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[WIP] Making an outdoor modular sectional (self.woodworking)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by breckenedge to c/[email protected]

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Using cedar 2x4s cut to 1.5x3. Planning to seal with outdoor polyurithane varnish. Any thoughts on the design thus far?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the pocket holes on the outside of the back leg kills me

[–] breckenedge 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Don’t die. It’s a prototype and I’ll need like 7 of those. I cut two lefts rather than a left and right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you have other joinery gong on, or are those legs relying on pocket screws to hold the load? Is it going to stand up to the racking forces that chairs take?

[–] breckenedge 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just screws and glue so far in the design

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

are you comfortable with that joint taking that load?

[–] GeekyOnion 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you start from the cushion size as your base dimensions? I’m thinking about doing something similar and trying to decide on how to figure out the sizing.

[–] breckenedge 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, 24” x 24” seems the most common.