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Thread: Making Rocker's Rocker
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2nd June 2005, 09:20 PM #91
Don,
I think, if the leg profile is too small to screw the dowelling jig to it, you could temporarily attach it with hot-melt glue, and perhaps support it with blocks clamped against the leg. You might have to make another dowelling jig, if you can't detach it cleanly. But I think it is worth pushing the envelope to try to rescue a project that you have spent so much time and effort on. I think you will find, if you can get the reclination angle right, that the rocker will turn out to be comfortable after all - I go and sit in mine if I am feeling stressed, and all the tension drains right away
Rocker
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2nd June 2005, 09:22 PM #92
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2nd June 2005, 09:45 PM #93Originally Posted by Rocker
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14th December 2006, 12:01 PM #94
Dumb question - could you (carefully) bore the holes with a brace & bit, using visual guides and a helper?
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14th December 2006, 12:20 PM #95
Probably; but it would still be easier to achieve the required accuracy by routing using my dowelling jig, see http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=35290 .
Rocker
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14th December 2006, 01:08 PM #96
Ahh yesss, Grasshopper.
The only way to get rid of a [Domino] temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde
.....so go4it people!
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17th December 2006, 11:28 PM #97
Don,
I think your rockers are way too flat (straight). If there were more curves on them then the weight of the back (centre of gravity) can pull the chair back to a better angle. At the moment your chair is like standing on a flat surface.
There is a disadvantage with gluing the legs and the rockers together first. There is no way to know if the rockers work unless the chair is fully assembled. If you build the chair first and place it on the rockers at the end then you can still make adjustments by adding more blocks to the rockers if necessary.Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com