Dining Chair From Only Two 2x4s – Build Plans PDF

Build a full-size dining chair from just two 2x4s. It has a bent back made from tapered pieces flipped and glued together, a slatted seat, and screw holes hidden with dowel plugs. The seat frame is 15" wide.

What's inside the PDF

• Materials and tools lists
• Cut list and cut diagram showing every part from the two boards
• 21 step-by-step instructions with photos: cutting, ripping the legs into 2x2s, resawing the seat boards, marking and cutting the tapers for the bent back, building the frame, adding the seat and hiding the screws with dowels
• My tips from building this chair

Materials: two 8 ft 2x4s, 3/8" dowels, 2" deck screws, wood glue.

Tools used: mitre saw (with a stop block), table saw (a taper jig helps), planer, bandsaw or jigsaw, hand plane (if you cut the tapers on the bandsaw), drill with 3/8" bit, speed square, clamps, pull saw, sander.

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