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What a week it has been. Maureen and I finished the Jake's Chair. It is comfortable, but
we both felt it was larger than we wanted, so we used it as a prototype to make a more
traditional sized Adirondack Chair.
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We made this chair out of mahogany.
This sounds like it would be expensive but we used decking boards that our local lumber
yard stocks in 1" X 4" dimensions. At 70cents a linear foot ($2.10 a board foot)
it wasn't much more expensive that pine, and it is a lot more attractive and durable.
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We left off with Maureen scribing the arc for cutting the back slats. When I looked at that, I realized we were being foolish. After all, this jig has a backer board and spacers. By adding a pin at the center of the radius, we could make this cut automatically at the bandsaw. |
I simply clamped an auxiliary board to
the bandsaw table that was wide enough to support the jig and to have a positioning hole
at the 17" radius. Then, Maureen simply guided the assembly through the saw. It
worked like a charm.
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Now we start the assembly process. Even though there are many pieces to assemble, the actual assembly is pretty straight forward. |
Maureen is using screws for the base assembly since everything else will be "hanging" from that. |
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Next Maureen uses a square to line up the front leg with the arm runner and screws those pieces together. |
The plans specify the location that the back assembly should be attached to the front legs. |
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She can now attach the cross brace that will be behind the back slats. She only adds one screw at each side so that the brace can be swiveled to fit the angle of the slats. |