Another Danish Modern Chair

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1 Introduction

On the heels of completing a second deck chair based on Wegner's GE-375 from pressure-treated decking, I still had some scraps left over.  Enough f...

2 Design and Approach

As with the other replica chairs I've made, it requires spending quite a bit of time looking at example photos from different angles in order to ma...

3 Glue-ups, Miters, and Tapers

Most of the pressure-treated scraps from my deck skirting project were pretty narrow - around 1-1/8" wide.  Most of the blanks needed for the chair...

4 Armrest recess

As mentioned earlier, the armrest will fit into a 1/8" deep recess on the top of the arm.  I made this router jig (from scraps) to use to cut the r...

5 Mortises

Simultaneously aligning all 4 components of a side assembly gave me fits.  Very slight errors in length and/or angles meant that as I sequentially ...

6 Side Assembly Glue-Up and Stretcher prep

With the mortises complete, I put a 1/8" edge round-over on most of the parts and sanded them all smooth.  It's easier to get this done prior to as...

7 Test Lacing

There were a couple things I wanted to verify before the final glue-up: • Could I keep the paracord lacing tight enough so that it would support a ...

8 Armrests

My last pair of blanks are for the armrests.  I started by planing them down to 5/8" thick, which is the final thickness for rear of the armrest.  ...

9 Final Glue-Up

With all the last minute shaping and sanding complete, everything was ready for the final glue-up.  There's not really a whole lot to show here.  I...

10 Finished!

Except not "finished."  I should say, it's functional. I did the test lacing with the chair on the floor.  That was a bit hard on my back.  I got ...