Garden King Chair Project

How to make
a King's Chair

HOW TO MAKE A KING'S CHAIR

Contents

Page 1. Introduction

Page 2. Wood Size, Cutting List, Plans and Fixing Detail

Page 3. Making and Assembling the Frame

Page 4. Making the Seat, Base and Decorative Back

Page 5. The Finishing Touches - User Comments

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Wood Size
The wood I used to make the chair frame was treated dressed (smooth/planed) pine and had a finished size (width and depth) of 75mm x 75mm.
That is not a common size wood but it is the size that I wanted, so I more or less had to rip and plane it out of bigger wood.

A more readily available dressed (smooth/planed) wood size is approximately 90mm x 90mm. In retrospect I would have used 90mm x 90mm, as I think that the king's chair could have handled a slightly bulkier look.
Basically, If you use any stock size between 70mm x 70mm and 90mm x 90mm for the chair frame it will look just fine.

Cutting List

ITEM	DESCRIPTION	STOCK SIZE	LENGTH	HOW MANY PIECES
[a]	back leg	75mm x 75mm	1287mm	2
[b]	front leg	75mm x 75mm	725mm	2
[c]	seat front and rear rail	75mm x 75mm	550mm	2
[d]	seat side rail	75mm x 75mm	425mm	2
[e]	angled back piece	75mm x 75mm	400mm	2
[f]	horizontal back piece	75mm x 75mm	approx 150mm (check on site)	2
[g]	arm	75mm x 75mm	600mm	2
[h]	front and rear base	90mm 45mm	approx 800mm (check on site)	2
[i]	side base	90mm x 45mm	approx 650mm (check on site)	2
[j]	seat and base board support	25mm x 25mm	measure and cut on site	8
[k]	seat board	150mm x 25mm	550mm	3
[l]	base board	150mm x 25mm	approx 550mm (check on site)	5

In total, allowing for a bit of waste you will need 7.3m of 75mm x 75mm exterior type wood (if you are unable to get your hands on 75mm x 75mm wood, then any stock size between 70mm x 70mm and 90mm x 90mm will suffice), 3m of 90mm x 45mm exterior type wood, 4.2m of 25mm x 25mm exterior type wood, 4.5m of 150mm x 25mm exterior type wood, and 2.7m of 12mm diameter dowel (round wood).

You will also need...

56 of 75mm wood screws (exterior type), 32 of 35mm wood screws (exterior type), 130mm galvanized coach bolts with nuts and washers, exterior type wood glue, and some type of wrought iron or metal design to fit to the back of the king chair.

The Plans
Click on a plan picture in the right hand column to see a larger picture of the plan drawings and also the arm detail drawings.

Fixing Detail
I did not use any fancy joining methods, I simply just glued and screwed. However because of the thickness of the framing wood, I first drilled a 12mm diameter hole more than halfway into the face piece of wood (where each screw went) and continued all the way through with a smaller hole (screw shank thickness).

Why the 12mm diameter hole more than halfway into the wood?

It saved using humungous sized screws, and although it left 12mm diameter holes in the wood where every screw went, it was just a matter of plugging the holes up with a bit of 12mm dowel.
The end result looked great and was in keeping with the type of chair.

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