Kids Table and Chairs

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Comment by Jeff Thomas on January 11, 2011 at 9:53am

I don't have a plan.  I have some Red Oak stock left over from an earlier project.  The front and back legs will be made from 1 3/4 square, I will taper the two inside faces of each leg, also taper the front face of the back support to give an appearance of a sloping back.  I have a piece of 12" wide stock that I will use for the seats.

Comment by Steven Towne on January 11, 2011 at 8:51am

That should work just fine.  Do you have a plan or are you going to design it yourself?

Comment by Jeff Thomas on January 10, 2011 at 7:05pm

Thanks, that helps a lot.  I think I'm going to use pocket hole joinery for the chairs and reinforce with corner braces.

Comment by Steven Towne on January 10, 2011 at 5:03pm

The chairs are constructed mortise and tenon. I did not own a Kreg Jig at the time.  I purchased a hollow mortise chisel machine which made the project a lot eaiser. Since they are for kids and strength wasn't the issue I did not support the corners with braces, however, I've notice over the years that my daughter-in-laws both use the chairs as step stools in the kitchen and they support all the weight of an adult. The back vertical rails are two long rails and the seats are cut out around them.  Hope I answered your question. Have fun building it.

Comment by Jeff Thomas on January 10, 2011 at 11:58am

Nice looking project, I have building a similar project, just completed the table and used mortise and tenon joinery.  Started roughing out the pieces for the chairs and would like to use pocket hole joinery, are you satisfied with the strength, did you add corner braces to support the joint?  How did you attach the back pieces?

Jeff