A rocking chair can be one of the most challenging pieces to build if you re a woodworker since it requires a lot of tools and pieces but you can still make a unique chair on your own.
Making a rocking chair rockers.
Calculate the arc to rise one to 1 1 2 inches from the cent to the tips of the rockers.
The most basic way to look at any rocking chair is to see it as the relationship between the center of gravity of the chair plus the person sitting in it and the shape of the rockers.
Rocking chairs need to have the right balance and weight when you make them or else they can tip over while you use them.
What is a center of gravity it s defined as the average location of the weight of an object.
Making rockers with bent wood lamination.
For a nursery rocking chair the arc of the rockers should be very small.