Thanks guys.
The grain was "accidentally" intentional
Was looking for clear 2x12 white pine and the white pine at Lowes was all full of knots, but there was one completely clear yellow pine 2x12x10'. Decided the grain would look good plus the wood's harder, so basically I got lucky.
Unfortunately I didn't think to take any photos during the build. Construction was from a set plans bought from Rockler. Pattern was traced on the material using graphite tracing paper. All curves were cut w/ either Trion or bandsaw and then sanded using a 12" disc sander and/or sanding drums chucked in the drill press. All edges were rounded over using OF1400 and bearing bits.
Drilled 1/4 inch holes straight through the body using the drill press to ensure they were perpendicular to the body, 2 in the area for each leg and then clamped the legs on one at a time and drilled into the leg about an inch so I could use 1/4" dowels to hold the legs in position while gluing and clamping onto the body.
Plans called for a 1x12 to cut the rockers and platform pieces from, but couldn't find any clear pine reasonably priced so used 1x6 and cut the rockers in 2 halves. Joined them together w/ a butt joint and dominos and then glued and screwed a reinforcement plate on the back side of each joint. Platform pieces are domino'd and glued on the rockers. Sanded one rocker to fit the tracing and then used my Dad's shaper to trim the rest using the first half as a pattern.
Took a lot longer than I thought it would. Cabinets w/ straight panels are a lot easier to deal with the something where every piece is curved and angled.
Fred
