Here are some simple instructions on how to build your own Adirondack Chairs. The chair height is 38 5/8" tall and 34 1/2" deep and 33" wide. This chair can be built for about $50.00 depending on the type of wood you choose.
MATERIAL: (Cedar, Redwood or Treated Pine)
- 1- 1x4x8
- 2- 1x4x10
- 1- 1x6x10
- 1- 1x6x12
- 1- 2z4x8
HARDWARE:
- 2- boxes of 1 1/4" deck screws
- 1- package of nail on furniture glides
- wood glue
- wood filler
- OPTIONAL- paint or stain of choice and brush
TOOLS:
- Table Saw
- Mitre Saw
- Router with 1/4" Round over Bit
- Jig Saw
- Drill Driver with Bits including #10 Counter Sink Bit
- Power Sander and Sand Paper
- Kreg Jig K4
- Compass and Beam Compass
- Clamps
- Flexible Metal Ruler
- Combination Square
- Tape Measure
- Pencil
You can sand each piece of lumber after cutting and before attaching OR after chair is completed.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Frame and Leg Assembly:
- Take a 36" piece of 1x6 and draw a grid with 1" squares as in the FIGURE 1- 01 pattern. Now draw the pattern on the 1x6.
- Cut 2- 01 A leg shapes.
- Attach 1 01 A leg to 1 02 B leg as in FIGURE 1. Build a second leg assembly (opposite the first) as in FIGURE 2. Use the remaining 2x4 to help position the parts.
- Attach the 03 leg brace to the leg assemblies, using pocket hole screws, as in FIGURE 2. Position the 03 leg brace to be parallel to the edge of the 02 B leg parts.
- Looking at FIGURE 2, put the 04 back leg brace on top of the 01 A leg parts so that the front edge is 3/4" back from the curve.
Back of Chair assembly:
- Cut a 25 degree angle on one long edge of the 07 arm support as in FIGURE 3.
- Looking at FIGURE 3, Lay out a 1" radius on the bottom outside corners of the 07 arm support opposite the angled edge. Now cut the rounded corners.
- Using the dimensions in FIGURE 3, attach the back slats 05 to the arm support 07 and to the back slat braces 06. Space the 05 slats evenly over the length of the back slat supports 06.
- Find the center of the middle back slat 05 and use a beam compass to draw a 15 " radius curve on the tops of the back slats as in FIGURE 3.
- Cut this radius.
Arm and back assembly:
- Set the back assembly on the sub frame so that the top of the lower back slat brace 06 locks under the front edge of the back leg brace 04. The angle of the back should be 90 degrees to the top edge of the back flat part of A leg 01.Attach the lower back slat brace 06 to the back leg brace 04 in FIGURE 4.
- Draw the pattern for the 08 arm on a 31" piece of 1x6 using the layout in FIGURE 5. ( the 09 arms are ripped from the 1x6.)
- Cut both arms to shape.
- Cut out 2 arm braces 09 using the layout in FIGURE 5.
- Using FIGURE 5 attach the arms 08 to the tops of the 02 B legs and to the arm support 07 with an equal overhang on each end.
- Attach the 09 arm braces to the 02 B leg parts with pocket hole screws so they are flush with the front edges of the B leg parts.
- Attach the 09 arm braces to the 08 arms with wood glue and screws.
- Cut 10 seat slats out of a 1x6
- Using a router with a 1/4" round over bit, round over the top long edge of each seat slat.
- Attach the 10 seat slats to the leg assemblies as in FIGURE 6.
- Fill pocket holes with wood filler.
- OPTIONAL-Attach nail on glides to the bottoms of legs.
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