In order to create an arm with a deep sweeping profile and also meet the front leg and back leg joints, the stock needed to be 2 1/2″ thick or 10/4.  The boards I purchased were only 8/4 requiring me to do a glue up to achieve the appropriate thickness.  Instead of gluing two, 2″ thick boards together and cutting off a lot of waste, I decided to cut into one of my 10″+ boards to create 4, 5″ wide pieces.  I then re-sawed them using the table saw to 1 5/16″.  The picture gallery the will be posted next shows them being glued up and then jointed and planed to 2 1/2″.  The arms are also book matched, meaning the two blanks were originally connected across their width as one 10″ wide board.  Enjoy.

Here you can watch as the front profile is cut for the back legs of the current rocking chair build.  The picture gallery will be posted tomorrow and follows the layout of the profile before cutting and the legs after they are cut.  The legs will still need to be finish shaped before final assembly.