Can anyone help, I am looking for a set of plans for the original Adirondack Chair. i know that GMC in England used to sell plans but stopped a few years back. i have been unable to find another source.
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Try Jake's Chair, the consensus best design for Adirondack Chairs on the web. Free, too. Here's the link:
Bernard, I agree with Lee about Jake's Chair. Built one several years ago and have a few pictures on my web site:
I use the Veritas plans:
You can see which Adirondack plans they do by visiting:
If you do the folding chair, they'll also sell you a set of stainless steel bolts for it.
I built one, looks exactly like yours except for that sportin' paint job.
I hate it. (Not your paint job, Jake's chair. Hate it.)
Not that I'm complaining, since the plans were free, and the website _did_ say it was designed for a big burley manly-man, and I am a little wimpy 5'8"... but... I hate it.
It _looks_ good, but it sits too straight up for my liking, and I find that the arms are just high enough to make me feel like I'm donating blood when I sit in it. I've never been able to "relax" in it.
I re-did the back angle and arm height dimensions using one of those plastic adirondacks that Lowe's sells as a guideline, and it made a world of difference.
Having said all that, I will say that it was a _great_ beginner project, with clear directions and good line drawings, and that damn chair is still out in the backyard, looking as good as the day I built it. Sucks as a chair, but rocks as yard art. ;>
Michael
Hey Mike, I get the feeling you don't care for Jake's Chair. LOL I have to be honest, we do not use it so I can't judge the comfort. We have a 103 year old cabin on the property (SWMBO's playhouse) and that is where it sits. A few coats of marine paint when first built and it looks brand new. Ed
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