Adirondack Bar Stools

[Gary Petit]

I am curious to know if anyone has made a Adirondack Bar Stool. I am interested in making a set and a table to put outside on my patio. I like the look of the adirondack chair itself, but would enjoy a bar stool setup. Wondering if anyone has made or saw these before.

Thanks

[Edward Oleen]

I've made a few Adirondack CHAIRS... but as far as I know an Adirondack BAR STOOL is simply a stump... and an Adirondack BAR is a cooler with the beer in it...

Since the ADIRONDACK bar and bar stool are rather new concepts to me, at least as far as having a resemblance to Adirondack Chairs, I would appreciate (hjc) some elucidation (hic) (hic) as to what you have in mind would look like...

[Gary Petit]

Here are a few pictures of what I have noticed online. Thought they would be cool to make.
http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/attachments/f9/17186d1286059476t-im-looking-adirondack-bar-chair-plans-table.jpghttp://www.woodworkingtalk.com/attachments/f9/17185d1286059476t-im-looking-adirondack-bar-chair-plans-chair-2.jpghttp://www.woodworkingtalk.com/attachments/f9/17184d1286059476t-im-looking-adirondack-bar-chair-plans-chair-1.jpg

[Andy Pratt]

I have lived in the middle of the Adirondacks my whole life, so I can comment on this. If a particular drinking establishment is looking to define themselves as truly Adirondack, they select a standard bar stool that is stoutly made, with a heavy base and a 48" reach. The heavy base is to help prevent visitors from tipping over after their 2nd Appletini, and the "stoutly made with a 48" reach" is to give the locals something good to swing at them when they start acting up after their 3rd.

In all seriousness, I have never seen someone offer an Adirondack bar stool here, and they have literally come up with everything else under the sun. The defining aspects of the style are the highly sloped back, curved seat and the long flat armrests, none of which are well suited to a bar stool application. In other words, the more of an adirondack chair you make it, the worse of a bar stool you make it. You definitely could make a high Adirondack chair, but it really can't be called a bar stool since you tend to sit sloping back in it, whereas a bar stool normally does the exact opposite (sit in it upright or lean forward on the bar). I have seen something like your pictures called an Adirondack director's chair though, so maybe searching for that term will give you ideas.