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[WIP] Making an outdoor modular sectional (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by breckenedge@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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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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[–] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] breckenedge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just screws and glue so far in the design

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

are you comfortable with that joint taking that load?

[–] GeekyOnion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, 24” x 24” seems the most common.