{"id":336,"date":"2015-01-28T22:11:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T06:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2015-03-08T13:56:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T20:56:16","slug":"rocking-chair-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"Rocking Chair Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-337 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-005-887x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Rocking Chair Repair 005\" width=\"474\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-005-887x1024.jpg 887w, https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-005-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFTER!! Reconstructed, missing pieces replaced, stained and finished with hand rubbed tung oil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I get more rocking chairs in for repair than any other piece of furniture.\u00a0 No surprise, really.\u00a0 They are favorites in most households and the very fact they are rocked back and forth thousands of time puts a strain, over time, on frames.\u00a0 This nicely proportioned solid oak rocker from the early 20th century was typical in that the original hide glue that held the joints together was nearing 100 years old and turning to powder, loosening all the parts.\u00a0 (Click on any image to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p>My first step was to disassemble the chair as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-339 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-001-1024x836.jpg\" alt=\"Rocking Chair Repair 001\" width=\"474\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-001-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-001-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then any missing or broken pieces are fabricated anew.\u00a0\u00a0 Old finish is removed via stripping and\/or sanding if the client requests it be done, as happened here .\u00a0 Then the chair is reassembled, in this case with new dowels and reconditioned seats for the dowels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-338 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-003-887x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Rocking Chair Repair 003\" width=\"474\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-003-887x1024.jpg 887w, https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rocking-Chair-Repair-003-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reassembled and awaiting finish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get more rocking chairs in for repair than any other piece of furniture.\u00a0 No surprise, really.\u00a0 They are favorites in most households and the very fact they are rocked back and forth thousands of time puts a strain, over time, on frames.\u00a0 This nicely proportioned solid oak rocker from the early 20th century was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=336\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rocking Chair Repair<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture-repair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}