Monterey Cypress Adirondack Chairs

I’ve left cypress natural and let it age. It has internal oils that protects the wood.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I agree with Karson. Let it age naturally – that’s the beauty of Cypress.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

I’ve read that, but have no personal experience with, you should just leave cypress au naturel!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

what a wonderful story behind the wood. Sure makes it special.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great Chairs.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Love the textture, I want to get the plans if you know where they are available let me know. Jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Nice looking wood, and great design.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

They are nice looking. I can appreciate you wanting to preserve the look.

-- Jesus is Lord!

What a great story behind these chairs – Truely a treasure for generations!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

I just finished an Andirondack chair in cypress. The coloring makes this chair stand out. I also was in dilema on how to finish it. I thought about not finishing it but I didn’t cruise the Lumberjock website until this morning. Too late. I put a sanding sealer coat on the chair and I will finish with a polyurethane. The coloring is still there though.

I made my chair from a Weekend Woodworking Projects magazine subscription that my wife bought me about 20 years ago. The magazine has been out of business a long time. I have kept the plans and now I made the chair. It was always a woodworking goal of mine to make this chair for my wife. Yes, my wife waits a long time for me to finsih some of my projects.

It was a fun project and had some challenges for me. I definetly need to work on my two sided bevel cuts and do a better job estimating board lengths. Thank goodness Rockler’s 50% off sale was still on for the second trip (head down in shame). At full price, 8$/bd ft. Schnikees!

-- WaywardHoosier - Behind schedule and over budget, but who's counting?

A nice set of chairs Ron. Did you use a woodspar varnish? Even if you do use an exterior varnish, you will have to redo it from time to time. Being out in the sun and elements will destroy anything. Just think, if the elements can carve a mountain, how can a chair hold up?

Let us know what you do.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Hey Bill, what kind of varnish was that?

-- John