frewI 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
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
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
After fitting rockers. #woodworkers
Stage 1. Would have liked to do stage 2 tonight but I gotta start winding down #woodworking
Triple checking. #woodworking
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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Jason844 🙃
javensbukan@frew It's beautiful! 😍
@javensbukan thank you 🙇♂️
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Richard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)@frew ohhhhhhh winding sticks
Thomas Sibley@frew so the gummy bears are solidified… BLO? something else?
Daniel Bohrer@frew I mean, it's a box that's glowing red around the bottom. I wouldn't trust it either 
Eric McCormick@PalmAndNeedle @frew not a concern unless it starts smoking as well right?
Corey Snipes 🌱@frew Your workspace looks so incredibly pleasant.
@coreysnipes haha this is not my shop. It’s Peter Galbert’s
@frew Ah, I should have checked the top post! Nice that you get to work in it, anyway. Looks like a delightful course and your chair is fantastic. 👍
@coreysnipes no worries!
wedge@frew what are those tools on the windowsill? They look like they're made to carve shallow hollows?
@PalmAndNeedle they are travishers for shaping seats. https://cminihanwoodworks.blogspot.com/p/travishers_26.html?m=1
@frew Aaaah
Nathan Arthur@frew the action shot gives a lot of useful context! A few questions:
1. Is it comfortable?
2. I’m surprised at the upswept and out-twisted angle of the arms - but how is it to sit in?
3. This chair, like others I’ve seen, seems narrow at the back of the seat. Is it? Does it feel small?
4. Wow, the back is tall! I didn’t realize.
(But don’t let me distract from you feeling proud of yourself - I’ll bet it feels great to sit in such a fine chair, that you made yourself!)
@narthur all good questions!
1. It is very comfortable, and we tweaked everything (back spindle location, angle, the rock, the height) to optimize this
2. I think this is the same question as 1 really; it sits great!
3. This is a good question. When I was sitting in the chair it didn’t feel narrow to me, *but*, many of the chairs in his shop were a little narrow for me. This chair is a little wider and has less saddling than some others.
@frew oh! I guess I assumed this was a “standard size” - but it sounds like it’s more customized exactly to you. Awesome!
Lot⁴⁹@frew as happens on any good voyage :p
@PalmAndNeedle correct
Federico Mena Quintero@frew what a nice chair!!!
@federicomena thank you!
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?
Abhijit Menon-Sen@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.