Gliding home for Christmas

[Gene Howe]

A gorgeous piece of work and a beautiful story.
The upholstery is really nice, too.

[artman60]

That's beautiful, Kudos!

[everettdavis]

Outstanding! Now that is a Shopsmith family to be proud of.

Merry Christmas to your entire family. Inspiring for all of us.

Everett

[jsburger]

Beautiful work. She will love it.

[shopsmithpaul]

Do we get to see a four-generation photo after Christmas?

How is the curved back made? I couldn't see any laminations, but it looks pretty large for cutting (the arc) on a SS bandsaw.

The back is made from a top, bottom, and 2 side pieces. Each piece is cut on the bandsaw using a using a circle cutter and a beam. I glued up 2 8/4 oak boards for one glue seem. I got lucky with the grain match. you could also use a large turning block. The hardware and plans are available from Shopsmith.

cutting back on glider

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[BuckeyeDennis]

Sweet! After you explained how it was done, I can find the lamination seam on the right side. But not on the left side, even though I know where it has to be.

[Bruce]

Very nice work!