2 days, 2 adirondacks - Finished

[Gail O'Rourke]

Hi, some may remember the round back adirondacks that I have made in the past. I have 2 days open, so I thought I would take some pictures while I am squeezing 2 into my schedule.

The first hour I spent planing the spanish cedar, this is about 50 board feet of lumber


http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/plane.jpg
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Now, I have made these before, so I didn't have to take time making the templates. I spent the next two hours, cutting each piece out on the bandsaw.



http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/cut.jpg
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I used a router circle jig as a guide, hand drew the circle for the round back and then cut 2 pieces at a time on the bandsaw.


http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/roundback.jpg
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I then rounded over the edges on the router table....and then assembled one base. I spent about 5 1/2 hours today on it.


http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/frame.jpg
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Tomorrow, they will both look like this:

http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/chair.jpg
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Stay tuned!

[john mclane]

nice looking chair. Quick work also. A project like that, even if I had the time would take me a month. Maybe 3/12 weeks.

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Wow Gail, they look great!!! Good luck on the second one going as well :)

[Marc Ward]

May have taken longer than two days...but if I did them again, it would be much faster.
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[Jay Knoll]

Gail

Those look great! Are the plans available?

Jay

[Bob Johnson2]

Gail
Does the sap from the spanish cedar ooze out after being planed? I tried some and half a day later had the problem.

[John M. Cioffi]

Gail,

Gorgeous chairs!! I really like the design. Is it yours or did you purchase the plans? How did you finish the Cedar?
Thanks for sharing.
John....still waiting to make a pair of my own.:)

[John Hart]

Saw the post of your chairs a few months ago Gail and just fell in love with the design. Nice work and Thanks for the How-To!:) :)

[Gail O'Rourke]

HI, I got the plans from a customer, he had me make them. They are old and I have been unable to locate more. I will plug in the plan maker today again and see if I can google them. I will let you know.

I will be back in the shop today, snap a few pictures and hopefully show you the two complete at the end of the day.

I hope to email my customer base and offer these for purchase. I am trying to get rid of some stock and switch some of my income to already made pieces, not just exclusive commissions. (although I would love to keep the chairs for myself - but as they say, I can always make more.)

I will let you know how it goes.

[Jay Knoll]

Gail, this might save you some time Googling so we can see more pics! :)

http://www.gcwoodworks.com/adirondack_round_back_chair.htm

Don't know if it is the source of the plans you have but the chair looks very similar.

Jay

[Michael Stafford]

The one and only time I made some Adirondack chairs it took me as long to make the templates as it did to make 4 chairs. Once you have the templates thing go quickly if you use a pattern router.

[Mark Singer]

They really look great!

[Pete Harbin]

Good luck shopping them around to your clients Gail. That is a really cool design.

Pete

[Frank Pellow]

Gail, I have made and seen several Aderondack/Muskoka chars but have very seldom encountered one with a round back. The chair looks great -particularly in the setting you have chosen for it. That picture alone shoul sell a lot of chairs for you.

Just where is "America's hometown"?

[Hank Knight]

Very nice. I admire your efficiency.l

[Lou Morrissette]

Great looking work, Gail. The material is good looking stuff. Where do you get your stock? The closest source I've been able to find is in Stoughton.

Lou

[Shelley Bolster]

Cool looking chairs Gail :) Girl, you are certainly one fast woodworker! :eek: I made 4 chairs 3 years ago - took well over a week but like Big Mike said, making the templates are really time consuming. I spent several days just designing mine so they would "fit" the average size person. Using scrap pine, I built and tore apart several chairs (having everyone in the family and any friends that happened drop by "try them on for size") before settling on the one. Jay - thanks for the link to the similar design, that might come in handy one day.:D

[Joe Jansen]

very nice chairs. I have been wanting to try a pair of these. Thanks for the pics.
Joe

[Ian Barley]

My first chair took me about 5-6 days to get right. Second took about three days. After the first thousand or so i am getting quite quick at them:)

There are certainly lots of advantages to having a "product" based business. While the income from each job may be less the ability to make product ahead of time is a big advantage.

Nice looking design which, made to your standards, should prove popular if you take it to market.

[Gail O'Rourke]

So, first thing this morning, I finished the frame of chair one..

http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/frame2.jpg
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Then I added the round back...

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Then the seat and it's all finished! Chair one done at 12:00 today.

http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/firstdone.jpg
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Then the gym, then lunch, back on the shop, I started assembling chair 2

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Then finished assembly


http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/two.jpg
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and here's the back, 4:45.

http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/backs.jpg
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Total time about 11 hours.

All that's left is to plug all the holes and sand, so about 12 hours total.

I think I will take tomorrow off.

[Randy Davidson]

Beautiful work Gail. I hope my wife doe'nt see them until I have some time.

[Tom Drake]

Great looking chairs Gail!

[Fred Chan]

Great looking design Gail! Have you considered notching out the board under the armrests to get a uniform spacing on the seatbacks?:)

[Gail O'Rourke]

Fred, I took your suggestion....

The gap at the arms was bugging me...but I hate touching something that is done,....but then the gap still was bugging me...so I knotched out the 4th piece...

here's one done
http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/one_knotched.jpg
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and then both
http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13344/two_knotched.jpg
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I know you will agree, much better. I will do that next time I make them.

[Joe Unni]

Gail,

Beautiful chairs!

For what it's worth...minus the gap makes a huge difference.

Good job,
-joe

[Vaughn McMillan]

Great job Gail, and I agree with you about the gap. But slow down a bit...you're making us mere mortals look bad. ;)

- Vaughn

[Frank Chaffee]

Gail,
Very nice chairs indeed, but wouldn’t it be nice if the graceful and comfortable contouring of the seat were continued upwards thru the back?
Frank

P.S. The seaside shots are great! Keep up all your good work; I’ve been enjoying it for some time now.
Thanks

[Jim Becker]

It's funny...I wanted to mention something about that gap, but didn't. Much, much better without! Great job, Gail. I like that design, too...it has enough uniqueness to really stand out without losing the comfort factor that Adirondacks have!

[Gail O'Rourke]

I appreciate the input from the forum, sometimes I see things that I am not sure if my customer will see. So, if you see them too, then I know, it's time to do something about it. Posting these pictures holds me accountable for what I am putting out in my shop. And it will only make me a better woodworker. Great thread, thanks for participating.