Patio rocking chair plans?

soggysawdust · Post by **soggysawdust** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:54 pm

Has anyone ever come across a decent set of plans for a patio rocking chair? I am trying to find something other than Adirondack chair plans and would kind of prefer a rustic type of design. I have some great local cedar that I bought a few months ago and I would like to use it for this project.

Any help will be appreciated,

Thanks - Phil

dlbristol · Post by **dlbristol** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:54 pm

I don't have plans, but I have made several of these. I looked around for a chair that I liked and then used it as a model for the others. I happened to find the model at a moving sale, but there are some that you can get retail that are pretty cheap. I took it apart as far as I could with out tearing it up to much then took dimensions off the parts or transfered outlines onto masonite for the rockers, arms and other curved parts. I modified the plans, replacing 3/4 stock with 1 1/2 and 5/8 with 3/4. It made for a better chair. This worked well for me.

foxtrapper · Post by **foxtrapper** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:04 am

Mission style
http://www.vintageinternetplans.com/rockingchair.htm
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_jo ... 73226.html

"porch" style
http://www.shawcreekgeneralstore.com/pl ... rocker.htm

Upright style
http://books.google.com/books?id=388DAA ... q=&f=false

soggysawdust · Post by **soggysawdust** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:16 pm

Getting close but no cigar quite yet. I have seen most of those plans and for some reason they just don't quite do it for me.

Thanks for trying - Phil

foxtrapper · Post by **foxtrapper** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:27 pm

Well, some of these aren't free. Most are more of a shaker type.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROCKING-CHAIR-PLANS ... 69003r8684

http://store.taunton.com/onlinestore/it ... 11209.html

http://www.craftdesigns.co.uk/chairs.html

http://www.finewoodworking.com/Projects ... px?id=2100

http://forum.canadianwoodworking.com/sh ... hp?t=13341

soggysawdust · Post by **soggysawdust** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:52 am

Thanks, I think the first one in the list may just be the one for me. I had not seen that design before and it appears to be the one I was looking for.

Phil

soggysawdust · Post by **soggysawdust** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:33 pm

Just got this plan in today (http://cgi.ebay.com/ROCKING-CHAIR-PL...115169003r8684) and it sure looks good so far. Fifty one pages of full size plans and I am most anxious to get started on this one. Probably going to have to wait until after Christmas due to work. I will hopefully get some pictures along the way.

Phil

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:06 pm

soggysawdust wrote:Just got this plan in today (http://cgi.ebay.com/ROCKING-CHAIR-PL...115169003r8684) and it sure looks good so far. Fifty one pages of full size plans and I am most anxious to get started on this one. Probably going to have to wait until after Christmas due to work. I will hopefully get some pictures along the way.

Phil

Congratulations, Phil! Glad you got what you wanted. Did you say "full size" as in trace-them-right-on-to-the-wood patterns? I hope that you make copies to use and keep the originals un-harmed. Looking forward to those pictures!

soggysawdust · Post by **soggysawdust** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:51 pm

The patterns are cut and paste of anywhere from 1 to 5 pages and I will for sure make copies before I cut them out. Very well done pattern and some color photo's to boot. I can't wait to start making some sawdust on this one. The only minor problem I can see is making some square dowels with tapered and rounded ends, I have never done anything quite like that before.

Phil