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Electric Comet

29/11/2014 8:09 AM

Don't like the rear legs on this.

https://archive.org/details/designforhardwoo11coop

I was browsing for wood plans and found this bench. I would not use
this exact design due to the rear legs. The designer seemed to want
it not to tip over back. But threw away longevity. I may alter it
by using a 2x6 for the rear legs to address the back tipping and
make them vertical.

There was a kid's picnic table that I found that didn't look too
bad.

Mostly it's fun just reading through them.


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MK

Michael Karas

in reply to Electric Comet on 29/11/2014 8:09 AM

29/11/2014 7:59 PM

[This followup was posted to rec.woodworking and a copy was sent to the
cited author.]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
> https://archive.org/details/designforhardwoo11coop
>
> I was browsing for wood plans and found this bench. I would not use
> this exact design due to the rear legs. The designer seemed to want
> it not to tip over back. But threw away longevity. I may alter it
> by using a 2x6 for the rear legs to address the back tipping and
> make them vertical.
>
> There was a kid's picnic table that I found that didn't look too
> bad.
>
> Mostly it's fun just reading through them.

The rear legs made the way shown in the plan are a integral part of
making the structure strong. The triangles formed by the rear leg
joining at the top front and at the lower rear corner of the seat/back
make it so that the end frame assembly does not flex or scissor on it
self.

If you try to replace the rear leg with just a vertical piece you will
have rendered the end frame assembly to be a rectangle and susceptible
to flexing and quickly becoming wobbly.
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Michael Karas
Carousel Design Solutions
http://www.carousel-design.com

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