Red Blue Chair

This is a nice looking modern piece. I like the redwood, it should last a long time.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I hope so, it is ready for a little cleaning/refinishing as it stands.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Gizmo, nice work!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

Stylish

Looks nice, it still works, and you learned from the project. Starting out with a chair, Bravo!

Did the book really have you screw down into endgrain? If the arms weaken, you can drill out the screws, and put wood plugs into the verticals (from the side), then screw through those, giving youself some long grain to screw into (just as some people will use attaching breadboard ends to tables.)

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I like the large arm rests. It looks like a chair you could take a nap in.

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Just get bigger screws!

A good looking chair Giz. It reminds me of the pre-Adirondack furniture (I forgot what they were called).

If you paint it no one will know which way the grain is..hahaha kidding. Leave it just like it is, but maybe apply something to protect it.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I like the idea of screwing through dowels, but I will probably just add a cleat to the side under the arm. Kind of like a glue block.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Nice looking chair. Next time, maybe you could use dowels to attach the arms to the vertical supports. This would add some strength, otherwise you could make tenons on the ends of the supports and make mortises in the arms.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Thanks for posting this. I’m hoping to make a pair of chairs for my patio this summer. This looks like it would fit the bill. How thick was the Redwood you used?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Wayne…. Most of the wood is standard decking. It runs around 5/8” for the “flat” pieces and 2×2’s for the “squares”. THe plans are in the book I mentioned. It is really a comfortable chair… I think it would make a great indoor chair if made from mahogany…. Hmmm..

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Thanks, I will add the book to my list.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

This is a nice looking chair. The Gerrit Rietveld furniture is pretty wild. I like this one better.

-- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com

Thanks. Tim? I like modern art myself.

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