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Ross Leidy
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Wegner-Inspired Deck Chair
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Introduction and Getting Started
(Originally posted in October 2022) In the summer of 2022, I started a project to replace the skirting around the perimeter of my deck using 5/4 p...
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Side Assembly Mortising
With the router jigs for the side assemblies completed, I could get to work cutting some mortises. Cutting the mortise for the lower rear stre...
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Stretcher Mortising
To cut the mortises for the stretchers (front/rear lower stretchers and upper rear stretcher), I needed a couple more jigs. In these, I used a com...
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Back Slat Mortising
This step is out of order compared to the actual sequence of the build, but it seemed to make sense to present it now. The back receives a set of ...
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Seat Frame
The visible front edge of the seat frame is a full 1" thick, but tapers to 3/4" thick on the back side. The sides and back of the frame are all 3/4...
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Holes for Fasteners
I made 3 variations of the jig for drilling the bolt holes in both the ends of the stretchers and into the side assemblies. The first one was just ...
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Pillow Rail
The Wegner chair has a pillow rail that fits into a channel at the top of each of the uprights. The rail slides through a head pillow sleeve, and ...
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Arms
The arms have a long taper from full 5/4" thickness at the rear down to about 1/2" at the front. I made a sled to hold the arm in place and elevat...
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Seat Frame Mounting
The rear edge of the seat frame has 4 loose tenons glued in place. The protruding tenons dry fit into corresponding mortises in the rear stretcher...
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Finished!
Well, finished without finish, but structurally complete. Here's the completed chair next to the deck skirting from whence it came. [20221016-1G6X...
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