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06-07-2009, 09:37 PM
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| | Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31  06-07-2009, 09:37 PM
FINALLY! The day has arrived when this rocking chair is moving out of my shop and into my office (it’s temporary home). This has been a weekend project for sometime now and has sat in my shop while other projects took hole. But finally I got around to finishing it and the results are AWESOME!
This would have been only a dream project if it hadn’t been John Richards (WoodGuy) who offered up his school as a place to learn how to put one of these together. At his shop (which used to be in) Hickory, NC ( http://www.jsrwoodworking.com/) took on three students (all North Carolina Woodworker members!) and took us thru this process late last year. We did all the joinery and learned about chair design. This one is HUGE because it was fit to my body … and we nicknamed it “The Throne”.
It’s made of Walnut with maple lamination in the rockers. It’s finished with the Maloof-branded finishes from Rockler (which is a Poly/Oil followed by Oil/Wax blend).
This is the nicest furniture I've ever built. It was a challenge, taught me a lot of new techniques, gave me an appreciation for quality hand tools, introduced me to the rasp, and put a few new tools in my toolbox. .gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)") It's not "perfect" but then again what is. Woodworking for me is about the journey.
Obviously I want to thank John (Woodguy1975) for offering up the class, keeping it affordable, and letting us use ALL of his AWESOME tools! I also want to thank Mike (Shamrock) and Jeff (cyclopentadiene) for their help in making the chair and sharing the class with me. It was a great time and one I'll always remember. And though they got their chairs done quicker ... mine is BIGGER! .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)")
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06-08-2009, 09:14 AM
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Name: John Richards City: Hickory State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 34 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 4.39 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Now I owe a lot of people instructions.... 
Congrats dude. I promise to get a final copy out to you guys soon. I have a version that is a bit old. I wrote up a new set, but my notebook took a dive and that one was lost so I'm going to have to rewrite them.  .
Please don't hesitate to email or call if you have a question and want to start working on another one without the instructions.
See ya,
John
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06-08-2009, 09:15 AM
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Name: Eric City: Concord State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.03 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
That came out very well!
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06-08-2009, 09:23 AM
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Name: Robert City: Matthews State: NC County: Union Join Date: Feb 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.06 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Well done, Jeremy! The laminator that I am, loves the maple accents. | |
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06-08-2009, 11:31 AM
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#19 | | Treasurer
Name: Travis City: Wake Forest State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Looks great Jeremy!!!
Question for you on the seat (that is where I am on mine....
The center section that goes up, right there between your legs when you are sitting. What tools or methods did you use to bring that area down while leaving the high portion up?
Did you use the grinder close for that or sand or rasp or what???? | |
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06-08-2009, 12:45 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Originally Posted by Travis Porter  Looks great Jeremy!!!
Question for you on the seat (that is where I am on mine....
The center section that goes up, right there between your legs when you are sitting. What tools or methods did you use to bring that area down while leaving the high portion up?
Did you use the grinder close for that or sand or rasp or what???? The "crusher" was brought to shape using a combination of an angle grinder with a sanding flap disk, rasps, a circular carbide bit in an air tool, and lots of hand sanding. It was a dusty job! | |
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06-08-2009, 01:11 PM
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Name: John Richards City: Hickory State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 34 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 4.39 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
If only you could tell the scale of that chair in the pictures!!! Just as an FYI guys..... It looks like Klingspor's in Charlotte is trying to form a class in a remote shop in CLT for Maloof Rockers. Assuming we have enough interest and a facility with the correct equipment we can make it happen even while I'm without shop.  Just call the Charlotte store if you are interested in the course to help get things rolling. I'll be reaching out to them to help try to make this happen.
__________________ Keeping the Hokie Spirit Alive!! Remember 4/16/2007
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06-08-2009, 01:51 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.34 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Way to go Jeremy! Glad to see that you finally got that thing functional!
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06-08-2009, 01:53 PM
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#23 | | Moderator
Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 63 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.42 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Jeremy, I think you are ready for Fine Woodworking 
You have every reason to be proud, the rocker is a show piece!
Roger
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06-08-2009, 02:06 PM
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Name: Paul City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.89 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Excellent job, Jeremy! Definitely something to be proud of. | |
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06-08-2009, 04:56 PM
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Name: eyekode City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2009 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.08 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
I got to see this chair in person. I work with a guy that likes to say "If it looks good from afar it is far from looking good". This thing looks great as close as you want to inspect it .
It is also much larger than the pictures make it seem. It makes the rockers on my front porch look like they were made for children . | |
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06-09-2009, 10:08 AM
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#26 | | Executive Vice-President
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Name: Rob City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 67 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.88 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Nice work, Jeremy -- Now it's time to just sit back and do some ROCKin!
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06-09-2009, 11:19 AM
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#27 | | Senior Administrator
Name: Bas City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.96 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Gorgeous work Jeremy. I'm sure this chair taught you patience, no shortcuts on this one. Have you let anyone sit in it for more than 5 minutes?
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06-09-2009, 10:48 PM
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Name: Chuck City: Rocky Mount State: NC County: Nash Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.99 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Man - you did good on that one. 
I have been dragging my feet on a project that involves curves and joints that make me uncomfortable. Your rocker is a heckuva lot more complex. I need to bow up and go for it.
Beautiful finish, looks like a keeper for generations.
Chuck | |
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06-09-2009, 11:20 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Thanks for all of the great feedback everyone. It's taken a while ... but I got there! Again, I can't thank John Richards enough for the class and instruction ... made it all possible! | |
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06-10-2009, 01:01 AM
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Name: Joe Lyddon City: Rancho Cucamonga State: CA County: San Bernardino Join Date: Feb 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.46 over 180 days | Re: Maloof-style Rocker Finally Finished
Jeremy,
You did GOOD!
You should feel very proud of yourself!
Thank you for sharing.
Where did you get Plans and instruction? | |
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