Thread: Something I made!

Mike, good looking chair. How about the King Billy and Huon Letterbox you made . . .


How are the boxes coming along?

Great looking chair but how much for the view? I'll take 10!

Originally Posted by Tex79

Great looking chair but how much for the view? I'll take 10!

There's a small trout filled river down there among the trees. Very tasty too.

Originally Posted by Pat

Mike, good looking chair. How about the King Billy and Huon Letterbox you made . . .


How are the boxes coming along?

The letterbox is still doing its job and getting a nice weathered patina. Will oil it soon. Box components acclimatising nicely. Only 2 panels have warped but have some stuff to replace them with. Gonna alternate between chairs and boxes. Gives my really stuffed lower back a break. Bending over the router table, even though it's the perfect height for me, is damn back-breaking. Anyone want to buy some arthritis of the hips. I can sell you them cheap.
Hope you enjoyed your trip down here.
Cheers
Mike

Sheddie, was the Adirondack made using Darkside methods ie.: Kapek

Oddly enough, no! Theres not a Kapex cut, Trion cut, rout or a domie in it. Cut all the components (apart from docking to length on the table saw) on my bandsaw, shot the edges with my restored #6 Stanley plane (the darkside bit- and the sound of those shavings whishing up thru the frog-mouth was bliss), sanded and arissed with the Festool 150/3 using 120 grit. Pretty simple to make once all the cuts are made. Now I have templates I can easily make 2 a day if was so inclined or was over-run with orders for them (one can only dream ) If I had one of those sexy bandsaw jigs like you have I could save even more time.
Cheers
Sheddie

Sheesh Huon for an outdoor chair - at the prices they charge at the WWW shows I might be better off buying the chair from you and ripping it up

Nice chair though

Nice work, shedhand. Good to see you back.

Agree the price sounds low, I'd start around $300 and see how it goes - you can always discount.

I made one about 8 years ago from western red cedar. Very light, good resistance to water, finished with deck oil. So far, I've re-oiled it twice and it's still holding up very well.

Tex

Originally Posted by Tex B

Nice work, shedhand. Good to see you back.

Agree the price sounds low, I'd start around $300 and see how it goes - you can always discount.

I made one about 8 years ago from western red cedar. Very light, good resistance to water, finished with deck oil. So far, I've re-oiled it twice and it's still holding up very well.

Tex

Thanks Tex. Hmm, I hadn't considered WRC. Have to see if its available locally in the dimensions I need. I know WRC weatherboards are available, be a tad flimsey made of those tho... .

Originally Posted by Shedhand

The prototype has used roughly $100 materials, so I guess a fair price would be around $200 taking into account materials, labour (around 6 hours elapsed time) and wear and tear on tools.

This link ( being a retailer selling adirondeck chairs in Melbourne) may help you in setting pricing etc.


Peter.

Just updating progress on my little enterprise.
Sold 3 so far - $175 ea (seemed what the market would bear). I've designed an extension that also can be used as a drinks table with magazine rack or stool as well as a lounge extension.
I think I've got a buyer for as many as I can make. Reckons they're cheaper and better than the Asian imports. I'll flat pack them with screws and instructions.
Attachment 128701 Chair with lounge extension.

Attachment 128702 Extension showing magazine rack when used as a table.

Attachment 128703 Detail of internal rounding to match bullnose of chair for a snug fit,

All good by the looks of things mate.

Hope you do really well and sell heaps.

Looks good, hope they go well. You sure the apprentice isn't the boss?

Originally Posted by mjmjm

Looks good, hope they go well. You sure the apprentice isn't the boss?

Only when I let her . After 2 marriages I think I got women worked out..