A "Z" chair

Rowdy:
That is an interesting piece. I’m glad you posted the 3rd pic, it took me by surprise. I don’t know what I was thinking but I wasn’t thinking it would be assembled like that. Good work and thanks for posting.

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin

do splines really make things THAT strong? It doesnt seem like that would hold up to the weight!! Awesome chair though – I want to try something like this!

-- Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!!!!

very cool chair! I would not have guessed that those were splines without seeing it in person, or – seeing the 3rd pic :)

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Dang Rowdy, that is a great chair. Now I have yet another project to my never ending list of things I want to build.

-- I am responsible for how I respond to everything in my life - - Katy TX

Awesome, I could see myself trying that. But then the mental picture of Mel Gibson in ‘The Patriot’ trying to build the spindle rocker comes to mind with my face instead! lol

Nicely done

-- Mike - Antero's Urban Wood Designs http://anterosurbanwooddesigns.com

I love the looks of the chair but I don’t think I would trust it. Of course, I am about a hundred pounds heavier than you. I like it but I would want to put supports in the angles.

-- You always have tomorrow to stop procrastinating.

This is so cool! I have to echo the others – I was not expecting quite that.. thank you for posting the spline-in-progress picture. Amazing that it can actually hold a person… lots of math involved in how that works!!

Yours looks great. I love, love, loooooooooove plywood furniture and this is another example why.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Yea, now I want to make a Z chair. Nice job. I have and use the Kehoe jig often, just used it last week on a box.

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Cool chair nice work.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

There is actually an older “original of this chair” which I am assuming was Larry Kehoe’s inspiration.

The original Zig Zag chair is a modernist classic done in 1934 by Gerrit Reitveld and is in the NY Museum of Modern Art.

What I like about your version is the dovetail spline eliminates the need for the wedge.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

That is amazing. I would have never guessed plywood at that kind of angle could support that much weight. Now I’d really like to know what the weight limit is. I haven’t weighed 175# since high school. If it didn’t look like so much work, I’d be tempted to build one just to find out. Have Kevin & Terry tested the breaking point of the Z chair?

-- Ian, Tennessee

Wow, I didn’t think it would hold much weight, but after seeing your siting pic, I am a believer! Nicely done!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

I have this jig and must try the chair…

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Amazing engineering – just the thing for those guests you’d like to get rid of quickly…’here, have a seat in this chair’... almost guaranteed to keep their visit short! Looks like it was a real challenging build, so congrats!

-- 4thumbs in MO

I am just dumb struck. That is fantastic. Who would’a thought?

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon