| Project by Bob Kellogg | posted 467 days ago | 1845 views | 22 times favorited | 15 comments |  |
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I started making Adirondack chairs several years ago. I have been lucky enough to have a rather large supply of Giant Sequoia Redwood (all on private land) that was cut back in the 1940’s and 1950’s and left as unuseable. All the wood has been on the ground for at least 50 years. From the logs and broken pieces I slabed them with an alaskan mill and the cut, plained and cut again to get the final material for the chairs.
The chairs themselves are slightly oversized from the “normal” size adirondack chair. But with the 10” wide arm there is plenty of room for a plate and a drink. As a retired stonemason (wood is a lot lighter than stone), my hobby of woodworking has kept me fairly busy. The adirondack chair has by far been my most profitable item. I have also made them in sugar pine and sycamore. But the deep rich red of Giant Sequoia is hard to beat.
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Bagtown
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#1 posted 467 days ago
Nice.
Wish I had access to wood like that.
Mike
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SnowyRiver
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#2 posted 467 days ago
Those are gorgeous Bob. Very nice job.
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
doncutlip
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#3 posted 467 days ago
Wow what a project, and it came out great. Those look super comfortable.
-- Don, Royersford, PA
ronniebo
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#4 posted 467 days ago
AND—- you make a beautiful chair Bob.
ed220
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#5 posted 467 days ago
Sweet looking Adirondacks, great job !!
a1Jim
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#6 posted 467 days ago
A great looking pair of chairs .
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
humboldthardware
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#7 posted 466 days ago
I will be following your work. I have a huge amount of old growth available. Where is Three Rivers?
-- HH
Todd23
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#8 posted 466 days ago
Wicked-freakin-awesome!
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clarkkent
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#9 posted 466 days ago
Outstanding Example of a great product!!!
I would love to build a few of those for my dads deck for fathers day. Do you have a set of plans or a design you could share with me? Its the perfect gift for a man to enjoy our awesome Canadian nights from!
-- Failure is success if we learn from it!
helluvawreck
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#10 posted 466 days ago
That wood is absolutely beautiful and you’ve built a very nice set of chairs. Nice work and welcome to Lumberjocks.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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#11 posted 466 days ago
I love the design. Beautiful job.
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#12 posted 463 days ago
Simply beautiful!
Woodenitbenice
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#13 posted 463 days ago
Absolutely gorgeous chairs. I would love to make a couple for my deck and have been looking at a number of different Adirondack chairs. I haven’t quite found exactly what I am looking for. Did you make them from an available plan? If so where can I get the plan? Or if it is your own design do you have a plan available?
-- Bill--Genuine, verified, certified, card carrying amateur at just about everything.
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#14 posted 463 days ago
Schweeeeeet!
always,
J.C.
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#15 posted 364 days ago
Nice lines, and the color and craftsmanship are amazing.
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