My build you own chair program allows you to build your own beautiful rocking chair. You will be able to take home or ship your very own rocking chair built with your bare hands under my instruction. From the experienced woodworker to the inexperienced, you will be able to build a beautiful chair and understand the techniques and design features that makes your chair yours.
During the ten day course for the Inspiration rocking chair you will build you very own rocking chair from rough lumber under my instruction.
You'll learn and understand the entire rocking chair fabrication process
Lumber Selection - Sorting through rough lumber to find the pieces to build your chair is the first step in the chair building process.
Laying out the templates - How to best use the lumber for structural stability and beautiful grain orientation.
Dressing and cutting the lumber - Hands on use of all the tools required to dress (square up) your lumber and cut to size.
Layout and fabrication of joinery - How and why we use the joinery we use and of course learning the details of the famous Maloof joint.
Assembling the chair - Putting the pieces together, you finally get to see your chair come together!
Rough shaping - This is what makes your chair yours, you'll use the various power and hand tools required to create the sculpted joints, legs, seat and arms.
Sanding -You learn exactly the same sanding process I use on every piece I make. I make great use of powered sanders and I don't want to say how much hand sanding I actually do, if interested in know please contact me.
Finishing - I learned from Sam Maloof through books and videos on the specifics he uses to finish his pieces as well as taking in what Hal Taylor uses to finish his chair, my finish is a 3 part mixture rub on rub off.
Contact Paul Lemiski if your interested in building your own rocking chair
Have a look at the slide show below which travels through the fabrication of my Double Inspiration 1 built out of solid Brazilian Lacewood
