frewFeb 24
I should have been posting here but forgot. I’m taking a chair making class in Maine with Peter Galbert! I’m on day 3, so here’s a picture from each day #woodworking
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And here are some other pictures I should have shared along the way #woodworking
Feb 24 at 10:35pmToot!
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first pic here is Peter being annoyed by a bit being dull so walking over to sharpen it for 20s (not exaggerating) second is the drive in yesterday #woodworking
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Day 4 #woodworking
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Day 5. Most parts go back in the kiln so they will be dry before they go into their mortises, and swell as they come up to typical humidity, locking them in place. Note also the requisite blood sacrifice has been made. #woodworking
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I have lost track of days. Maybe day 6? #woodworking
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Tomorrow we fit the rockers. #woodworking
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Before fitting rockers #woodworking
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After fitting rockers. #woodworkers
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Packaged and ready to check 🫡 #woodworking
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TSA didn’t trust my box. I made it into a kiln. #woodworking
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Stage 1. Would have liked to do stage 2 tonight but I gotta start winding down #woodworking
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Stage 2. #woodworking
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Triple checking. #woodworking
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Wrapping up. #woodworking
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Rocking chair. Made as part of a Peter Galbert workshop in Berwick Maine, so many of the parts I received and shaped, joined, glued, wedged, pinned, finished, etc. Seat is eastern white pine, rockers are hickory, spindles are red oak, and the rest is ash. Glued with glue I made at home. Finished with BLO and soft wax I made at home. #woodworking
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Show threadUweMar 8
@frew 👍🏼 👍🏼
The rocking chair turned out great! But during the presentation, I pictured you with Clint Eastwood's expression in Gran Torino sitting on his porch. 😁
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@ubo if only I had a porch (and a gun?) 😂
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@frew 😁
Show threadPalmAndNeedleMar 8
@frew well deserved!
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@PalmAndNeedle 🙏
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@frew What?!? You think you've earned a rest break?!?

Beautiful job!

Show threadJason844 🙃Mar 8
@frew Nice job! It looks great.
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@Jason844 thanks. I’m pretty pleased. There is, as usual, room for improvement, but I’m happy to sit in it
Show threadjavensbukanMar 8
@frew It's beautiful! 😍
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@javensbukan thank you 🙇‍♂️
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@frew Looking good! What's the rocker material - looks different from the rest? And what's the finish on the seat?
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@satterle seat is Eastern White Pine. Rockers are hickory. Spindles are red oak. The rest is ash. Finish is BLO and will add soft wax after it cures.
Show threadRichard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)Mar 6
@frew ohhhhhhh winding sticks
Show threadThomas SibleyMar 5
@frew so the gummy bears are solidified… BLO? something else?
Show threadDaniel BohrerMar 5
@trs @frew I was thinking about solidified hide glue, but they could also well be gummy bears given the amount of gelatin in them :D
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@daniel_bohrer @trs yep
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@trs hide glue made out of gelatin etc! I can share a recipe if you ever want to make it
Show threadRichard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)Mar 5
@frew @trs LOL this is how rumors of Jolly Rancher sour apple glue being the best begin
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@xabean @trs this glue was developed with actual flavored gummy bears so you’re not wrong!
Show threadPalmAndNeedleMar 4
@frew I mean, it's a box that's glowing red around the bottom. I wouldn't trust it either 
Show threadEric McCormickMar 5
@PalmAndNeedle @frew not a concern unless it starts smoking as well right?
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@edm00se @frew unless it's in a smoking area, yeah
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@frew You drove to Maine?!?
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@satterle absolutely not. Check as in checked bag. I flew.
Show threadCorey Snipes 🌱Mar 1
@frew Your workspace looks so incredibly pleasant.
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@coreysnipes haha this is not my shop. It’s Peter Galbert’s
Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 27
@frew Looking beautiful!
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@12thRITS thanks! It’ll be even better 💪
Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 28
@frew What species?
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@12thRITS seat is Easter white pine, spindles red oak, the rest you see is ash. Unsure what the rockers will be till Sunday
Show threadPalmAndNeedleFeb 27
@frew as happens on any good voyage :p
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@PalmAndNeedle correct
Show threadFederico Mena QuinteroFeb 27
@frew what a nice chair!!!
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@federicomena thank you!
Show threadwedgeFeb 28

@frew

Looking good.

That chair behind to the right, however, with the wraparound twisted armrests, looks uncomfortable if you leaned left or right. Maybe it’s just the photo.

What are all those curious pieces leaning up against the yellow cabinet in the back?

Show threadAbhijit Menon-SenFeb 28
@wedge @frew I was wondering about those too. I am curious if they're some kind of folding shaving horse.
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@amenonsen @wedge the helix chair with that crazy bend is inexplicably comfortable. I was sure it would not be but it really is.

Those things in the back are bending forms for creating the spindles in the backrest of the chair in progress.

Show threadNathan ArthurFeb 25
@frew that’s quite the jig!
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@narthur yes honestly I’d rather skip it but it was right there and made everything faster and easier so…
Show threadRyan OlsonFeb 26
@frew I love a high-backed chair.
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@BikesAndBBQ this will be the highest back chair I’ve made. Cat really *doesn’t* like them so it’s a struggle