Former NASA space shuttle engineer who’s now a Montana chair maker creates DVD to teach the world how to build fine chairs

Scott Morrison, whose Montana home and workshop sit just above the Yellowstone River outside of Columbus, pointed to a recently finished wedding gift waiting for its shipping crate: A handmade rocker for two.

A San Francisco man ordered the double rocker for his bride and asked Morrison to engrave a message under the seat: "Grow old with me. Rock the nights away."

"I still get a thrill every time I build a chair. I just love the fact somebody else is going to love this like I did," Morrison said.

During his first career, Morrison worked as a NASA space shuttle engineer and started a California company that helped GPS locate 911 calls. In 1997, he and his wife, Valerie Morrison, surrendered their computer software careers and moved to Columbus to follow a dream of crafting fine furniture, chiefly chairs.

"Building an Elegant Rocking Chair" http://www.finewoodworker.com/

JAN FALSTAD Of The Gazette Staff

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