I’m starting a new #woodworking project this weekend and I’m actually following instructions to build a thing! 😱
My partner bought me the Veritas folding adirondack chair plans for my birthday last summer and spring is coming! I better get to work. 🌺🌻🌞
I was extremely unprepared for how many pieces one single chair would need. 😩
Let me first say that I respect all forms of #woodworking. There's skill involved in every single variation of it!
The last few weeks building this chair though has been my least favorite woodworking experience. I've had to use more machinery than ever before and it is so stressful. It's loud and messy and you always feel like you're a moment away from losing a body part.
But the chair build is coming along! It'll be 1 of 1 though. Back to hand tools for me after this.
An update from the project that will never end.
I'm technically on "step 6" but each step has like eight sub-steps in paragraph format written in 10 pt font with no diagrams except what's on the templates so it's been a slog.
It's got a wicked Game of Thrones vibe right now though until I can round off the top of the back rest.
They say the last 10% of a project is the hardest and that always ends up being the finish with #woodworking.
This is cedar so I could have just thrown it outside and watched it gray naturally but I'm giving this Osmo UV-Protection Oil a try. It stinks but it's looking very nice so hoping it helps it last a little longer.
I might actually be done done done with this chair by tomorrow. 🤞
Tada! It took longer than I expected but it's finally done.
It will be interesting to see how the finish holds up over the summer. We get a ton of west facing sunshine for a good part of the day. For comparison, our fence is cedar too and we have decided to let it gray naturally.
Would I recommend these Veritas plans? It's a really big "it depends".
As a hand tool woodworker, this was kind of an unsatisfying project. The final product is awesome but the process was not fulfilling for someone who does not enjoy machine #woodworking or following a set plan (like me).
But I think it did have just enough challenge to make it interesting and the chair is pretty darn cool!
Final update for the adirondack chair!
Temps are starting to fall below freezing so it's time to put it into storage. It spent 8 months (!) in the elements. Direct, west facing sunlight most of the time.
The Osmo UV-Protection finish barely held on but I was really pushing it. The arm rests are starting to gray but not nearly as fast as the unfinished cedar fence for comparison.
It was a good solid chair that served us well all year though!
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I thought the Adirondacks were older, in design.
A couple of them are in the volume 18 of my todo list.
@shom For sure! Our backyard is west facing so we get a TON of sunshine. I'll keep you posted.
My one small critique so far though is that it's a little expensive. This small can was $50. 😬 It does go a long way though. One coat on all of the pieces took less than a quarter of the can.
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