Fixing a glider rocking chair

[@smallpotatoes8226]

This why I came to this channel originally , years ago. Combo of mechanical, woodworking and macgyver.

[@knpstrr]

I was expecting him to sand/refinish the piece, but I understand not going through that trouble

[@xedasxedas]

@@knpstrr There are channels that go that route outhere

[@al1843]

I’m here for the moccasins.

[@cbalan777]

If he was McGuyver he would have been able to turn that thing into a jet pack.

[@rchavez5056]

@@cbalan777 with Gum

[@sephalon1]

"Rachel picked up this glider rocker off the curb..." - Man you two are a match made in heaven. :)

[@Ian_Hay]

Wait, wait wait! New baby coming? Is this the first we’d heard of this? Congrats!

[@vallejokid1968]

Ian Hay word! First I’ve heard too.

[@vonantero9458]

Jay, the woodworking engineers from Canada are multiplying again!

[@joethompson11]

Right!!?! Congrats Matthias!

[@dr.kraemer]

Right, bury the lede much? Mazel, Wandels!

[@allanpage]

I love that you leave on the frustrations you have. It makes me realize that you're not perfect and that the things you do are within my scope of ability. Getting frustrated doesn't mean I failed it means I'm human. Love your content. Thanks.

[@Judahmangi]

Imagine throwing away your old rocking chair, then finding this video just to have Mattias call you fat and scoff at your shoddy repair attempts 😁

[@jwatkins5155]

I was just thinking that 😅 then calls Rachel out for getting chocolate

[@cbalan777]

I can only hope one day he'll make something better out of my discarded furniture.

[@rchavez5056]

And to find out that the owner is not fat. 😂

[@MarkH10]

That's what I thought. How embarrassing that the guy down the street goes viral with my junk.

[@martinhebrank852]

Something tells me that someone who threw that chair away would not be looking at Matthias's channel.

[@marksilverman]

Had to check to see if this was an old video because (a) it's classic Matthias content and (b) they've got a baby on the way. He builds machines and she builds humans!

[@cpobyrne1]

he might have provided the screwdriver for (b) !!

[@seigeengine]

That was not an image I needed cpobyrne1

[@wubzzinator]

Congratulations to the both of you!

[@TheChaznw]

Thanks! I just found a glider while walking my dog and picked it up later. It isn't in as bad condition as yours but I had some annoying clunks while rocking. Several of the bolts needed tightening but when I tried to tighten them they just spun because of the ball bearings. I used a C clamp to squeeze the pieces together enough to keep the bolt from spinning while I tightened the nut. The clunk is gone but now I have some squeaks that I need to track down. Always enjoy your creative woodworking.

[@Tictacpanter]

As a normal weight person- I can testify that these gliders just don't stand up to any form of abuse; Such as pulling the chair from side to side in order to move it. Leaning on one side and pushing with the other leg also can cause significant damage if there is any play in the linkages. Believe me, as a parent you really put the test to any type of engineering due to the nature of trying to entertain/sedate children. The fact you found such an old one is testament to the materials used.

[@TechGorilla1987]

A Canadian with no metric drills. What kind of Alice In Wonderland scenario are we watching here?

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

Metric drills are quite rare in Canada. Fractional are in the hardware store. Fractional, Number, Letter in the industrial suppliers Metric in industrial suppliers only, but not that common.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@@12345NoNamesLeft I was being humorous and ended up learning something. That's why this place is kinda cool.

[@MrArchoir]

Even worse, he's a german without metric drills

[@dinolino3313]

@@MrArchoir He has more than enough metric drills :D

[@Don.Challenger]

Foolish fellow, as you should know, the original rabbit hole was imperial.

[@billybobjoe198]

Perseverance here. You're willingness to continue on with a repair or project despite a big set back is always inspiring.

[@dankolar6066]

Thank you for sharing. BTW, a rare earth magnet on the screwdriver shaft often encourages the screw to stay on the bit long enough to wedge it in the hole.

[@TheMrWoodsman]

Matthias I have been watching your videos for about 6 years now and still get excited when I see a new one, your skill as an engineer and woodworker is excellent, wish your good lady well from me and I hope all goes nice and smooth in May! Paul

[@frostrap]

I have a rocking chair (not a glider) that squeaks kindof like this glider does. Our kids actually found the sound really soothing when they were babies. I have many memories of rocking in that chair for hours.

[@KinglyMinotaur]

I love the smarter not harder approach he takes to everything. Build-your-own furniture dolly, cutting a slot in the bolt to let a powertool do the threading. simple things add up

[@briannelson605]

I'm still waiting for the jump test

[@AKQuaternion]

New baby congratulations!

[@SadamFlu]

Cutting a slot into the bolt to back it into the the next bit of wood with a drill is the genius of why I watch you Matthias. I learn a lot from your outside of the box thinking.

[@twwoodcrafts7504]

Great job Matthias, and congrats on the new baby, cant wait to see the new future wood baby toys.

[@tedh7543]

People trash these gliding rockers like crazy. My wife and I have three of them that work great now. We had to fix one of them, and re-fabric the cushions on two of them, and buy a new cushions for one of them. They are nice comfortable chairs that help people that like to rock! You are right Matthias, they also work great as nursing chairs.

[@rawovunlapin8201]

Now I'm just imagining Matthias with an electric guitar on the rocker.

[@calebbell5018]

Congrats to you two! Exciting that a new baby is due :D I was sure you fixed a glider once in the past, I need to check your back-catalog!

[@georgemiller2129]

Did a similar repair. The bearing/bolt hardware used was impossible to find, but I found that skateboard bearings are cheap and the same size. I just had to source new bolts for the skateboard bearings.

[@joshmann2525]

I think you may be the last Canadian youtuber using the Maximum drills they handed out a few years ago. Bravo!

[@BEM684]

I love all your videos but I specifically bookmarked this one because you showed the various tricks you used to replicate that piece of wood and get all the hole centers, depths and diameters matched up. There's a ton of entertaining woodworking videos on youtube but things like that are worth watching twice.

[@pheenix42]

I'm reminded of a dresser at a local thrift shop that I wanted to get, even had a rough plan in mind to make the repair on it..you guessed it, someone else bought it. Years ago I wanted to get a rocker like this for my cousin when her grandbabies started arriving, and I regret to this day not figuring out how. Ah well. I know your missus will greatly appreciate the effort you put in.

[@ArtimusPrimus]

Congrats on the baby. I just found one on the side of the road and was looking how to repair it.

[@Bluuplanet]

I fixed one of these also. The bearings were still all in place on mine but they were popping out and the base was loose and wobbling from side to side and parts were rubbing that weren't supposed to touch. Mine required the base with the two vertical parallel boards to be reinforced by adding two more boards turning the base into a box. It is now much stronger and better than it was new.

[@macswanton9622]

Complete with vintage creak and groan. ~Perfetto~

[@michaelpichette4143]

Congrats on your upcoming baby! My family will also be growing in May :)

[@dustinschaefer1]

Next video "fixing a squeaky glider rocking chair"

[@MarkH10]

My wife put that out there without my permission! Can I have it back? BTW. This is exactly what I so miss about your channel. More problem solving videos, Please!

[@eugenetswong]

Thanks! It's nice to know what we can realistically get out of difficult projects.

[@sarto7bellys]

I hated woodwork with a passion at school in the late 60’s, but for some reason I really enjoy watching you work making things, long may you continue atb from England

[@aag24]

Still think of that amazing place in the country you moved briefly to. What an amazing place that was. Good luck to you all, sir.

[@ermite_music]

Congratulations Matthais!!

[@purplealice]

When I was a little kid, my dad got Popular Mechanics magazine every month, and they used to have lots of DIY plans for glider/rockers and similar 1950s furniture. You may be able to find some of these old projects.

[@stevesfascinations1516]

Nice video - thanks for leaving the screw dropping on the floor part - that happens to me more times than not! Thumbs up!

[@Wordsnwood]

That was actually a really well done and well thought out repair. I think it was worth the main channel, but maybe I'm just not picky enough. Best wishes to you and Rachel with the upcoming event!

[@matthiasrandomstuff2221]

I think you are right. It's doing much better than I expected. I had second thoughts about uploading this one, fixing a chair isn't *that* interesting.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice work Matthias! I'm sure Rachel! will be very happy to get to use that rocking chair :) Thanks for sharing the video with us!👌👍😎JP

[@rick_.]

Always nice to see something rescued from just being thrown out.

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

Congrats on the increasing family. The rocker would look great painted white.

[@ddutton0]

Congratulations on the new baby!

[@EvanDunville]

Congratulations on the baby, nice fix!

[@MD-en3zm]

You should make a quickie circle cutter for the drill press. Handy when you need a wacky size hole. You can buy them pretty cheap too, but I’m sure you could make one and I’d be interested to see your take on it.

[@hamstereyes]

Congrats on the third baby!!

[@gafrers]

Congratulations for the new baby

[@rpavlik1]

Ah, now I know how to take mine apart and refurbish it when that becomes necessary. Impressed how good it sounded with just one new bearing and oil!

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Nice job and a fairly decent piece of furniture

[@chefdan87]

This is a project i always wanted to see you make, not just repair. Now get to work!

[@worstuserever]

That looks exactly like a chair my mother has owned for about 20 years. Hers is still in great shape, but this video could be helpful if it starts falling apart. I even have spare bearings that were meant for my old motorbike.

[@tanmanhnguyen5932]

Congratulations on baby #3

[@rootvalue]

Thank you so much for captions Matthias!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@unolisto]

This is main channel material Matthias! Great work. Tolles Video.

[@webchimp]

Didn't realise it wasn't

[@Timshowtomake]

Nicely done, a Baby? Again ? Matthias has to much time,🤔🤔🤔 congratulations for the good work and for the chair repair hahaha

[@welshman100]

Another baby? Damn son. Congrats and good luck :D

[@pjmakovinyi]

Congrats to the baby! thanks for the good videos

[@cassiebrighton]

Thanks, I was not able to find the right part for the replacement, because I did not know the part name for the bearing.

[@adamchilafoe3596]

Just wondering if you can fix my oak line on the piece. The wooden piece is broken and let me know if you need to help

[@andyh9382]

Love these kinds of videos, just yesterday I finally built me a pair of saw horses from your plans years and years ago. VERY happy with them. All out of 2x4. Excellent stack-ability and very sturdy!

[@EyeOnTheTV]

Crikey!! baby number 3???? Congrats to you and Rachel

[@nj8719]

Congrats on the new bub!

[@weekendproductions3161]

thank you for still keeping the videos coming even tho there obviously is a lot going on in your real live! congratulations!

[@bt8831]

I like your determination and willingness to try

[@batbawls]

All fixed and ready to go back out on the curb

[@negotiableaffections]

Great job! And congrats to you and Rachel.

[@kaylizzie7890]

I got a glider off the curb too. It was a little squeaky but worked ok. Unfortunately, my dog jumped on it and now it’s not gliding very well at all. I was hoping to find a way to fix it but this seems a little out of my wheel house. I might have to hire someone to fix it for me.

[@kookyflukes9749]

Nice save. Recycling and repurposing is the future.

[@sc2h5creations5]

Third child? Now's when the real fun starts! Congrats!

[@esotericsean]

"Before the baby comes" :O Another? Wow, congrats!

[@sfn4702]

Great video! Would love watch a full restoration on it.

[@sdcofer52]

Mathias, it is so much fun to watch your videos like this one. It would be interesting to get the response from the fellow (I'm assuming it was a fellow) that made the repair on this rocking chair the first time. Your approach to these sort of problems is great, one step at a time and a logical attack results in reuse of something rather than filling up a repository of our materialistic society (dump). Right, it's only one chair, but do the math, if everyone adopted this approach, to the best of their abilities, we could make a significant difference on this blue marble hurtling through the vast, empty void of our universe (that can't possible have an end to it, so what does it really matter?). Keep it up.

[@NicoSmets]

What an honour for botched furniture to end up at the Wandel healing bench.

[@agentstarling9998]

That was brilliant countersinking that bearing into a drilled hole. Now THAT is thinking outside the 🔲!

[@wilsonhardy2100]

Oh the great lengths a loving husband will go to for his expecting bride. Congratulations on baby trey. God bless

[@sampull3541]

“Beauty”... the second most Canadian thing one can say. (“Sorry” being the first) 😃

[@jimp7015]

This may be my favorite of all your vids. I have great appreciation for those who have the skill and willingness to bring life to beautiful wood furniture. Gliders are a wonderfully comfortable design and I suspect it'll shortly become Rachel's favorite - especially if you build a matching glider footrest. Incidentally, you commented that you have no metric Forstner bits. In Canada? Are you coming over to the dark side? If so, welcome.

[@MarroktheWarrior]

Great repair and congratulations on the baby! Are your other two excited?

[@markwatson9816]

We had one of those that we bought new and from day 1 it creaked just like yours! Still freaked when I passed it to another couple while they were expecting.

[@JohnColgan.]

... and Momma to be has somewhere she can sit & rock through her last trimester. Maybe it will last till she's an old granny and still relying on your mechanical skills to keep the chair creaking less than she is!! Good luck with the new family addition, he/she will have lots to learn from your mechanical genius

[@mitsuda]

Very subtle way to announce that you guys have a baby on the way ; ) Congratulations!

[@philipevens20]

Congratulations I've got a daughter due in may aswell.

[@MrPhotodoc]

Thanks. Fixing almost the same chair right now. Subbed.

[@d.k.1394]

Nice lil repair job

[@Dont_Poke_The_Bear]

The real question.... How would Matthias design a glider if he was starting from scratch? It would be interesting to see what you come up with.

[@webchimp]

Have a look at the motorised baby rocker video. That'll give you some idea

[@sonnysd]

Next time, you should fix something you find on the curb, and then return it. See them be amazed over the miracalous healing that a kind Canadian bestowed upon their furniture.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

So how stressful is this whole baby situation? Have you got time do do anything but baby stuff? Its difficult to imagine.

[@MrSgrafix]

Good work! Thank you for some woodworking hints!

[@TheNewton]

what I learned from this is there's a need a for a method to make *accurate* incrementally sized holes when you don't have the right sized bits.

[@balsalmalberto8086]

I mean cool skills and tools, your editing and break down is very good. But for the weekend home DIYer without all these tools and wood working skills. How would you repair and reuse the damaged wood? with epoxy or something? Could you reuse the bolt if realign the bolt with a little physical persuasion?

[@claytonmorgan8625]

congratulations to you and mummy

[@Veso266]

You are realy good at making stuff specialy good at making them out of wood, but how many babies have you made now?

[@loadzofhobbies4219]

This is worthy of the main channel.

[@CarAudioInc]

I hope you keep the wheels on it so she can rock & roll

[@stanleydenning]

Now, take it all apart again and sand it down and refinish it.Only the best for the misses. Sew up a new cushion too.

[@CharlesKiblinger]

Woohoo! Best wishes to you! Thanks for the great work over all these years.

[@BarneySaysHi]

With that last scene it's a rock'n roller chair.

[@63256325N]

Excellent fix! Thanks for the video.

[@canaan5337]

Nice you made a repair video and got a free chair out of it too.

[@613kc]

I have come to the Conclusion that's storing nuts and washers separately makes for a more convenient storage. 2:36 Anyone else found it that way?

[@wyattroncin941]

wow, you sure had a hard time getting those phillips screw back in. i sure wish there was a drive type that retained the screw on the end of the driver. maybe something like a slightly tapered square?

[@randybartlett3042]

Nice Canadian humor, eh?