A GARDEN CHAIR

Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)

A GARDEN CHAIR

This folding garden chair will be the pride of any boy who makes it. The front crosslegs are cut from red pine, 35in x IJin x Jin with a jin hole bored sin from the top and another 13in from the bottom. The top is shaped as shown in figure A.

The back legs are 26in x IJin x Jin, with a slot lOin x Jin, beginning 2|in from the top. See figure B.

The two seat pieces are 18in long shaped as shown at C, from 3in x Jin wood; one Jin hole is bored lin from the back end and another 6Jin from the front. Five slats for the seat are cut 17in x 2in x Jin, and are screwed to the seat pieces with lin No. 9 screws.

A strengthening piece, 17in x 2in x Jin, is housed to the back legs of the chair. See figure B. Two spacing round pieces, lin x Jin are made with a Jin hole bored through the centre as shown in figure D. Use two 3in x Jin carriage bolts to go through seat and spacing pieces m the front, and four 21 in x.lin bolts with washers at the back. If the lower bolts have thumb nuts attached, the chair may easily be made firm at any time. The back rest is most successful if it is cut (20Jin x 3in x Jin) from the curved pieces of an old barrel. But an old cnair top is also satisfactory. The diagram shows how the chair should look when it is finished.