Denette Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I will begin by being transparent and admitting that the elements for the chair's design were picked from different parts of chairs that my client liked from this website: http://www.celeski.com Truly breathtaking and bank-busting stuff over there. I made it from cypress with red oak dowels, and used all-wood joinery with Titebond 3, finished with an oil-based deck stain (the stain was the client's idea, not mine). Everywhere that you see a dowel is actual joinery, nothing is ornamental aside from the shaped boards. This baby could go through a metal detector and not make a beep. I cut the curves and whatnot from ½" MDF templates I made by looking at my scaled up ketchup model. Thanks to the fact that I'm a teacher and have the summer off, I'm spending the entire week (starting tomorrow) on a bench version of this project - imagine it a little over twice as wide. Fun fun! Here it is, from start to finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Denette Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 All in all, I'm happy with it except for the stain, but I won't have to see it much. Plus now I have templates, so I can make my own! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice work, I like the design. Did you drawbore or just peg the tenons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I like that design as well. Very nice job. Unlike many adirondack designs, it looks like a comfortable chair! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Clean design and a well executed piece. Nice job. I'm with you on the stain...I wish people could learn to embrace the natural beauty of wood. My only other nitpick would be the flatsawn right stile...it should mirror the straight grain of the left stile. Otherwise the grain selection and layout is dead on. You obviously spent time thinking about grain...the flatsawn middle back splat and bottom seat slat, the mirrored arms and front legs...maybe you ran out of stock? Anyway, only another woodworker (an anal retentive OCD one at that) would complain about it...or even notice it. All in all, very well done sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice work, I like the design. Did you drawbore or just peg the tenons? Thanks! Just pegged & glued. If I had a drill press I would definitely have drawbored them, but with just a drill I'm lucky everything came out as well as it did. Clean design and a well executed piece. Nice job. I'm with you on the stain...I wish people could learn to embrace the natural beauty of wood. My only other nitpick would be the flatsawn right stile...it should mirror the straight grain of the left stile. Otherwise the grain selection and layout is dead on. You obviously spent time thinking about grain...the flatsawn middle back splat and bottom seat slat, the mirrored arms and front legs...maybe you ran out of stock? Anyway, only another woodworker (an anal retentive OCD one at that) would complain about it...or even notice it. All in all, very well done sir. You are correct about that stile - ran out of stock. Oops. Perhaps I can let myself off easy on it because it's been floating near 100° while I've been working in my uncoiled garage. Gatorade to the rescue. Honestly, I'm glad someone else was annoyed by it, it feels like I'm validated for disliking that one odd board, haha! Thanks for the comments guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Very nice chair. Exposed Dowels are underrated. If symmetry and layout is considered (like you did), they look beautiful. I won't tell anyone that they hide deck screws either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Clean design and a well executed piece. Nice job. I'm with you on the stain...I wish people could learn to embrace the natural beauty of wood. My only other nitpick would be the flatsawn right stile...it should mirror the straight grain of the left stile. Otherwise the grain selection and layout is dead on. You obviously spent time thinking about grain...the flatsawn middle back splat and bottom seat slat, the mirrored arms and front legs...maybe you ran out of stock? Anyway, only another woodworker (an anal retentive OCD one at that) would complain about it...or even notice it. All in all, very well done sir. Well done...nice...I agree with you Eric...embrace the natural beauty of the wood. If I'm protecting it from the elements, I try to not hide the grain and when my wife begins a sentence with "paint".... :angry: :angry: Having said that....keep your anus out of this - because no matter the boards used, the project is beautiful! OCD now will give you nice projects but make you stupid when you're old.....remember what the D stands for. Good for you Arrdenet...not perfect by some standards, but really nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 All the nitpicking aside it came out quite well. I really like the forked middle splat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 ..keep your anus out of this - I thought that was the whole point of making a chair!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I too like the split, as well as the waterfall effect on the back and arm rest. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Um did nobody else notice that his planer got scarred, jumped up, and is stuck upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, guys! Um did nobody else notice that his planer got scarred, jumped up, and is stuck upside down. Haha! I actually built that planer cart right before the adirondack chair. It's a flip-top design, with a ½" bar of all-thread running through the middle serving as an axle. The whole cart nestles into the counters on the wall so it doesn't take up floor space when it doesn't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I thought that was the whole point of making a chair!!! He even installed air escape holes for small medium and large buttocks on those seat slats. Kidding aside, this is one of the nicer adirondack chair designs I've seen. Nicely done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmallick Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Very nice! I very much enjoyed looking through this. Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Coming soon... The sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ain't no holding you back now! They're going to look great together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 That's either a bench, or a Adirondack chair for Andre the Giant! Shame that V style on the left doesn't split the cathedral pattern in he grain too. I'm guessing the same story as before with getting the most out of the lumber? Regardless...very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Here's the finished bench! The video is set so anyone can watch it, I believe. If not, let me know. https://www.facebook.com/rdenette/videos/10204584285260295/?pnref=story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I wish I could do that. The video, not the bench. However, both are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinFish Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Such good looking chairs. An inspiration to not use screws on an Adirondack. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Here's the finished bench! The video is set so anyone can watch it, I believe. If not, let me know. https://www.facebook.com/rdenette/videos/10204584285260295/?pnref=story Nice chair, good video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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