HOW TO MAKE A PORCH CHAIR

Details of Home-Made Porch Seat

ADVANCED PROJECTS IN WOODWORK (2)

Book Stand.

HOW TO MAKE A MORRIS CHAIR

The stock necessary to make a morris chair of craftsman design as shown in the engraving can be purchased mill-planed and sandpapered on four sides as given in the following list:

• 4 posts 1-3/4 by 3 by 26 in.
• 2 front and back rails 7/8 by 5-1/2 by 24 in.
• 2 side rails 7/8 by 5-1/2 by 28 in.
• 2 arm pieces 7/8 by 5-1/2 by 37 in.
• 7 slats 3/8 by 2 by 24 in.
• 2 cleats 1 by 1 by 22-1/2 in.
• 2 back stiles 1 by 2-1/2 by 24-1/2 in.
• 2 back rails 1 by 2 by 17 in.
• 3 back slats 3/8 by 1-1/2 by 19 in.
• 1 back support 3/4 by 3/4 by 24 in.
• 2 support rests 1 by 1-1/2 by 8-1/2 in.
• 2 dowels 1/2 in. diameter, 6 in. long.

HOME-MADE MISSION CHAIR

Suitable for Dining Room Use

Details of Chair Construction

A mission chair suitable for the dining room can be made from any one of the furniture woods to match the other articles of furniture. The materials can be secured from the planing mill dressed and sandpapered ready to cut the tenons and mortises. The material list can be made up from the dimensions given in the detail drawing. The front legs or posts, as well as the back ones, are made from 1-3/4-in. square stock, the back ones having a slope of 2 in. from the seat to the top. All the slats are made from 7/8-in. material and of such widths as are shown in the detail. The three upright slats in the back are 3/4-in. material. The detail drawing shows the side and back, the front being the same as the back from the seat down. All joints are mortised in the posts, as shown. The joints, however, can be made with dowels if desired. If making dowel joints they must be clamped very tight when glued and put together. The seat can be made from one piece of 7/8-in. material, fitted with notches around the posts. This is then upholstered with leather without using springs. Leather must be selected as to color to suit the kind of wood used in making the chair. The seat can also be made with an open center for a cane bottom by making a square of four pieces of 7/8-in. material about 4 in. wide. These pieces are fitted neatly to the proper size and dowelled firmly together. After the cane is put in the opening the cane is covered over and upholstered with leather in the same manner as with a solid bottom.

RUSTIC CHAIRS AND SEATS

Fig. 46.—Armchair.

 

For the armchair (Fig. 46) select four slightly curved legs about 3 in. in diameter; the front pair are 2 ft. high and the back pair are 2 ft. 9 in. high. The front seat rail is 1 ft. 2 in. long by 2½ in. in diameter, the back rail is 1 ft. long, and the side rails are 1 ft. 3 in. long, their ends being trimmed to fit the legs, and fixed with inserted ash or elm dowels ⁷/8 in. in diameter; see Fig. 47. The height from the ground line to the seat top is 1 ft. 4½ in. The battens forming the seat rest on the side rails, and cleats are fixed to the inner sides of the four legs (see Fig. 48) to support the extreme back and front battens. The arms and back are made in three parts, the scarfed joints coming immediately over the back legs. The trellis work is then added, and finally the struts and dentils are fixed around the seat. The chair can be made from unbarked wood without any dressing, or the bark may be removed and the wood, when dry, can be finished in stain and outside varnish.