You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of Deft
Oil finish. :-)

"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
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You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)
Not only is this chair just bee..yuu..ti..ful, but it looks very strong and
sturdy as well. It should last a couple hundred years or so.

The stripes on this chair is a real eye catcher.

Ya did good son, ya did good!

How much did this wood cost you? I can't really see the scale really well
from the photos. How is it size wise? Is it a little short or a full size
rocking chair?

Congratulations!

Definitely an Heirloom Piece

Woodson


"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
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You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)

"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
. ..

"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
news:ncNQj.4312$E77.4243@trnddc05...
You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)
Not only is this chair just bee..yuu..ti..ful, but it looks very strong
and sturdy as well. It should last a couple hundred years or so.

The stripes on this chair is a real eye catcher.

Ya did good son, ya did good!

How much did this wood cost you? I can't really see the scale really well
from the photos. How is it size wise? Is it a little short or a full
size rocking chair?
It is a full size chair. The design is one from Homestead Heritage. I had to
get permission to use the design again. I built a mesquite chair like it in
a class at Homestead Heritage. It is a Paul Sellers design. The 10/4 maple
cost me $13 a board foot. I have about $900 in the chair. I ruined a couple
of pieces that caused the price to go up:-(

"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft
Oil finish. :-)

Makes you itch with wanting to reach out and touch it ...

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"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
cost me $13 a board foot. I have about $900 in the chair. I ruined a
couple
of pieces that caused the price to go up:-(

$900 maybe, family heritage ~ priceless! I fully expect you to have signed
it somewhere.

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:33:07 GMT, "Lowell Holmes"
wrote:

You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of Deft
Oil finish. :-)



Gorgeous!

Wow!!!!!!!!! I hope my future great-grandson sees a post from your future
great-grandson bragging about the chair his great-grandpa build for his
grandpa.

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If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
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"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
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You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)

"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
It is a full size chair. The design is one from Homestead Heritage. I had
to get permission to use the design again.

Very ethical of you.

I built a mesquite chair like it in a class at Homestead Heritage. It is
a Paul Sellers design. The 10/4 maple cost me $13 a board foot. I have
about $900 in the chair. I ruined a couple of pieces that caused the price
to go up:-(



Not cheap, but you'd pay a lot of money to buy something of that quality and
you'd not have the satisfaction of having made a family heirloom.
Hopefully, your great grandchildren will enjoy it. Or at least enjoy
watching it burn in the fireplace as it is just an old chair.

Nice job.

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:33:07 GMT, "Lowell Holmes" wrote:

You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of Deft
Oil finish. :-)

Amazing craftsmanship!

Is that fiddleback maple?


mac

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Really nice, Lowell.. Beautiful wood and beautiful craftsmanship. The
Deft Oil did a pretty good job of highlighting the grain all by itself..!
By the way, if it makes you feel any better, I haven't seen any 10/4 locally
but 8/4 is going for $16.50/b.f. here. $13/b.f. sounds like a bargain to
me..

"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
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You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)

"Thanks for your kind words. The chair was a big challenge for me and I was
project fatigued. It'll be good to work on something else, but would you
believe I owe one to another of my offspring. I think I'll stay away from
curly maple. It is difficult to work in a lot of respects. I think I'll do
something in cherry, maybe craftsman style with ebonized tenons. i guess
it's time to study Darrel Peart's book. :-)

"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:33:07 GMT, "Lowell Holmes"
wrote:

Is that fiddleback maple?


mac

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The yard didn't call it that, I suspect they didn't fully realize how much
figure the wood had.

"Lowell Holmes" wrote

The yard didn't call it that, I suspect they didn't fully realize how much
figure the wood had.

If they did, they would have charged you more. I echo an earlier sentiment
when I say that you got that wood for a good price.

Lowell,
That is so beautiful, surely it will be a family heirloom and be treasured
through many generations

K.


"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
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You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of Deft
Oil finish. :-)

ROFLMAO!

Funny... mean... but funny!

K.

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"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
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You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)



Wow! Awesome job. Have you decided on the paint color yet?


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Lowell Holmes wrote:

You may remember I posted pictures of some maple I bought to make a chair
for my daughter and my new grandson. Well, here it is with two coats of
Deft Oil finish. :-)

That's mighty nice. Great design, great execution with some very striking
wood


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