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01-16-2008, 09:13 PM
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Name: allen City: Plymouth State: NC County: Washington Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 43 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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hey guys,i was thinking about making some chairs forthe deck,i looked onl;ine and there are a lot of different one offered .just wondering if anyone had any recomendations ,cause i wont ever be able to make them without em. i just realy dont want to go out and buy them,it would be just as relaxing im sure,but not as satisfying.thanks for looking and any advice will be greatly appreciated
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01-16-2008, 09:17 PM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I bought a set of templates from Rockler's site, I think. They worked out well. Just over-cut a bit on the band saw and then trim them out on the old router.
As you already know, there are multiple styles out there. If you look in the galleries you'll probably see something you like.
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01-16-2008, 09:23 PM
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Name: Scott City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Allen, do a search on the word adirondack .You will see a lot of info. The SEARCH button is in the brown bar up top.
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01-16-2008, 09:29 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I've built two chairs from the plans at u-bild.com. They are good plans and make for a nice chair. http://u-bild.com/ | |
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01-16-2008, 10:00 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by NC Scroller  Allen, do a search on the word adirondack .You will see a lot of info. The SEARCH button is in the brown bar up top.
Like this - http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/s...earchid=350187
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
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01-16-2008, 10:10 PM
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Name: KENNETH City: Selma State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Dec 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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If you are a Norm Abram fan... ebay.com | |
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01-16-2008, 10:37 PM
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Name: dwight City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Allen. I have built hunderds of adirondack chair over the years. I have used many different plans. The last few years I have used NORMS plans. It is a great chair. They have a good look to them. Dwight | |
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01-17-2008, 08:58 PM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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01-17-2008, 10:21 PM
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Name: Travis City: Wake Forest State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I have built and like Norm's plans, but his plans are the only ones I have built. I have probably built 20 or more chairs and would give the plans a 8 out of 10 score. | |
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01-17-2008, 10:32 PM
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Name: Geoff City: Lillington State: NC County: Harnett Join Date: Jan 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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What is the best choice of wood for Adirondack chairs? | |
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01-18-2008, 09:30 AM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by KWGOOCH The Norm chair is described in one of his books; Classics From The New Yankee Workshop. You might be able to find the book at the Public Library.
Ray
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01-18-2008, 06:45 PM
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Name: dwight City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I have built many ad. chairs I like cyrpess. It paints nice. light weigh, easy to work with, and fair price. PT lumber cracks and can not be painted for months Dwight | |
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01-24-2008, 11:13 AM
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Name: Peter City: Weddington State: NC County: Union Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Here's the ones I've been building: http://www.internetwoodworking.com/w5/chair.html
It's called Jakes chair and has been around for a while. They are somewhat large and very comfortable. Not terribly hard to make either. There is a matching footstool with it. | |
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02-05-2008, 11:55 AM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I built some last year and I just googled "adirondack chair plans". I ended up with some rough plans and more or less went from there and designed them myself. Although, the ones I made aren't very "curvy" like the traditional ones. I'll probably design my next set myself, but I'm going to ad more curves. Here are the two that I made. This is just normal pine with stain and 3 coats of poly. So far they've held up, but next time I'm going to use treated pine or something else that will stand up to the weather. 
I also made this bench in the middle for a lady. This is made out of treated pine with stain and 3 coats of poly.  | |
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02-05-2008, 12:30 PM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Trent,
Very nice chairs. If you're looking for a wood that will stand up to the weather for the next version of the chair, you might consider cypress. It's pretty much everything resistant
Since this was your first post, I'd like to encourage you to post a note introducing yourself in the Who We Are forum. Tell us a bit about yourself and the kinds of woodworking you like to do. By-the-by, we do love photos here. You're off to a terrific start with photos in your first post. How about some more projects and a few of your shop?
Welcome to North Carolina Woodworker (I bet you'll love it here.)
Ray
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