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These chairs are my first real project. Lots of people want them so I just kept making them. The red & white ones are green treated wood w/ Thompson's colored deck stain. The other ones are cedar. The first one I made I had to use a jigsaw to cut out the shapes, then I got a used Craftsman bandsaw and making them went much faster. I used stainless steel bolts, washers, and nuts. For the screws I just used premium deck screws.

All the roundovers really make me want a D-handle for my router. What's a good place to buy one online? (for a porter cable 690)

The plans are from an old issue of Wood Magazine. I liked this fan-back style the best. I chose to leave the front of the arms square instead of rounding them.

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I just love Adirondack Chairs, good job. That reminds me I have to get mine painted this year.
 

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A great job for a first project.
 

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These are on my list - Nice work
 

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Nice looking chairs. Great job.
 

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Nice job. Adirondack chairs was my first "real" project many years ago. I think they make great first projects. You can hone of a lot of your basic skills with these.
 

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Great looking chairs! Which issue were the plans you mentioned? I need to make a set of thses soon. Thx
 

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Very nice, good job!! Thanks for sharing, this is on my project list.
 

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nice job on the chairs, i got my d-handle router base from ebay i'm curently looking for a plunge base for the same router.
 

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Nice job. Been making a few of these myself. Finally found something I could actually sell. You can get the D-handle for your 690 from Rockwell.
 

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Looks like you did a great job !

Thanks for sharing….
 

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the plans are in June/July 2003 issue 149 of Wood Magazine.
the magazine plans have a little tree cutout in the back, SRead did them beautifully here
 
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