Heavy-Duty Adirondack Chair with Footstool — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 11 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2"

4 boards · 11.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 75% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 3/8" left over
31 7/8"31 7/8"23 1/2"
1. Stringers — 31 7/8"
2. Stringers — 31 7/8"
3. Footstool stringers — 23 1/2"
Board 2 · 5 1/4" left over
23 1/2"22 1/2"22 1/2"20 3/4"
1. Footstool stringers — 23 1/2"
2. Front apron and back support — 22 1/2"
3. Front apron and back support — 22 1/2"
4. Back legs — 20 3/4"
Board 3 · 3/8" left over
20 3/4"20"20"19 1/2"13 3/4"
1. Back legs — 20 3/4"
2. Front legs — 20"
3. Front legs — 20"
4. Back base support — 19 1/2"
5. Footstool legs — 13 3/4"
Board 4 · 81 1/8" left over
13 3/4"
1. Footstool legs — 13 3/4"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 57% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 41 3/4" left over
26 1/2"26 1/2"
1. Arm supports — 26 1/2"
2. Arm supports — 26 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2"

6 boards · 10.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/8" left over
36"36"22 1/2"
1. Back slats — 36"
2. Back slats — 36"
3. Seat slats — 22 1/2"
Board 2 · 1/8" left over
36"36"22 1/2"
1. Back slats — 36"
2. Back slats — 36"
3. Seat slats — 22 1/2"
Board 3 · 4 5/8" left over
36"27"27"
1. Back slats — 36"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

Heavy-Duty Adirondack Chair with Footstool — board plan

1 1/2" × 3 1/2"

Board 1 · 7 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 5 1/4" left over

Board 3 · 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 81 1/8" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

Board 1 · 41 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2"

Board 1 · 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 4 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 5 · 4 1/2" left over

Board 6 · 52 3/4" left over