Cape Cod Chair Project
See this page at http://www.buildeazy.com/capecod-9.html
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Page Contents
1: Introduction, Description & Measurements 2: Materials & cutting list 3: The side, front, & top elevation plans 4: Shaping the wood by measurements 5: Shaping the wood by grid plan 6: Shaping the wood by pattern printout |
7: Shaping and cutting the pieces
8: Assembling the seat unit 9: Assembling the arm and leg unit 
10: Joining it all together 11: The final touches 12: User Comments/Photos See the video at YouTube |
Step 8. Toe-nail the legs to the arms
Once the legs and braces are positioned correctly on the arms (currently in upside-down mode, see step 7.), they can then be secured.
Do this by gluing and toe-nailing (skew, angle nailing) through the sides of the braces and legs into the arms.
Pre-drill the nail holes in the braces and legs to avoid splitting.
Step 9. Align the two arms with one-another
Lay the two leg, brace and arm combinations upside-down on a flat surface.
Space them apart, parallel. The distance between the legs (currently in upright position) should be 24 3/4" (620mm), which is the length of the
front spacer (j).
Lay and fix (temporarily) a couple of strips of wood across the arms to hold them (the arms) parallel in position, just until the upper back support (i) and the front spacer (j) have been added.
Step 10. Add the upper back support and the front spacer
Add the upper back support (i) and the front spacer (j).
Refer to the 'side elevation plan' on page 3 for positioning.
You will probably need a hand to hold them in place while fixing.
Step 11. Prepare the seat
Now is probably a good time to give the seat slats a good sanding to make sure the seat profile is nice and rounded.
Not all the seat slats are fixed in place at this stage.
This is to allow room for the back slats to be fixed without too much problem.