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This is an Adirondack Chair I built for my oldest son’s Xmas. After a lot of searching (there are MANY plans for these out there!) I decided on a plan I found on Fine Woodworking. This one fit my eye the best of the many I looked at. Also, as my son is “narrow” the dimensions were a good fit for his lack of gerth. We live in Houston so humidity is high and sunlight is plentiful. So I chose to construct this out of cypress. All the joinery on this is via brass screws, mainly to give a good match to the golden cypress. I’m hoping brass corrosion is not going to be a big problem. I debated long and hard about applying finish to this project. I found many opinions on the net regarding finishing, or not, cypress used in outdoor projects. In the end I chose to apply 4 coats of HELMSMAN Spar Urethane from MinWax. Living on Galveston Bay this was not hard to find. Hopefully this will hold its finish without too much maintenance for several years.
-- Vic Rice
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KMT
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#1 posted 738 days ago
Nice job. That looks like fine furniture!
-- - Martin
Ken90712
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#2 posted 738 days ago
Nice looking chair!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
SteveW
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#3 posted 738 days ago
What a beautiful chair! You won’t be sorry with that spar urethane finish.
I tried that on some steak knife handles, and they’re still going strong
after several years of almost daily dishwasher mangling…amazingly strong finish.
-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! SteveW
saddletramp
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#4 posted 738 days ago
Great job on the chair and that cypress is just beautiful.
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Diggerjacks
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#5 posted 738 days ago
Hello vrice
Great job on this chair
I like it a lot
Beautiful tree
Thanks for sharing
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bvdon
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#6 posted 738 days ago
Very nice design and execution.
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Occie gilliam
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#7 posted 738 days ago
Nice and i like your choice of wood to Vic
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redryder
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#8 posted 737 days ago
Ya, I could set a beverage on those arm rests…..with a coaster…..
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1SGTBob
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#9 posted 737 days ago
Nice chair I need to make a couple of these I will have to look up this one
-- Bob "Every breath I take as a Free man was paid for with the blood of an American Soldier"
Earlextech
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#10 posted 737 days ago
Love it!
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falegniam
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#11 posted 736 days ago
i like the clear finish to keep it natural, it looks classy. nice job.
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LEITH
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#12 posted 736 days ago
Beautiful finish.
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Wade Putnam
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#13 posted 736 days ago
Nice looking chair, you have good eye for design and detail.
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christopheralan
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#14 posted 736 days ago
Great chair!
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Sawdust
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#15 posted 311 days ago
Nice chair project. I’m finishing up 2 cypress Adirondack chairs that I will post in a few days. I’ve been thinking about how to finish them. I like your choice, may try that. I’ve posted several of my cypress projects. It’s a great, durable wood for outdoor projects.
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