Table of Contents
- 1Introduction
- 2About the measurements, wood sizes
- 3The materials (shopping) list
- 4The materials (shopping) list continued
- 5The cutting list
- 6Cut, shape, and drill the pieces
- 7 Plans, the individual frame pieces
- 8Make up the smaller side frames
- 9Fix the seat support pieces to the long legs
- 10Assemble the side frames
- 11Prepare the frames for seat and tabletop
- 12Make the seat and tabletop panels
- 13Fix and seats and tabletop
- 14Adjust the backstops and fix the bracing
- 15Plans - the armrest
- 16Make and fit the armrest frames
- 17Make and fit the armrest pads
- 18Make the umbrella hole and more photos
The materials (shopping) list continued
You will also need:
● Four 10 mm (3/8″) diameter bolts 64 mm (2 1/2″) long overall (the length of the thickness of two pieces of framing wood)..
Note: Usually the length of a bolt refers to the shank length only, that is, the head of the bolt is not included in the length. However, in this case the reference to the length of the bolt is ‘overall’, meaning it does include the head. This is because the head of the bolt is countersunk into the wood.
● Four nylon locking nuts.
Note: Each bolt is used as a pivot point for two pieces of wood, therefore the nuts cannot be tightened completely otherwise the wood would not be able to ‘pivot’ freely.
Because the nuts can only be loosely tightened (just enough to allow the wood to pivot), nylon locking nuts (or similar) are required.
A nylon locking nut is a nut that resists further loosening or tightening under vibration and torque. It has a nylon collar insert.
● Around 200 exterior type wood screws 50 mm (2″) long.
● Some exterior wood glue.
Shopping list summary. To recap, in all you will need:
● 12 metres (40 ft) of 32 mm x 64 mm (1 1/4″ x 2 1/2″) stock, treated pine or other wood suitable for exterior use.
● 1.5 metres (5 ft) of 140 mm x 19 mm (5 1/2″ x 3/4″) stock, treated pine or other wood suitable for exterior use.
● 9 metres (30 ft) of 140 mm (5 1/2) wide x 19 mm (3/4″) thick, tongue and groove boards.
● 1.5 metres (5 ft) of 140 mm x 19 mm (5 1/2″ x 3/4″) stock.
● Four 10 mm (3/8″) diameter bolts 64 mm (2 1/2″) long overall (the length of the thickness of two pieces of framing wood).
● Four nylon locking nuts.
● Around 200 exterior type wood screws 50 mm (2″) long.
● Some exterior wood glue.
For the frame I used 5/4 x 6 pressure treated wood (actual 1.25 x 5.5). I don’t have a power miter saw so I cut each length with a circular saw then ripped into two identical pieces with a table saw. Cut the angles for each piece with a table saw. The top and seats are T&G pine. This may not hold up outside so I didn’t glue them. I can always replace them with the same pressure treated wood. If I do this I will edge dowel them together rather than use a rod or a batten as shown in the plans.
Thanks for the plans.
Reed
Beware – the cut list is converted to English units by dividing by 25, resulting in rounding errors. More accurate English units can be obtained by dividing by 25.4.