Woodworking Den Inc., is a
Licensed Retailer in the State of Indiana, and Owner of Furniture Den.
About the Adirondack Chair
Designs presented here:
Hello, I'm Dave Brown - a woodworker and
designer with Woodworking Den / Furniture Den. Over the last decade,
thousands of people have purchased these patterns. These designs
came into being through the pursuit of a singular goal: to create the best
Adirondack chair design possible - countless hours of design and testing
support each pattern.
After years of hearing positive feedback from
our customers, we are confident that you will appreciate these
woodworking designs.
Read through the information below and on the
policies page for answers to common questions, and if you don't find your answer you may
always email us using any of the links provided around the site.
Thanks, Dave
Design Focus
Our Adirondack plans start with the
historical design, adapted to satisfy
3 goals: to be comfortable, beautiful, and durable.
Comfortable: Seat
curvature is critical to how an Adirondack chair feels. You could throw a
cushion on any outdoor chair, but real design quality is revealed by a seat
curvature which is good without a cushion, one which conforms to the body while
also not being too bucketed. Excessive seat curvature can give one a
feeling of being "socked in" to the chair or like you're sitting in a barrel.
You should feel free to move around as you sit. Freedom of movement is
important, but on the other hand curvature is critical to having comfort to the
chair, yet some Adirondack designs have a flat back, with no curvature at all.
Our back curvatures are designed to conform to your body while allowing for
plenty of arm movement and freedom to move around as you sit.
Additionally, these chairs are designed to be
universally comfortable, rather than for only people of average height and
weight.
Beautiful:
An Adirondack chair must bebeautiful; otherwise, why not simply put a couple of
plastic chairs out. Adirondack chairs on the porch make a statement of
calm to the world passing by and serve as a display of your woodworking hobby.
A good design will offer years worth of satisfaction whether you are sitting in
the chairs or just looking at them. Our designs are intended
to be visually aesthetic, so please follow the patterns closely for
the best outcome.
Durable: By use of thick wood and by using
notched front 3 x 3 legs, our chair designs have tested to hold a substantial
amount of weight without breaking. Durable by design, their strength also
depends on lumber grade and grain. The lumber mainly used in the chair
designs, 5/4" x 6" select Western Red Cedar, a commonly available
material at
lumber/hardware stores for patio deck construction. For long
life we recommend applying deck sealer once per year.
What's Included
You'll receive full sized patterns
you can easily snip out and trace onto wood for precise cuts. Also, an exploded
diagram, materials list, and several pages of detailed instructions are
included. A layout grid is not included because it's better to find the
grain and quality of lumber at every section, rather than be influenced to
include all sections of wood to satisfy a pre-set layout scheme, regardless of a
section's desirability. For this reason, our instructions call for about
10% extra lumber (in other words you won't need to purchase more lumber than
is called for in the instructions since the suggested amount allows for some
defects). We want everyone to be happy, so there is a full refund for
anyone who wants to return the unused patterns within 90 days, for any reason.
Feedback
We regularly hear
positive feedback from our customers. Here is a sampling of some of
the comments we've received:
"...Prompt shipping. Nice
item. This may be my son's 4-H project next year!"
"Just studied the plan. It is
a good one! Thanks"
"Great plans! Quick
delivery!! Free shipping!!! What more could you want?..."
"I ordered the plans a month
or so ago and the plans were great. I am an experienced wood worker and it
was nice to build something that didn’t have to be so “precise.” "
"Wow super fast delivery
within a week from USA to UK! ...very impressed"
We hope that you
are our next happy customer and let us know how things went; to give
comments, feedback and suggestions, please email
support@furnitureden.com
Woodworking Tips
Using
a well-designed woodworking pattern ensures a result that will last
for years.
Western Red Cedar is recommended, but other good outdoor woods include:
poplar, treated lumber, teak, cypress, redwood, and mahogany.
If using pine, oak, or another wood that's not designed for the outdoors you
may do so by priming first with a wood primer, and then painting. Do not
paint without first applying a primer. Finish with urethane or other
outdoor sealer after the paint and primer are fully cured.
If using a wood size different than what we are recommending, you will need to
have the conceptual ability to make adjustments where you see they would be
needed, rather than emailing us to ask how to do so.
Please be safe in the shop: tune-up and adjust your equipment, use a dust
mask, eye and hearing protection, and take your time.
Tools and
Materials
Although virtually any
object may be constructed with minimal hand tools, we're often asked what
tools are needed for this project. This is a difficult question to
answer since there is a multiplicity of alternate approaches that may be
used due to the nature of woodworking, and so the hobbyist may use their
judgment as to the tools needed. Viewing this question as a matter
of ease, this project is most simple for the woodworker who owns a table
saw, electric jigsaw, coping saw, padded clamps, drills, square, level,
sanding block, etc. Other tools make a project like this even easier
such as a table-mounted router, drill press, etc.
The Chair plans call
for up to 48 linear feet of 5/4 x 6” Western Red Cedar, 4 ft of 4x4 cedar post,
eighty #8 –1 ¾” flat-head outdoor grade screws (stainless steel or
galvanized), and a tube of polyurethane-type wood glue.
Copyright -
Plans are for hobbyists only
These designs are available as an
enjoyable project for woodworkers. Commercial production of these
copyrighted designs, as furniture to be sold to the public, is
permitted only with a properly executed license
agreement with Furniture Den; however, no additional licenses are available at
this time. A purchaser of the plans may pay a business or person to construct up
to four chairs without a license agreement with Furniture Den (Woodworking Den,
Inc.); however, must advise the woodworking business or person that the pattern is
protected by copyright and it may not be produced for sale to other customers.
A substantial reward program is
available for information leading to collection of court-awarded back royalties
from unlicensed production and sale of furniture based on these designs, or from
court-awarded fines and seizures from illegal reproduction of the patterns or
plans of any of these designs by Furniture Den. These copyrights will be pursued and upheld internationally.
Distribution of copies of the
patterns is not authorized nor implied, and will be prosecuted fully in court.
The plans are copyrighted, and all rights to commercial production and
distribution will be pursued and upheld internationally.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you
enjoy your chairs.
