Woodworker's Journal 2004 Summer, страница 55

Future Woodworkers

The generosity of woodworkers is remarkable and constant. Over the years, many have told us they've built this Adirondack set, which originally appeared in Woodworker's Journal back in 1993. Liz Wojtkiewicz built the chairs for her friend's three young daughters, Michelle, Nicole and Emma Jewitt. Now these young woodworkers can't wait to help Liz build a fourth chair for their baby sister, Leah.

Mount the chairs' arm rests (pieces 10) and stretchers (pieces 4 and 6) in this manner. I found it easiest to attach the back stretcher to the arms, then install these subassemblies to the chairs.

For the settee, add the long stretchers (pieces 3 and 5) to the bottom face of the short ones (pieces 4 and 6). To gain extra gluing strength when attaching the two table ends (pieces 12) to the slats (pieces 13), I used my biscuit joiner. Then use the arm rests as a pattern to line up holes for the brass bolts. Finish up by rounding off the front corners of the table to match the arc on the arm rests.

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Some Final Notes

As I mentioned, I constructed my settee from clear Spanish cedar. This wood is a little hard to sand. Like butternut and some of the less dense softwoods, it tends to get "hairy." The solution is to apply a thinned coat of finish first (I used spar varnish) to lock the wood fibers in place. Let it dry, then sand off the nubs before brushing or spraying on three full-strength coats of varnish.

If this project puts you in a mind to build a full-size Adirondack chair, don't mess around with scaling up this chair. Instead, point your browser to woodworkersjournal.com and click on the "Plans, Plans, Plans" section of our web site. Now type "Adirondack" in the search engine at the top. In about two nanoseconds, you'll find seven great Adirondack

plans to choose from! _/

Brass threaded inserts are the key to converting the chairs into a settee. When installing the inserts, the author used masking tape as a depth stop on his drill bit.

Use the completed arm rests as patterns to accurately locate the holes for the brass bolts in the table.

Threaded inserts allow you to change from settee to single chairs and back in just moments.