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Sitting-Pretty
Folding Chair
Who says you cant make a great concept
#DP-00048
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PIVOT DETAIL
EXPLODED VIEW
1/4-20
brass
threaded
insert
1/8
x 3/4"
pipe
nipple
7/16"
hole
1/4
3/8"
5/8"
- 20 x 11/4"
brass R.H.
machine screw
and flat washer
hole
deep
3/16"
1/8"
1/16
3/4
1/4"
roundovers
513/16"
x
x
brass strap
(2 required)
A
F
3/16"
hole
3/16"
brass
flat washer
F
G
C
B
E
1" dowel initially cut 16"
long. (Finished size is
157/8" long.)
D
1" dowel initially cut 175/8" long.
(Finished size is 171/2" long.)
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Finished Size
T
W
L
Part
Qty.
Matl.
Bill of Materials
A front legs
"
4" 36" O
B rear legs
"
2" 19" O
C seat supports
"
2" 15" O
D*front stretcher
1" dia.
17fi" O
E* rear stretcher
1" dia.
15" O
F seat slats
fi"
1fi" 15" O
fi"
2fi" 15" O
fi"
2" 17fi" O
I back slats
fi"
1fi" 17fi" O
CUTTING DIAGRAM
F
1/2
H
Also needed: 1 x 36"
White Oak dowel
A
3/4
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1/2"
roundover bit
Turn hardboard
pattern over to drill
holes in mirror-image part.
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TENON AND
WEDGE DETAIL
#8 x 11/4" F.H.
brass wood screw
SCREWHOLE DETAIL
1" dowel
3/4" rabbet
1/8" deep
3 /8 "
3 /8 "
pilot
hole 7/8" deep
hole
3/4"
shank
hole,
countersunk
Trim tenon
flush after
assembly.
1 /8 "
3/4"
7/8"
7/64"
3/4"
13/16"
11/64"
Make from
3/4"- wide
walnut.
1/16"
saw
kerf
3/8"
round-over,
top edge only
171/2"
#8 x 11/4" F.H.
brass wood screw
1/4
- 20 brass
threaded insert
1/4" roundovers
3/8" holes
5/8" deep
3/4"
A
3/4"
hole
D
1" dowel initially cut 175/8" long.
(Finished size is 171/2" long.)
1 /8 "
wedge
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1/2"-thick
block
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1 /8 "
1 /2 "
hole
deep
7/16"
hole
B
3/4"
3 /4 "
1/4"
hole
157/8"
round-overs
#8 x 11/4" F.H.
brass wood
screw
11/64"
hole,
countersunk
3/4"
1/8"
rabbets
deep on
ends of all slats
7/64" pilot
7/8" deep
F
7/16"
hole
hole
3/8"
SEAT ASSEMBLY
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13/16"
1/8"
dado set
above table
Seat slat I
Clamp stopblock to
miter-gauge extension to
cut rabbets 3/4" wide.
Cut oversized
clearance hole
in 3" wide fence.
11/2"
sanding
drum
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No. 3Stack-cut
matching parts
with your bandsaw
if you are making a set of
chairs. Adhere the blanks with
double-faced tape, and do
your edge-sanding before
separating the parts.
N o . 4 U s e
commercial brass
polish on the
straps, then spray them
with lacquer to prevent
tarnish. Handle polished
brass with gloves or a cloth
before you spray it. You can
brighten brass screw heads
and washers before assembly
with the same treatment.
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SCALE
1"
1/8"
C
7/16"
hole
C
SEAT SUPPORT
3/4"-thick stock
(Make 2 per chair)
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3/8"
3/4"
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A
FRONT LEG
A
FRONT LEG
3/4"-thick stock
(Make 2 per chair)
A
B
B
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5 /8" de
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3 /8" ho e face
sid
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F
C
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2fi"
R=3/8"
CENTERLINE
513/16"
53/16"
BRASS STRAP
(Make 2 per chair)
3/16"
3/4"
1/8-thick
3/16"
" hole,
countersunk
1fi"
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CENTERLINE
CENTERLINE
I
BACK SLAT
1/2"-thick stock
(Make 5 per chair)
1/4
H
TOP BACK SLAT
1/2"-thick stock
(Make 1 per chair)
1/4
Recess is formed
with a 11/2"-diameter
drum sander.
Omit recesses on
this edge on one
slat per chair.
3/4"
rabbet 1/8"
deep on bottom
5/32"
hole,
countersunk
11/2"
11/2"
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