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Title: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: kyjondeere on August 10, 2018, 10:23:02 AM
Just completed this Adirondack Chair project using 4/4 black cherry off my farm and milled on my Lumbermate 2000.  I thought it turned out well for my woodworking skill level which is beginner or lower if there is such a thing.   :D

Here's a couple of photos.  
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31108/Adirondack_3.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1533910485)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31108/Adirondack_4.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1533910485)
 
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: Ljohnsaw on August 10, 2018, 10:29:44 AM
Very nice!  Are you going to finish with a clear finish?  Will it live on a covered porch or will it be yard furniture?  I'd hate to see such nice wood baking out in the sun!
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: kyjondeere on August 10, 2018, 10:40:48 AM
It will be on a covered porch.  I plan on finishing with clear Australian Timber Oil.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: WDH on August 10, 2018, 07:49:57 PM
Nicely done.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: thecfarm on August 10, 2018, 09:51:09 PM
I would enjoy sitting in that talking to you. :)
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: Downstream on August 10, 2018, 10:13:29 PM
Very nice job.  Always extra special when you took it from tree to furniture.  Im pondering my next project.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: samandothers on August 10, 2018, 10:21:36 PM
Very nice and looks relaxing!  Did you build with green wood or did it dry for a bit?
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: LeeB on August 10, 2018, 11:11:16 PM
I like that design and have built quite a few of them just like it out of Cyprus, Cedar, and White Oak. Norm came up with a good chair.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: WV Sawmiller on August 11, 2018, 08:34:23 AM
  Need to re-design the chair so the cat does not like it so much or you will never get to use it. :D

   Well done.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: IMERC on August 11, 2018, 02:26:34 PM
Quote from: kyjondeere on August 10, 2018, 10:23:02 AMmy woodworking skill level which is beginner or lower


sure...
what ever you say...
uh huh..

your chair is very nicely done...
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: kyjondeere on August 13, 2018, 09:23:45 AM
Quote from: samandothers on August 10, 2018, 10:21:36 PM
Very nice and looks relaxing!  Did you build with green wood or did it dry for a bit?
The lumber was barn dried for about a year.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: kyjondeere on August 13, 2018, 09:27:27 AM
Quote from: LeeB on August 10, 2018, 11:11:16 PM
I like that design and have built quite a few of them just like it out of Cyprus, Cedar, and White Oak. Norm came up with a good chair.
I plan on building some more out of tulip poplar, cedar, white oak, and maybe walnut.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: LeeB on August 13, 2018, 01:21:52 PM
They are quite comfortable and very durable if built from a rot resistant wood. The first ones I built last 18 years out in the weather with no protective coating. The ones I built from white oak, only a few years. The cedar ones are still in use after about 4 years.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: Dana Stanley on October 27, 2018, 08:02:10 PM
Looks really nice, but I think it could use another cross support higher in the back of the seat back, or the boards may tend to move out of alignment as they dry and stabilize! 
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: LeeB on October 28, 2018, 10:01:29 AM
I've built the same design from green white oak, ERC, and cypress. Never had a problem with them. The cypress ones lasted for 18 years out in the weather, the cedar have over 4 years on them. The oak didn't fair as well but still usable after 4 years.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: Ukrop on April 26, 2020, 08:46:14 AM
These Adirondack chairs are awesome! I wanted to craft my own ones too but couldn't find any good plan on the Internet.
Anyway, nowadays many manufacturers produce good Adirondack chairs not only from wood but even from plastic lumber. I must consider that our Highwood AD-CHL1-NBE (https://wisepick.org/best-plastic-adirondack-chairs/#product1) chairs "stay alive" for 3 years already. But, of course, wooden chairs would be better. Nice work!
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: kantuckid on April 26, 2020, 10:02:05 AM
Quote from: Ukrop on April 26, 2020, 08:46:14 AM
These Adirondack chairs are awesome! I wanted to craft my own ones too but couldn't find any good plan on the Internet.
Anyway, nowadays many manufacturers produce good Adirondack chairs not only from wood but even from plastic lumber. I must consider that our Highwood AD-CHL1-NBE (https://wisepick.org/best-plastic-adirondack-chairs/#product1) chairs "stay alive" for 3 years already. But, of course, wooden chairs would be better. Nice work!
There are several easily found patterns for those chairs sold. Look some more.
They don't work for us unless a wood that takes weather though.
I don't have a pattern for them but an outdoor type of chair I've seen all over the southern part of Yucatan, Mexico is the Mayan folding chair.
If you use google images you see them come up. the design is best if a piece of SS heavy wire makes the hinge point seen in the back seat folding area. They use a non-rot tropical jungle wood similar to teak. I'd use osage or white oak here.
They are even more comfy that the Appalachian chairs which require a pad for my butt to be comfy very long. Take a look/see.
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: RPF2509 on May 07, 2020, 03:05:08 PM
I've seen some designs that have a reinforcing upright on the backside from the legs to the back cross piece.  To me the design you used looks cleaner.  Is your chair solid or could it use the extra brace?
Title: Re: Adirondack Chair Project
Post by: Unclefish on May 07, 2020, 06:38:12 PM
Looking good . I want to build a some to. Watched some YouTube videos building some. Not sure if I have the patience to make them. Maybe next winter project