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Rocking Chairs and Dining Furniture Designed for Comfort and Built to Last Since 1992.
Gary Weeks & Co. - Furnituremakers

Our Rocking Chair Splats

The splats in our chairs are curved to fit your back.

rocking chair splats on a dolly
  • The curve of the backsplats was found by testing and is proven by review.
  • We select so the growth rings are perpendicular to the edge that will become the face of a splat: the strongest orientation.
  • We choose two blocks of wood, end to end in the board, that will make at least four splats each.
  • We produce them with precision. Note the "run" of splats on the dolly in the photo above.

We use a fixture to guide the splat blank over the pattern shaper and true its face to line and curve.

Autumn truing face of rocking chair splat

With the help of a marking gauge and a point guide clamped to the bandsaw table, we cut a splat from the block, at the same time making a rough cut for the face of the next splat.

Aaron sawing a rocking chair splat
marking gauge and rocking chair splat

And so on we go: 
One of us truing the face of a splat at the shaper, 
and one of us sawing the splat from the block at the bandsaw.

Aaron and Austin running rocking chair splats

We sand out the milling marks and fit the thickness of the splat at our shop-built chairback sander.

Austin sanding rocking chair splat at chair back sander
Austin fitting rocking chair splat at chair back sander

We round over the edges on the router table.

rounding over rocking chair splats

We sand to fit.

Audra sanding splats to fit

They fit.

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