'm happy, I go straight to build. I design, best I can, every detail in CAD (I use Solidworks). As you've probably noticed, I've had a whole series of templates made for a range of chairs, stools and tables. As all my pieces are the same style, I know now I can go straight to build on a new design. 👍
Fascinating.
Looks comfortable too...!
Can I ask - why the mechanical fixing of the rocker to the bottom of the frame...?
Best aye!
Thanks mate. Yeah, the upholstery is pretty lush so nice and comfy. By the time the rockers are fit, the frame has been completely finished. The rockers are still loose tenoned into the leg but the mechanical fixing saves clamping. It's an awkward clamp to do so the screw does the clamping, and saves any possible damage to the frame. 👍
simply lovely
I have been thinking about glue laminating some foams what thickness were the layers you used
Thanks Cameron. 4mm the ply's for these. 4mm I've found is good for radii between 950 - 1400mm with no springback . Any tighter, go thinner. I've a video link in the description on making the forms if you're interested👍
Amazing work! were those magnets being added for keeping the cover plates stuck in place, or was it to make them easily removable with a bigger magnet in case of repairs some day?
Thank you mate. Both of those reasons really. The aluminium discs are 19.25mm into a 19mm hole so a good tight friction fit. The magnet just helps it stay in place long term without glue or epoxy. It also means they're removable. Magnets are 8mm dia so, a push on one side of the disc with a small screw driver pops them open. Just in case the mechanical fixings need a tighten at some point.👍
@@BischBaschBosch Great solution. thanks for reply
👍👍👍👏👏👏 Thanks
Thanks Pete.👍
Beautiful chair dude. Might just be me, but I can’t find a link to your most versatile machine.
Thank you very much! Apologies. Forgot to add it to the "Supplementary viewing" in the description. I've added it now (second link in the list). Or click this link - czcams.com/video/pH54j7TR9O8/video.html
Thanks for pointing it out.
Hi, how do you find the el2 resin? Any other suggestions for pour resin that isn't glasscast or just go with glasscast?
It's a rock solid laminating resin bud. No issues at all. El2 is from Easy Composites. The same company as Glasscast I think but Glasscast is for fill and deep pour resins, Easy Composites is for resin glues and laminating products. Whether it's right for you depends on one thing really - if you want some give/flex or not. The el2 resin creates a solid lamination. Next to no give. If you want some give, seek out a pva based laminating glue.👍
@@BischBaschBosch thank you very much for your reply!