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Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #1: Bookmatched Walnut Slabs
My wife wanted to buy a new kitchen table. After much convincing, I was able to convince her that we should spend that money on a walnut slab rather than buying a set from a big box furniture store. I...
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Arts and Crafts Dining Table and Chairs #1: Design and Table Top Glue-up
I’ve been planning this project for quite some time. I actually started building reproduction Gustav Stickley Spindle chairs about three years ago. Other projects and a move got in the way, and they’ve...
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Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #2: Filling Knots and Cracks, Butterfly...
I’ve made some progress on the kitchen table in the last few days. I started filling the knots and cracks in the top with epoxy. This is a messy job, and its a pain to get all of the bubbles out. I’m...
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Arts and Crafts Dining Table and Chairs #2: Flattening the Table Top
A question was asked in part 1 of this series on how to flatten the top… I started replying in the comment thread, but decided to just make it part 2. I’m investigating building a dining table myself....
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Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #3: Prepping the top
Well after many hours in my cold shop and a couple of trips to my neighbor’s cabinet shop, the table top is ready for finishing. I have to thank my neighbor, who owns a home remodeling company, for...
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Nakashima Inspired Walnut Slab Table #4: Finished (Almost)
I spent the better part of the last two weeks applying Arm R Seal to the table. The table top got four brushed coats of full strength Arm R Seal on each side. Between each coat I buffed with a 1000...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #1: Selecting Lumber, Laying out Parts, and...
I’ve been wanting to build a Maloof style rocker for about as long as I’ve been a woodworker (about 4 years I think)... I always put it off thinking that my skills werent there yet (still think that)....
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #2: Preparing the Seat
Part 2 of my chair build—based on Hal Taylor’s plans. With the seat glued up, it was time to flatten it, trim it to size, and cut the notches for the back legs. In terms of flattening, I just wanted it...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #3: Finishing the Seat
It’s been a long time since I made a blog post. I’ve been taking photos throughout the process, but I havent had a chance to update the blog. So here goes: The last post left off with the seat carved...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #4: Cutting and Shaping the Back Legs
The legs were cut from bookmatched slabs shown in post #1. The first step was cutting the pattern out of the blanks. With the legs cut, I marked the inside portion that needed to be removed: Next, I...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #5: Cutting and Shaping the Front Legs
I didnt take a whole lot of photos of the front legs, but here are the few I got: Post #1 shows the slabs and the pattern that was used to outline the front legs. The first photo shows me rounding over...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #6: Shaping the Back Braces
The back braces were made by cutting thin strips, “lams,” and then laminating them together on a form. Each back brace consists of four lams. The top and bottom lams are Walnut, the same as the rest of...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #7: Shaping the Arms
Next up was to shape the arms. Again, credit goes to Hal Taylor and his plans for making this build possible… The arm blanks are the two wider boards right in the center of this photo: The first step...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #8: Coopering the Headrest
The plan for the headrest calls for a 29.5” radius. Hal likes to orient the grain vertically so as to flow with the rest of the chair – which I agree adds to the elegance of his design. To do this, I...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #9: Laminating the Rockers
At this point, all of the pieces for the chair have been milled and roughly shaped—except the rockers. The rockers are made using the same basic process as the back braces. I cut nine 1/8” thick “lams”...
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Rocking Chair Build - Due Oct 5 #10: Assembly, Sanding, and Finishing!
Ok, finally after about 8 months of work (in my spare time between full time job and full time school), all of the pieces are done. It was time to assemble and glue up the chair! I started by gluing on...
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