Plans for a sam maloof type rocking chair?

[flh801978]

Does anyone have any links to plans for sale or advice as to which are good plans or indeed any plans for sale or loan?

Ian

 

[AndyT]

Fine Woodworking covered this in issue 51 but you'll need a subscription to their archive to get to it.

 

[Harbo]

I always fancied making one but it is rather big and will take up a lot of space.

There's a series of videos on line where Sam gives a Master Class featuring the chair - makes you cringe at times seeing him use the bandsaw?

Philly was making one using the plans from CHT but last time I spoke to him he was still working on it?

Somebody else did one on here a long time ago - maybe worth doing a search?

Rod

 

[Kalimna]

If its of any use, I have built a Maloof style chair using the Hal Taylor plans/manual. In a nutshell, they worked together well enough to allow me to produce a chair I am rather chuffed with. The manual is not the greatest with regard to clarity or accuracy of labels, but a thorough reading should suffice. A particular irritation is a constant reference to 'thickness' or 'width' but without any plans or figures to specify where this width or thickness applies to on the specific part in question. There are no 'plans' as such either, but a set of full size templates on paper are quite sufficient. Hal is, however, very good at helping out via email on any issues you may have.
Cheers,
Adam

 

[flh801978]

Thanks for all the help
no matter how much I searched i still couldnt find and online seller
However after lots of searching I've managed to find hal taylors plans for sale
Just ordered them now

Ian

 

[flh801978]

I ordered the plans online from Hal on monday morning and they arrived on sat morning..that was quick..From america to here in 4 days