Today we focused on the Walnut Inspiration rocking chair we also continued on our Maloof inspired side tables. Routing, sanding and even just gazing at the overall appearance, while adjust the design and fairing the curves we discussed the idea of a coat rack using the same style and joint structure. So look out for a Maloof inspired coat rack in the near future.
Here Joel is hand planing the front leg before a glue up to ensure a strong invisible joint. We use Veritas made in Canada hand planes from Lee Valley both Canadian companies and both with exceptional products.
In this next photo we are test fitting the front leg joint, this demonstrates the Maloof style seat joint which is famous for its strength and good looks.
This shows the rear leg joint that has been fitted to the seat, we now kerf the top and bottom of the leg to allow us to continue shaping the leg. You can see the inside of the joint is cut at an angle of 6 degrees to cant the legs out towards the top. By this time the seat has been roughed out by hand, and the back brace holes have been routed.
After we laid out the seat joint transitions on the leg Joel trims out excess wood on the band saw to prepare for the next step on the spindle sander. Not pictured is Paul doing some initial sanding on the seat.
This is the seat after initial sanding with the Festool RO 150 which is a very handy dual action sander not only does it do a great job at removing material it also suck up almost all of the dust it produces saving clean up time and our lungs.
