We made our chair from cedar because it’s lightweight, but you could use cypress, fir, treated or other decay-resistant woods. We didn’t want knots weakening the legs or seat, so we spent about $75 for knot-free “D-grade” cedar. Here’s how to find the best home center lumber for your DIY projects.
You’ll need basic tools: a jigsaw, drill, Phillips bit, file, combination square, carpenter’s square and screwdriver, plus a table saw and belt sander. If you don’t own the last two, borrow them, or use this project as an excuse to add them to your workshop. Here are the 23 tools every DIYer should own.
Additional Project Information:
Measure and Mark
- Mark one-inch increments on both ends and one side of the hardboard.
- Then draw grid lines using a combination square, straight edge and fine-point permanent marker.
A second way is to use the transfer grid method. The shapes in Fig. A (attachment at the top of this page) are drawn on a scaled-down grid.
- Draw a full size grid of one-inch squares on hardboard and transfer the shapes to it; you’ll have a template you can use over and over.
- We’ve drawn only half the backrest and seat struts on our grids because the halves are symmetrical.
- Make one template for half of the shape, then flip it to draw the other half.
- Since the shapes of the seat and backrest struts are so similar, you can make only the backrest strut template, then use it to draw the seat strut pieces, making them 1/4 in. narrower and one inch shorter (two inches shorter overall).
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