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Ross Leidy
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Another Danish Modern Chair
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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 ...
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