A GARDEN CHAIR

Southland Times, Issue 23930, 23 September 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)

A GARDEN CHAIR

Make a folding garden chair now and you will have it ready to use when the first of the warm spring weather comes,

It is quite easj to make; it is very useful, and is easily folded and stored away in wet weather. The front crosslegs are cut from red pine, 35in x IJin x gin with a Jin hole bored sin from the top and another 13in from the bottom. The top is shaped as shown in Fig. A. The back legs are 26in x lgin x gin, with a slot lOin x gin. beginning 2Jin from the top. See Fig. B. The two seat pieces are IBin long shaped as shown at C, from 3in x gin wood; one gin hole is bored lin from the back end and another 6 gin from the front. Five slats for the seat are cut 17in x 2in x gin, and are screwed to the seat pieces with lin No. 9 screws.

A strengthening piece, 17in x 2in x gin, is housed to the back legs of the chair. See Fig. B.

Two spacing round pieces, lin x gin are 'made with a gin hole bored through the centre as shown in Fig. D. Use two 3in x gin carriage bolts to go through seat and spacing pieces in the front, and four 2gin x gin bolts with washers at the back. If the lower bolts have thumb nuts attached, the chaii may easily be made firm at any time. The back rest is most successful if it is cut (20gin x 3in x gin) from the curved pieces of an old barrel

But an old chair top is also satisfactory. • . The diagram shows how the chair should look when it is finished.