Since I started our garden a couple of weeks ago, we've been itching for somewhere to sit outside. Well what else does an amateur wood worker do but decide to build a pair of Adirondack chairs. So I did some digging and found this chair with free plans online. It's called Jake's Chair and you can get the plans here.
So I printed off the plans and cut my templates out of hard board. I was amazed at how quickly my dream of sitting in a big comfy cypress chair was coming along!
But I hit a road block, my stash of cypress wasn't enough. So I gave Jeremy (WoodWrangler) a call yesterday and boy did he come through! He stopped working on his workbench for a few moments and helped me raid his stash to find some cypress, cedar, and douglas fir to use to finish out my chairs. The different species are going to work pretty well because the slats are coming from the cypress and douglas while the frame is cypress. Road block moved and on with my progress.
We had plans yesterday afternoon so once I got home from Jeremy's I unloaded the lumber and day dreamed about construction. We got home early enough last night for me to lay out the parts and decide how to cut everything out of the lumber. It was getting late, so that's where I left it last night.
On to this morning...
I spent some time messing with the garden this morning and once little man laid down for his nap I snuck out to the shop. I broke out the jig saw to start breaking down the lumber into pieces. Man there's a lot of curves in one of these chairs. I jointed the edges and ripped all of the straight line pieces I could.
Then it was on to the bandsaw. I was half way through cutting out one support and the bandsaw started making funky noises. So I took the cover off to see what was going on and this greeted me. Well dang it, looks like I need new tires.
But I wasn't deterred. I grabbed the jig saw and started cutting. Well, my jig saw is a piece of crap. The blade doesn't stay at 90degrees.
So I'm done with the Adirondack chairs for this weekend. Anyone have a good place to get new tires? How do I order them? By bs is 50 years old, so finding a replacement will probably be fun.
Thanks again Jeremy! Without you I wouldn't be this far!!
So I printed off the plans and cut my templates out of hard board. I was amazed at how quickly my dream of sitting in a big comfy cypress chair was coming along!
But I hit a road block, my stash of cypress wasn't enough. So I gave Jeremy (WoodWrangler) a call yesterday and boy did he come through! He stopped working on his workbench for a few moments and helped me raid his stash to find some cypress, cedar, and douglas fir to use to finish out my chairs. The different species are going to work pretty well because the slats are coming from the cypress and douglas while the frame is cypress. Road block moved and on with my progress.
We had plans yesterday afternoon so once I got home from Jeremy's I unloaded the lumber and day dreamed about construction. We got home early enough last night for me to lay out the parts and decide how to cut everything out of the lumber. It was getting late, so that's where I left it last night.
On to this morning...
I spent some time messing with the garden this morning and once little man laid down for his nap I snuck out to the shop. I broke out the jig saw to start breaking down the lumber into pieces. Man there's a lot of curves in one of these chairs. I jointed the edges and ripped all of the straight line pieces I could.
Then it was on to the bandsaw. I was half way through cutting out one support and the bandsaw started making funky noises. So I took the cover off to see what was going on and this greeted me. Well dang it, looks like I need new tires.
But I wasn't deterred. I grabbed the jig saw and started cutting. Well, my jig saw is a piece of crap. The blade doesn't stay at 90degrees.
So I'm done with the Adirondack chairs for this weekend. Anyone have a good place to get new tires? How do I order them? By bs is 50 years old, so finding a replacement will probably be fun.
Thanks again Jeremy! Without you I wouldn't be this far!!