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let me start by saying that i don’t really like adirondack chairs. these were built as a commission. a friend of the family had planned on making them but got overwhelmed and paid me to do it for him. the design is nothing special, but i wanted to post them to show off the wood. i left a small band of sapwood up the center and on the armrests of each of them as a decorative feature. i cut out the backrest using a router and pattern tracing bit around an empty telecom wire spool end that i picked up at work. use what you’ve got handy, right?
before the hate mail starts, i know that walnut is poor material choice for the project. i explained that to the customer, but he still wanted it, and i made him promise they’d never leave his safe, dry porch.
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Christopher
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posted 160 days ago
If an adirondock chair can be beautiful I guess walnut is the way to go. Walnut though?.....
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Bruce
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posted 160 days ago
nice chairs…good craftsmanship…I love walnut myself…but i would follow-up with the customer to make sure they are under roof use only. some ppl.
DAN
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posted 160 days ago
Hello Bent
I like them but yo don’t mention any finish, what did you use…. If it were me I’d use marine spar varnish
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a1Jim
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posted 160 days ago
nice job great wood
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jockmike2
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posted 159 days ago
Beautiful chairs no doubt. Hope you used spar varnish also. Or some other outdoor finish. Some people just don’t know jack.
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huff
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posted 159 days ago
Beautiful chairs, Tell your customer to put a small cushion in them and use them in their living room.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
Napaman
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posted 159 days ago
hey…these are great…and you warned him on the outdoor use…so looks like a RETURN customer to me!!!
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bent
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posted 159 days ago
thanks for the comments guys. they are getting a couple layers of spar varnish before he starts using them.
one thing i forgot to mention. when he saw these chairs, he was so impressed that he wants 2 more next summer…..out of cherry!(not a joke).
SCOTSMAN
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posted 159 days ago
These look very comfortable wish I owned some.I might make some in treated pine and paint them for all the time I get out in the garden that would work fine. Saying that we had a barbecue a few days ago and it was very lovely here weather was really hot.Alistair
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 159 days ago
Real nice! I love the choice of wood. I would just keep them spar varnished up real good and they should be ok. Great job..they are beautiful!
-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"