Jeff Miller of Chicago builds a wonderful bentwood rocking chair. I liked
the lines and the craftsmanship that is so evident in it when I first saw
it. So, I contacted Jeff and asked if there were any plans for the chair.
The answer was, "No, there are not." Given that his is his design and
signaure piece, I can understand why.
So, I thought about it for about a year after I first saw a picture of it
and finally sat down and started to draft out plans for the chair. I made
the bending frames and did some refining work on them before I started the
first prototype. I actually made a side of the chair (back, leg piece and
arm rest) and scraped it because of some obvious flaws. I finally got the
chair made and saw some things that needed to be changed. Then I made
prototype 2. It is almost exactly what I was looking for and will only
refine it a bit. One thing is to pay more attention to the length of the
arm support. This one is too short and did not notice I had the arm rest
too short. As I was under a time crunch, I put a boot on the end of the arm
rest. But that is a mistake I will not make again.
The chairs are out of ash, which bends wonderfully. The arm rest goes all
the way down through the back/leg joint. As Jeff Miller said, "That is an
interesting joint to cut."
Total time for a chair is on the order of two and a half to three weeks.
Photos on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
Deb
"Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Jeff Miller of Chicago builds a wonderful bentwood rocking chair. I liked
> the lines and the craftsmanship that is so evident in it when I first saw
> it. So, I contacted Jeff and asked if there were any plans for the chair.
> The answer was, "No, there are not." Given that his is his design and
> signaure piece, I can understand why.
>
> So, I thought about it for about a year after I first saw a picture of it
> and finally sat down and started to draft out plans for the chair. I made
> the bending frames and did some refining work on them before I started the
> first prototype. I actually made a side of the chair (back, leg piece and
> arm rest) and scraped it because of some obvious flaws. I finally got the
> chair made and saw some things that needed to be changed. Then I made
> prototype 2. It is almost exactly what I was looking for and will only
> refine it a bit. One thing is to pay more attention to the length of the
> arm support. This one is too short and did not notice I had the arm rest
> too short. As I was under a time crunch, I put a boot on the end of the
> arm
> rest. But that is a mistake I will not make again.
>
> The chairs are out of ash, which bends wonderfully. The arm rest goes all
> the way down through the back/leg joint. As Jeff Miller said, "That is an
> interesting joint to cut."
>
> Total time for a chair is on the order of two and a half to three weeks.
>
> Photos on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
>
> Deb
Very nice. Extremely graceful curves. That would fit into many different
types of decors.
How comfortable are they?
Dave wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:31:36 +1000, F Murtz<[email protected]>
>> I very rarely can find anything on alt binaries.pictures.woodworking
>> After this post I jumped to the ng and all I can find are re rocking
>> chair etc I can never find the original,are they all removed the next day?
>
> No, they aren't removed the next day, but there may be some retention
> problems with your ISP. You might ask them.
It is bigpond and alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking is the only one I
have trouble with
>
> In any event, you can try this site out. The rocking chairs are three
> panels down.
> http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/
>
Thanks I found some pictures there.
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:31:36 +1000, F Murtz <[email protected]>
>I very rarely can find anything on alt binaries.pictures.woodworking
>After this post I jumped to the ng and all I can find are re rocking
>chair etc I can never find the original,are they all removed the next day?
No, they aren't removed the next day, but there may be some retention
problems with your ISP. You might ask them.
In any event, you can try this site out. The rocking chairs are three
panels down.
http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/
Dr. Deb wrote:
>
> Jeff Miller of Chicago builds a wonderful bentwood rocking chair. I liked
> the lines and the craftsmanship that is so evident in it when I first saw
> it. So, I contacted Jeff and asked if there were any plans for the chair.
> The answer was, "No, there are not." Given that his is his design and
> signaure piece, I can understand why.
>
> So, I thought about it for about a year after I first saw a picture of it
> and finally sat down and started to draft out plans for the chair. I made
> the bending frames and did some refining work on them before I started the
> first prototype. I actually made a side of the chair (back, leg piece and
> arm rest) and scraped it because of some obvious flaws. I finally got the
> chair made and saw some things that needed to be changed. Then I made
> prototype 2. It is almost exactly what I was looking for and will only
> refine it a bit. One thing is to pay more attention to the length of the
> arm support. This one is too short and did not notice I had the arm rest
> too short. As I was under a time crunch, I put a boot on the end of the arm
> rest. But that is a mistake I will not make again.
>
> The chairs are out of ash, which bends wonderfully. The arm rest goes all
> the way down through the back/leg joint. As Jeff Miller said, "That is an
> interesting joint to cut."
>
> Total time for a chair is on the order of two and a half to three weeks.
>
> Photos on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
>
> Deb
I very rarely can find anything on alt binaries.pictures.woodworking
After this post I jumped to the ng and all I can find are re rocking
chair etc I can never find the original,are they all removed the next day?
wrote:
>
>
> "Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Jeff Miller of Chicago builds a wonderful bentwood rocking chair. I
>> liked the lines and the craftsmanship that is so evident in it when I
>> first saw
>> it. So, I contacted Jeff and asked if there were any plans for the
>> chair.
>> The answer was, "No, there are not." Given that his is his design and
>> signaure piece, I can understand why.
>>
>> So, I thought about it for about a year after I first saw a picture of it
>> and finally sat down and started to draft out plans for the chair. I
>> made the bending frames and did some refining work on them before I
>> started the
>> first prototype. I actually made a side of the chair (back, leg piece
>> and
>> arm rest) and scraped it because of some obvious flaws. I finally got
>> the
>> chair made and saw some things that needed to be changed. Then I made
>> prototype 2. It is almost exactly what I was looking for and will only
>> refine it a bit. One thing is to pay more attention to the length of the
>> arm support. This one is too short and did not notice I had the arm rest
>> too short. As I was under a time crunch, I put a boot on the end of the
>> arm
>> rest. But that is a mistake I will not make again.
>>
>> The chairs are out of ash, which bends wonderfully. The arm rest goes
>> all
>> the way down through the back/leg joint. As Jeff Miller said, "That is
>> an interesting joint to cut."
>>
>> Total time for a chair is on the order of two and a half to three weeks.
>>
>> Photos on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
>>
>> Deb
>
> Very nice. Extremely graceful curves. That would fit into many different
> types of decors.
>
> How comfortable are they?
According to my wife and daughter(she got the second prototype) they are
very comfortable. Especially the second prototype. I had the splay on the
first one at six degrees and that was too steep, so I backed it off to four
degrees. That six degree splay made the first prototype feel a bit fragile.
The second one though was rock solid and sat very nicely.
Deb
Deb