Restoring an 80-Year-Old Rocking Chair

A good friend of ours recently dropped a very well-loved rocking chair off at our house for an attempted repair. I say attempted because the chair was literally holding on by a thread, and when I took off the crest rail the entire thing fell to pieces. She bought the chair 30 years ago at an antique store estimating it was already 50 years old when she bought it.
It's fun fixing such an old piece of furniture, and it's a welcome change to the precision of building something new. I enjoy figuring out how the original craftsman built the piece and doing all the problem-solving to get the thing apart and back together again.

[@brittanychristian9846]

!! What a great restoration video. But…the shop is also beautiful. Give us a tour of the shop and tool setup!!

[@Ernzt8]

Nice job!

[@FAMAWoodworking]

Impressive job, as always!!!

[@johnt.willette2630]

Great Job, Courtney...as usual!! Really enjoy your work, and the filming of your work; you must have been up since O dark thirty?

[@josepholachea7353]

I’m assuming you restored it so well that you didn’t return it to your friends lol looks great!

[@StarrWoodworks]

Haha I did enjoy it for a few days, but it’s already gone!

[@ErnestoRodriguez-fn1sh]

Muy bien, es una mecedora bonita y merece otra oportunidad 👌👍🇪🇸

[@monteashmore3730]

You didn't show it. But I hoped you removed the old glue before you reapplied the new.

[@tattooedgamer1980]

Ok man I have to ask, what would you charge to redo an old rocking chair? It's was my great grandfather's chair that was passed on to my poppa and now I want to get it redone for my wife to rock our babies to bed

[@slajdaa]

What? Why not biscuit joint?

[@user-uz5cb5ow7o]

なぜ無傷な部分にビスを揉むのか。理解に苦しむ。

[@MiguelGarcia-yx9im]

I can’t see anything? The screen is black

[@DemetrioAlbidrez]

Great Video 📸 !! The real problem is that : Too many Fat People say on the Chair 💺 for To Long of A Time !! 👍😋🙏🏽

[@StarrWoodworks]

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