01-01-2017, 07:34 PM
I spent the last day of the year weaving a hickory bark seat on a rocking chair I made. It is a big job and hard on the fingers but the results are worth it.
The chair is made from red oak and the plans came from an article by Brian Boggs in Fine Woodworking Magazine. I made another one of these chairs out of walnut about 10 years ago also with a hickory bark seat. It sits on my screen porch every summer and the seat still looks great.
I had to taper the width of each warp strip from front to back because the seat is narrower in the back. This proved to be more difficult than it sounds. When the seat is fully dry it will get a light oil finish. Overall I am pleased with the result.
The chair is made from red oak and the plans came from an article by Brian Boggs in Fine Woodworking Magazine. I made another one of these chairs out of walnut about 10 years ago also with a hickory bark seat. It sits on my screen porch every summer and the seat still looks great.
I had to taper the width of each warp strip from front to back because the seat is narrower in the back. This proved to be more difficult than it sounds. When the seat is fully dry it will get a light oil finish. Overall I am pleased with the result.