Re: Adirondack Chairs
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJonathan, I forget where you are located but I do plan to build a outdoor bench out of honey locust. It cuts and machines like other hardwoods. Has cream (sap) to pink to brown coloration. If us relatively heavy. You cannot pound a nail in it, most nail bend unless the wood splits. It may be hard to find though unless you find a local sawyer. I am happy with it¡¯s durability. Here is my compost bin about 18-19 yr old. Air dried HL no protection. Keep in mind that we fill it with leaves every year so wood is in contact with wet leaves and the bottom 1/4 is in contact with wet leaves or dirt all yr round. I made my shop baseboards out of it. Here are pics of compost bin and baseboard. Imran On Jun 1, 2021, at 11:40 AM, Jonathan Smith <jonathan.smith@...> wrote:
?I want to build a pair of Adirondack chairs and place them in a shady area under some trees.? The area is watered once per day through the growing season.? This is dry country so surfaces normally dry within about 30 minutes.? Wood fence rails last until the sun eventually eats them.? I am looking for material suggestions.? Trex would be alright except it is too weak and, to put it nicely, unprepossessing.? Chair slats will probably be 3/8" or 1/2" and need to hold a screw.? At the other end, teak would be perfect but too expensive to just leave outside.? ?I've considered cedar and redwood.? What other options are there? I am also looking for a plan set.? There is an inherent weakness in the arm-to-back connection so looking for a design idea that addresses that issue.? Any suggestions are appreciated. |
imran