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Old Dude
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024
Good plans. i have made templates from them and am about to start the first chair.
Scott L Thompson
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020
I built these chairs along with my 19 year old daughter as a great bonding project. They were fun and easy to follow if you have some basic woodworking skills. They are quite comfortable, the reclining back is a nice feature, and plans for the footstools make for some great lakeside campfire comfort (see pic). Overall I'd buy these plans again. I probably sunk about 60 hours into these chairs and footstools from beginning to end (2 of each), from initial cuts to final coats of polyurethane.One of the other reviewers noted that you can complete these plans with a circular saw and a jig saw. That's certainly true. However I would recommend the following for a lot easier ride and a great deal more precision: table saw, miter/cross cut saw, jig saw, router mounted to router table (lots of routing to do!), a few 2 ft clamps, a good belt sander for sanding quantities of raw stock to refine shapes, an orbital sander with various grades of paper for the copious amount of sanding you'll do before staining, and a complement of hand tools.I'd like to second Mark C's comments about the need to countersink the bolt ends on the inside of the chair rails which will interfere with the movement of the chair back once you go to mount the hinges onto the back brace. I used a 3/4 in spade bit to countersink a recessed hole for the bolt end, washer, and bolt tip (see pic). I had to cut the 3 1/2 in carriage bolts I had purchased down to 3 in with a hack saw to make this happen. You can plan in advance to do this and save some trouble.Overall a fun and rewarding DIY project.
Mark C.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018
Just finished the first chair, it turned out great. It's a beautiful classic design, very comfortable and the adjustable back is a nice addition to the typical design. The plans and instructions are excellent although the materials list somewhat overestimates both the wood and hardware required - but I guess I'd rather have it that way than getting into it and finding I'm lacking one bolt or an inch of wood. Made for a nice and rewarding project, but definitely not a weekender as there is a lot of shaping, routing, and sanding to be done.A couple tips for those who haven't built this yet:1. The plans leave it to you to locate the carriage bolt that holds the rear arm support to the side frame. This bolt must be located below the top of the rear crosspiece or it will interfere with the seat back - mine did so I had to remove the bolt and countersink the nut, and use a shorter bolt. The photo shows my countersunk bolt below the installed seat back.2. When attaching the outer slats to the lower back crosspiece, secure the slat flush with the top corner of the crosspiece, not the bottom corner, or the seat back won't fit between the side rails without some modifications. This is shown in the attached drawing.
Mitch
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2018
These plans are for an adjustable back. Please be more specific on plan details.
McLoven
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2016
These are great plans. I bought them for my 15 year old daughter as a birthday gift for her and I to build together. She of course wanted to paint it every color of the rainbow. We have not assembled it yet, but all the pieces are cut, routered, sanded, and painted with two coats of Benjamin Moore high gloss oil based paint. The second coat made all the difference. They look like they were dipped in it and still wet. We painted all sides of every board twice. They look awesome. I can't wait to assemble it.The wood and hardware cost me about $114.00. I just used a mid grade pine for this first chair. I tried to find boards with the least amount of knots. I didn't want a knot in any of the seat slats which are about 1 and 1/2" wide.We drilled the holes in the seat slats, but we are holding off on drilling the other holes until we put it together, just to be sure they line up correctly.The templates are on big sheets of paper. They have thick black lines which you cut out. There are dotted lines on some of them for cutting out notches or holes which you do not cut out of every board. (Some boards have the same shape but have holes/notches in them).They do have a warning on them telling you not to cut the dotted lines out.We cut the templates out and glued them to cardboard, then cut them out with a utility blade. That way, they still have the writing on them and are easier to handle. I felt the lines were a little too wide. They were easy to see I guess, but I felt they should be finer lines for better accuracy. Maybe they don't have to be that accurate, I'll find that out when I assemble it. That is another reason we waited to drill the holes.We're going to put it together next Tuesday, so I'll update this after that.
Gary Bright
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2014
I am 100% happy with the plans for the foot stool & seats They are written where even I can understand & believe me I'm no skilled woodworker. They are complete as anything could be made with a phone number included if you have problems you may call to ask questions & get answers now how could you beat a deal like that? If you can do any better it would be to have him there in person to show you the way to to buy,measure,cut,drill,& put together & coat. This is simple enough for a very young person to follow. I sure made the right choice on these plans & thank WOODCRAFT for making it available to me at a great price. It also was put in great order so there would be no mix up of items if you had plans like these to build a house,ship, airplane or anything else you should be able to build it if you can see & read they are complete in every detail. Hats off to WOODCRAFT.
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