Adirondack Chair Completed

Looks pretty darn good Russ . I hope your neighborhood has higher income folks than mine I’d be lucky to get $50 a pop. I hope all goes well on the marketing adventure and you sell tons of chairs. One thing I notice in it’s design is that the back rest support is a lot different than the Adirondacks I’ve seen.

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

Thanks Jim. I am prepared to go lower if need be. I have a little down town area here in Lees Summit with some pretty high end merchants. I could probably sell it to them, or give them a commission. The possibilities are endless. I wanted to build one before I went too far into marketing them. You never know how you’ll feel about a project until your finished. You might not enjoy doing it, or it may be too difficult for you. My feeling is good about these chairs especially with Neil’s product giving such a good finish.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

Jim, the design of the back troubled me too. The plans that I went off didn’t have sufficient measurements for tapering the back. I’ve been toying with the idea of designing something myself rather than using plans. I need to look at it for a while with a beer and a smoke.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

Russ ,after looking on Google images I saw there were a number of Adirondacks with the big supports in the back ,but I think I still prefur the ones with out them better. Like this one. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMD_enUS400US400&biw=1440&bih=809&tbm=isch&tbnid=JYysBb5lhwmx5M:&imgrefurl=http://www.theunfinishedfurniture.com/product/classic-folding-adirondack-chair&docid=gEVpQjx2eTatRM&imgurl=http://www.theunfinishedfurniture.com/gallery-5/3145_Classic%252520Folding%252520Adirondack%252520Chair_5.jpg&w=504&h=334&ei=9oRaT6-RBIuGiQLAlKGmCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=397&vpy=288&dur=3&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=164&ty=115&sig=104193599887829760659&page=3&tbnh=151&tbnw=204&start=60&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:60
I think Norm had a plan like these.

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

I like your design, it looks substantial and comfortable

-- Don, Royersford, PA

Thanks Doncutlip. I think 2x’s are the way to go for strength. It is comfortable, but future designs will have a couple more inches in the seat length and a bit more tapering around the knees.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

Looks good Russ, start mass producing them, I am curious to see how that HF band saw holds up before I get one LOL

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

If you wanted to change the back support it looks like on the next one all you have to do is make the back support a little longer and connect them to the arms and leave out the back vertical supports.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/62537

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

I like that design. I have a design on order too. I’ts probably the best looking one I’ve seen.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

That is a cool design I like it too.

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

Jim you are correct Norm Abrams did a chair several years ago

I have the plans someplace as I wanted to make one. One reason I got the plans was because the back support was connected to the arms and at 300 pounds I need all I can get

-- Norman

I like the way this Tiffany Adirondack looks in back.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

That’s a lot cleaner look. Looks good.

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

this is a design I build it has been modified off of a design my wife bought me years ago and i fancied up a little. the one on the far side is for a lady the one closest is for a big boy like me 6’4” 270 lbs. Istarted making them out of 2x fir for frame and 5/4 cedar for seat and back now I make them all out of 5/4 cedar. I always have a hard time figuring out how much to charge a person but am going to try to sell mine for 120 each thats twice what materials cost me and most of the time I end up bartering most of my projects for other thinngs like a bandsaw and table saw. also working on one thats a love seat, Best of luck with your chairs they can be lots of fun I have jigs made for all my peices that have odd cuts on them trace them out rough cut them hook patern to them can finish cut them with patern bit on router ever piece comes out the same.

-- Dave, Kelso, Washington

Russ, I like your design…whatever you do, stick with a design that has the curve in the back!

-- Ben