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sculpted cherry dana dining chair
major props to sam maloof.......he inspired me to just start a chair. recently finished the fourth and my craft is definitely improving.
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Sculptured Maloof Inspired Chair
3 commentsA Christmas gift for my son. This low back chair in bubinga is from an original design by Sam Maloof, with some modificaitons. I especially like the grain pattern. The chair...
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The Pennsylvania Rocking Chair
A unique design employing bent lamination backbraces and rockers, floating backbraces that bend and turn to conform to the sitters shape and a coopered headreat which lets the grain flow in only one...
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twins double highchair
4 commentsThis is a solid maple highchair that I built for my twin boys. The design is my own, although it is loosely based on a dining chair that I saw. I turned or carved or shaped every single...
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"for lovers only rocking bench"
"For my brother" made of white birch,mortis and tenon wedge construction,2 oil paintings (copied from 2 swedish paintings done in the 1640 ,24k gold guilded arrow head and other parts .5' length
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Continuing on Ladder Back - The Centerline Framework
4 commentsAbout two weeks ago, I showed the beginning steps involved in making the SketchUp model of a Ladder Back Chair - mainly the creation of the Back Posts. In this post, I will continue the modeling...
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Childs glider chair, for my 18 month old foster grandson
This chair is made of Oak which is stained and then a couple of coats of polyurethane. The seats and back are cover with denim place mats. The back has a pocket with...
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Toddler Rocking Chicago Cub
I had made a toddler rocking horse 20 years ago. I changed the horse head to the Chicago Cub's head. The project came out great.
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Rene Russo Visits Sam Maloof
Rene Russo tours Sam Maloof's house and talks about her experience with the famous woodworker.
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Organizing, Bundling, and Printing Full-size Templates
10 commentsI've emphasized often, the benefits in the shop of having full-size templates as an output from the SketchUp model. Until now, I've created these templates one-by-one, printing as jpgs or pdfs on a...
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Making a Tapered Bend
2 commentsFollowing my last post, I felt somewhat uncomfortable about taking a short-cut with the Back Post. Rather than executing a bowed bend for the upper section of the Back Post, I simply rotated the...
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Flashback: The 1956 Debut of the Eames Lounge Chair
Watch part one of a black and white television interview with the iconic furniture designer Charles Eames moments before he unveiled to a national audience the Eames Lounge Chair.
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Starting a Ladder Back Chair
2 commentsHere is the method I use to start the SketchUp modeling of an 18th C Ladder Back Armchair.
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Chippendale wing chair frame
2 commentsMiniature(childrens) size wing chair frame with Philadelphia style ball and claw foot. Made from mahogany, soft maple(secondary), and poplar(secondary). Brackets were added to support...
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auto aristocracy
This is a piece I completed in my undergratuate years. I was trying to fuse classic furniture styles with classic automobile forms. It is constructed of solid poplar (including a coppered back), and...
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More on Ladder Back Chair Back Slats
7 commentsRecently I have been modeling an 18th C. Ladder Back Arm Chair (Connecticut, Circa 1740). Here is a picture of the modeling status so far. Again I faced the creation of Back Slats - four...
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Video: Quick and Easy Angled Chair Rail
2 commentsHow to draw a quick and easy angled chair rail in SketchUp
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18th Century campaign chair
2 commentsThe hallmark of British campaign furniture was portability; therefore, the furniture taken on a war campaign either folded flat or broke down. With 14 hinges, this chair folds flat.
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