Monday, January 28, 2013

It's an actual Adirondack chair!

Work was delayed for a few hours due to a good bit of icing in the DC area this morning.  I split the time between spending some time with the wife and kids and working on the Adirondack chair.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to get anything done Tues/Wed/Thurs so I'll have to wait until Friday to do more.

Today I finished making the upright pieces for the seat back, made both armrests, made armrest supports, and mounted the mid-level seat back support.  That took a little bit longer than anticipated due to shearing off one of the bolts mounting the left armrest to the back support.  I had to remove what was left inside the armrest and then drilled out the armrest and support holes to a slightly larger diameter to avoid repeating that mistake.

I'm quite happy with how things are turning out.  The chair is quite comfortable.  The only downside is the footprint of the chair is approx 4' long whereas the arbor is only 3' deep.  That leaves an extra 1' to figure out what to do with it. 


Still to do:
  • Mount upright seat backs to mid-level support.
  • Mount the upper support.
  • Curve the front of the armrests.
  • Curve the seat back pieces.
  • Evaluate need for a rear leg horizontal support.
  • Sand everything.
  • Consider applying a water seal to everything.

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