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Hal Taylor

maker from Fredericksburg, VA

Hal Taylor
Projects (6)
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Recommendations (9)
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About Hal Taylor

I graduated from high school in 1965 and volunteered for the draft a couple years later. Almost a year after joining the army I found myself in Viet Nam. It was quite a sight for a Kansas boy that didn't leave my home state until I was 18 years old. …

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Projects

Videos submitted by Hal Taylor

Rocking Chairs - Cutting seat joints
Cutting leg joints in the seat
Making a Rocking Chair - back legs
Cutting out back leg for rocking chair
Front Leg Transition Blocks
Cutting the blocks for the front leg/arm transition.
Why I rout joints vertically.wmv
An explanation of why I rout my rabbet joints with the chair seat in a vertical position.

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Recommendations for this maker

I spent a week with Hal Taylor in October 2008 when he taught me how to make his rocking chairs. Hal was an excellent teacher and was very generous, willingly sharing all of his tricks and techniques. Hal's rocking chairs are truly exquisite pie...

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Recommendation number one pretty much said it all, except a few small details. I have had the pleasure of working with Hal on several occasions. Namely to help him accumulate a few pieces for one of the trade shows which he used to attend, back in t...

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Even before he grew a beard, Hal made furniture that was both beautiful and functional. But his chairs are also comfortable! Ours, made of georgous curly cherry, is the furniture highlight of anyone who visits our house. Yet, the absolute test is to...

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Hal Taylor is a creative genius who makes the most comfortable rocking chair I have ever sat in. He knows his stuff like none other. I believe he has taken Sam Maloof's place as America's best rocking chair maker. You will have a chair of value th...

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Hal Taylor is, without a doubt, a master craftsman with an eye for detail and a desire for perfection. He refers to himself as the “other” rocking chair maker, a clear allusion to the art and craft of the late Sam Maloof for whom Hal has great af...

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Ronnie Hubbell wrote: Without a doubt my Walnut rocker is my most prized piece of furniture that I own. It is the focal point of my living room. The impeccable craftmanship and attention to detail and design is nothing short of musem quality. After researching Hal's legen...

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Peter Atkin Rocking Chairs, England wrote: I first came across Hal's Rocking Chairs at 'Chairs 2004' a specialist event in England where the finest chair makers from across the world were invited to attend and I am very thankful that I did! I subsequently became Hal's first student from En...

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Ted Monk wrote: There's a comment on Hal's website, www.haltaylor.com, by Colin Eden-Eadon, the Editor of "Furniture & Cabinet Making", Britain's premier furniture making magazine, that states "This is the most comfortable wooden chair I ever sat in!". Even though t...

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Norman and Kate Levin wrote: We acquired our first rocking chair in the 90's, and since then we have added two more. These are the most remarkable chairs we have ever seen or experienced. The back of the chair molds to your back and the finish and feeling of the chairs are indes...

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