tailieunhanh - Design outdoor furniture: Part 1

Part 1 of the document Design outdoor furniture present the content: round picnic table and furniture; sunlover’s chaise lounge; knock down planter; contoured porch swing; backyard cart; outdoor display shelves; scissors chair and table; sling hammock; garden bench. Please refer to ebook for details of the content. | r 6R4. I E582o Bl _1 1ụ M l BEI TER-YOl RSI WWDWCRKING PROIECTS Outdoor Furniture Contents An Introduction to Outdoor Furniture 1 PROJECTS Round Picnic Table and Benches 4 Sunlover s Chaise Lounge 12 Knock-Down Planter 19 Contoured Porch Swing 24 Backyard Cart 30 Outdoor Display Shelves 37 Scissors Chair and Table 42 Sling Hammock 50 Garden Bench 54 Children s Picnic Table and Benches 62 Gardener s Kneeling Bench 68 Shrub Planter 72 Duck Board Benches and Tables 79 Rocking Sling Chair 84 Tree Bench 90 Nesting Tables 96 Planter Partition 100 Garden Table Bench 106 Cedar Doormat 111 Adirondack Chair 116 TIPS AND TECHNIQUES Avoiding Splinters 18 Rust-Resistant Hardware 41 Precautions for Pressure-Treated Lumber 78 Outdoor Finishes 122 Credits 123 AN INTHQDl .TKIN n OirnXJOH HIRNin JRI An Introduction to Outdoor Furniture u f you ve ever made a picnic table or a planter you know that the art of making outdoor furniture is unique different from any other type of woodworking The methods and techniques arc a careful blend of cabinetry and carpentry a finished outdoor furniture project looks like a piece of furniture but it s built like a house. The reason for his of course is he weather. Out of doors your project has to survive extreme changes in temperature and humidity. When building outdoor furniture you have to plan ahead for the distortion and decay hat happens when wood gets hot cold or wet. And this is just as important you have to provide a way for the wood to shed the rain and dry quickly to prevent as much of that distortion and decay as possible. Outdoor Furniture Joinery Water ends to collect wherever two pieces of wood join together. Consequently outdoor furniture has as few joints as possible and those joints arc usually very simple butt joints lap joints maybe an open mortise and tenon. Illis decreases the surface area of any board that Is in direct contact with other boards. In other types of woodworking the purpose of joinery is to increase the .