Build an Adirondack Chair: the Ultimate Outdoor Furniture

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June/July 1997
By John Vivian 
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A power-driver is nearly essential for the tight joints that any hard-used furniture needs—the more powerful the better. These are expensive, but will serve around the place for decades. A driver (cord less is handier) should be part of every handy homeowners tool kit, not an extravagance.

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You will need a supply of stainless steel or thickly-galvanized #8-sized standard drywall screws in 1",1½", 2", and 2½" lengths. If you are new to power-driving, you may as well get a box of each length. It is dimensionally cheaper in the long run than buying small lots. And once you get used to power-fastening, you will run through them faster than you could have imagined. The power-driver and screws are nearly as crucial to maintenance around a country place as duct tape.

To fasten 2x4 legs, you will need four 3/8"-wide and 3 5/8"-long galvanized carriage bolts with nuts, and four large 3/8" washers, one to fit behind each nut and each bolt head. To fasten 2x4 legs to each chair, you will need four 3/8" x 3 5/8"-long galvanized carriage bolts with nuts and four large 3/8" washers—one to fit behind each nut. The foot rest requires eight carriage bolts.

To drill the bolt holes you will need a 4" long, 7/16” drill bit.

Long pipe-type woodworking clamps are good to have but not essential. Optional as well is a router or shaper to round or "ease" edges of boards ...though a block plane and wood rasp, an electric orbital sander or sanding block, and sheets of coarse, medium and fine sandpaper, plus a little elbow grease will do the job as well.

Finishing sandpaper, brushes, solvents, and finishes complete the tool kit.

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