DIY Modern Outdoor Chair

in this video i'm gonna make a modern outdoor chair made from 4x4 douglas fir this video is sponsored by dollar shave club now recently i went to my local home center and i couldn't believe it i saw four by fours there that was not pressure treated the thing is my local home center carry limited supplies and i don't have a lumber yard near me so i was surprised to see these in a store for the first time now with the lumber being so bulky it's much easier to use a miter saw and if you don't have one you can more than likely rent one or you can just use a circular saw now these are all the pieces for the structure of the chair nine pieces for the seat and the arm of the chair we have additional three pieces for the width of the chair four pieces for the legs and two pieces to support the seat recently i added a new tool to my shop which is a 8 inch joiner from cut tech now i've been wanting to join it for a very long time and i don't want to discourage you you do not need this for this project i'm mainly trying to speed up my workflow now the main advantage i'm seeking from this is being able to take off some of the layers so i don't have to spend a ton of time sanding and you can see here one side versus this side that's a little more smoother i was actually in the market looking for a different brand of a joiner and i was reading the reviews and they were mentioning this one which i was unaware with the brand but if you guys want to check that out i'll link this down in the video description now since i know the direction i'm going i'm going to do all my prep work first before i start the assembly i'm going to take three pieces of the lumber for the chair seat and i'm going to cut a rabbet on both ends and while i have the table saw set up i'm going to cut all the pieces at one time now after making the first pass i'm going to set my table saw up again to make the second pass now you can run test cuts on scrap pieces of wood just to make sure you get this right it's an outdoor chair so it doesn't have to be perfect now there's many ways to do this you don't have to use a table saw so i'm also going to show you another method to accomplish the same thing i'm using this thinner piece of wood as a guide because this is what the 4x4s would rest on now after tracing out that piece of lumber onto the 4x4 i'm then gonna take a reciprocating saw and then cut this section out now you have a total of three lumbers to cut this way so a total of six of these one on each side you can also use a circular saw or a handsaw and right now we're still prepping the seat so we have two more pieces to address and these are going to be the outside of the seat later on in the video you'll see where i'm going it with this but for right now we need to cut this out i also want to make sure to mark these two pieces together so i don't run into any mistakes now this will also be duplicated on both ends now you can use a handsaw and a chisel to cut this out but i'm going to cheat a little bit by using a multi-tool and with all four pieces being cut out i can now test the pieces and make sure everything looks good and now all the prep work is done i'm going to start by setting up the arms of the chair i am going to put glue at every joint in this chair and this would not only make the chair super strong but also you don't have to worry about any squeaks a few years from now depending on the wood glue you're using you really need to apply the glue and apply clamp right away you don't have a ton of wait time and one thing to keep in mind if you don't have large clamps you can use ratchet straps to bolt this together i'm going to use five inch lag screws i'm only going to use one per joint which also makes a great reason to use the wood glue the next thing i did was find the very center of this location then i took a 7 8 bit and drill a hole approximately one and a half inches deep next take a small bit and drill in the center of that hole into the next lumber behind it now drive the lag screw from one lumber into the next one now repeat this going around the entire arm you should have four bolts per arm now just repeat the same thing for the other arm so now i'm going to set up the two arms so that we can attach the back and also the bottom for the seat in order to keep the seat the same height at the front and also at the back i'm going to use some scrap pieces of wood now with these pieces clamped in place i can now add wood glue and then clamp the structure together now take the same pieces of scrap wood and we're going to put those on the front legs so that i can set the front part of the seat in place [Music] i'm also going to use the same method i used to assemble the arm to now attach the arms to the back to hide all the lag screws i'm going to use wooden dowels to plug all the holes [Music] then use a flush cut saw to cut down the dowels and i'm going to repeat this step for all the other joints that needs to be attached now early on in the video i mentioned that this piece would make more sense later on in the video now these two faces on the 4x4 would be facing out and also up and this is going to also hide all of the connection within the seat so at this point i'm not going to glue these pieces into place i'm just going to sit them there for now so i can then take that support piece and place that under the bottom and this piece will be glued and also screwed into the back of the chair [Music] now these pieces of lumber will be spaced out within the opening of the chair right now and i'm going to take some scrap pieces of wood to keep the same consistent spacing between each one of them [Music] now from the bottom of the chair i'm going to drill out a few holes so that i can attach two screws per board [Music] now i'm going to jump back to the outer ends of the seat i'm going to glue those up and also screw those into place [Music] and now we're on to the next step and i'm gonna sand it down and clean 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on the final product now after the conditioner has dried i have a few hours to put on the stain now i'm not 100 sole on the color so i'm gonna sit on it for a little while and then decide if i'm going to keep this color or darken it up the minute i make that decision i'll then be able to put on the final coat which is a couple layers of polyurethane so here's the finished product at one point i thought the chair was a bit low but overall i am happy with it one thing you could change if you're planning to make this you could make the back a little higher just by making the legs a bit taller be sure to check the video description for the dimension of the chairs and other details now my long-term plan is to make my own cushions but for this video i went to my local home center and found some cushions so hopefully cushions are not that hard to make because it is something i want to explore in the near future so here's some additional footage of the chair and until then be sure to like 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Channel: DIY Creators

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Id: cjnW9zRTfuQ

Length: 10min 0sec (600 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 15 2018