Not really a business, but more a service that members might find of value.

Hal Taylor (of the rocking chair fame) has granted me sales rights for his book, paper templates, back brace hole template (BBHT), and 3-disc DVD set. This is so woodworkers out this side of the world can make one of his rocking chairs without paying an arm and a leg for having the plans, templates etc. posted from the US.

I’m authorized to sell to woodworkers in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The prices are:

  • Hal Taylor’s book How to Make a Beautiful Rocking Chair (CD in PDF format) — $19.95 (NZ and Japan $18.50)

  • Back brace hole template BBHT (new version) — $35.00 (NZ and Japan $32.00)

  • Full template set (paper templates for small, medium and large rockers) — $35.00 (NZ and Japan $32.00)

  • 3-disc DVD set How to Make a Hal Taylor Rocking Chair — $75.00 (NZ and Japan $70.00)


The prices above are Australian dollars, and the Australian prices include GST. Postage for all four items together within Australia is around the $17 mark.

Registered members of the U-Beaut Woodwork Forum will receive a 15% discount on the products (not postage) from now until 31 Dec 2014. If ordering, please let me know that you are a member, and also your member (user) name to get the discount.

This really is a beautiful and comfortable rocking chair, and the set of instructions in Hal’s book coupled with the DVDs make it a challenging but relatively easy-to-accomplish project.

For further details, please see my rocking chair web page at http://www.kskdesign.com.au/rocking_...templates.html

Please note that over the next month or so, there’ll be short periods when I won’t have access to the internet, so at times it may take me a few days to get back to you. I apologize in advance for this, but everything should be back to normal by early November.

Des King