We Built a Modern Adirondack Chair (FREE PLANS)

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[Lou-xtmb]

Just built this chair!! Mines a little crooked, but my beer doesn’t move so I call it a win. Thanks!

[eduardo_k]

Thanks to your vid I built one of these a year or two ago with some scrap pressure treated lumber I had lying around. It’s a good design that was super easy to follow and took an hour using my mitre and jig saws. Whenever we have people over they always ask my wife where she bought the chair. When she tells them I built it, they think I’m some sort of master craftsman. I giggle inside every time.
Nice work!

[sidskid]

The fact that you made the dimensions available on the screen without charging us for them just made me subscribe. Let me know if you have a Patreon or anywhere we can support you so you can keep making great content like this!

[Canosa]

@ 3:18 One of the best quotes I've heard in a very long time "Let's not rely completely on math because there is some human error here". I Love it. Bought the wood last week and I'm building this chair in the next few days.

[Colorado-Tinkering]

I just built one, now that wood is almost back at previous prices.
I gotta say I had fun with the project and there were only minor adjustments I had to make with the sander to make it all a perfect fit. Wet PT wood make mine about 130 pounds. That’s perfectly fine and it’ll dry out over the winter.
To be honest, it’s not as comfortable as I’d hoped with the seat being flat. This only means that a lucky family member will get an Adirondack chair for his birthday soon.

Thank you so much for the excellent plan and video. Again, I had fun building it.

[peterpsaras]

I joined two chairs together and consolidated the middle long leg. Made for a great cedar Adirondack bench.

[antoniowade]

Bro, I really appreciate how you work, easy to understand, and apply.. Thank you so much. You are truly a chaftsman.. Wade Out..

[jamescantrell]

I built four of these today, super easy to follow instructions, now I need a good square outdoor table design.

[orionsbelt]

I built two of your outdoor benches last year for my boat dock and they turned out great! Im so glad you have these chair plans that will match the benches perfectly! Cant wait to get started on them! Thanks again for making your videos!

[johnmetcalf]

I'm just starting out doing wood work but after completing the bench project with my son, I built this chair. Because of these easy to do projects, I'm loving wood working.

[bigoldron]

Built 2 for myself and sold 4, and have an order for 6 more! Great plans and the chairs are very sturdy and comfortable! One recommendation - I found that if you put a screw in from the inside of the upright into the back of the arm rest, it makes it a LOT sturdier.

[Clarkau]

I bought the plans and built this chair. Same with the bench seat also.
They turned out great tho I used some different sized timbers as I had some off cuts lying around. I think thin decking boards on the seat is an upgrade on this chair because it adds more flexi and thinner decking boards will dry faster after a rainy day. I used the stronger 32mm (about 1 inch) decking boards but will swap them out for 19mm (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch).
I live in New Zealand and these are perfect for the conditions! The sun doesn't fade them beyond a coat of stain, the wind doesn't blow them away and rain doesn't affect them. They are more durable than anything you can buy in a store and neighborhood cats don't piss on them!
1 improvement you could consider for your videos and plans is to add the metric measurements for the other 94% of the worlds population.
Even with the outdated measurements, your probably my favorite YouTuber. Keep it up and ill keep buying you plans.

[nowakezoneforever]

Gotta love easy DIY stuff for noobs like me. I built the bench last week. Today, this chair. I had some issues with the angles using a speed square but in the end it came out great. A key for me was squaring the feet with a straight board. Using the measurements on the pics where to line up the small leg didn’t work out so I just used the 2 5/8 one and squared them. Worked fine. Other errors too but they’re all on me. There were a lot of cuts and if you’re off by 1/16 over 4 cuts let’s say, that 1/4” can make a heckuva difference.

[FlashSprues]

Great build! Built one for myself with only one or two problems. My neighbors seen the chair when it was almost completed and both of them want two chairs each along with a table. So, if this keeps up will have to make some templates. The only thing different from your chair is I put a 3 inch round-over on the outer vertical panels for the back.

[steveohare]

Love this project . Planning on making two chairs, two benches do you make a table using the same style please

[jeffstanley]

I learned something today that was so simple I could not believe that I had not thought of it. Laying the foam insulation on your table to use when cutting wood on it with your circ saw. I do that all the time on the driveway with sheet plywood but it never occurred to me to put it on my table for the same purpose. I just always used dogs to hold it and held the part to be cut off the edge. Your way is better. Also, I doubt I will ever build one of these chairs but thanks for the free plans anyway.

[nochevys]

Built this today. New to building things. Plans on your website are easy to follow. Overall good build took me about 4 hours...

[josegarces]

I just built this chair and I love it, I took a lot longer than an hour but I bought material for two chairs. My only thing was that I thought the chair would be to heavy for the arm rest to be screwed into the side, the piece that was cut off from the support pieces I used for support: measuring 4 inches down from longest side and cut it at the same angle. Looks good and is very comfortable! Everyone who has seen or sat in it loves it. Thanks!!

[scottstevens]

We built two of these chairs and really love the solid design. The legs provide good support in the lawn and prevent sinking. Made a couple of minor tweaks to the plans. Used a 45 at the top of the outside back boards to soften the corners. Also used pocket screws to secure the arm rest to the support so there were no screws in the top. The design is perfect with a Leopold style bench. I’ll try your bench design next! (For all - Buy the plans as it much easier than working from the web site. I then add the plans to my notebook so that I can record my tweaks and notes.)

[dominic]

Nice, like how you give measurements rather than angles, makes it easier for newbies like me.