Norm's Garden Chair

[John Reeves]

I made this out of 8/4 WO. Finished with Watko Exterior Natural Finish. My first time with so many mortise and tenon joints. It took me two days to get my chisels back in shape.

 

[Larry Rose]

Good looking chair John. I really like that finish.

 

[lwhughes149]

Good looking chair but don't you have to leave it outside?

 

[Travis Porter]

Looks perfect to me! Any changes you would do in hindsight now?

 

[Ray Martin]

John,

The chair came out REALLY nice.

Ray

 

[cskipper]

That is a great looking chair.

 

[DaveO]

That looks great, perfect in a shady garden setting like that. Now you just need to make a little side table to set your beer on :icon_thum

Dave

 

[John Reeves]

Thanks guys. I mostly used or tried to use the Delta Mortise attachment to the drill press but I had real difficulty getting the sides of the mortise smooth. The flexing of the hollow chisel or my poor alignment kept me cleaning out the mortises. The last few I did by hand. Very satisfying and came out better.

As for changes, I do not know. I was focusing on getting this right that I did not think of how to design it better.

I would change how I made it regarding the mortise attachment but that has been covered extensively in another post.

Also, this has been a lesson in how tough White Oak is.

 

[Big Mike]

:icon_thumJohn, that is a fine looking chair. Norm would be proud.:icon_thum

 

[Bas]

Beautiful! How many coats of Watco did you use?

 

[jeff...]

Who's Norm? Nice chair, good clean lines and good and wide, whoever Norm is...

 

[toolferone]

Well done John! You did Norm proud. It is a nice looking chair.

 

[nelsone]

Great looking chair! Now that you have everything figured out, you need to make another, along with the table for the beer!

 

[John Reeves]

I use two coats in quick succession then a third after 24 hours, just to make sure .

 

[sapwood]

Nice job John! I like the sturdy construction, it should last a few lifetimes :icon_thum

Roger

 

[erasmussen]

Thats too darn nice to leave outside
Great work:eusa_clap