Adirondack Chair Fixed

Coming back home from one of my recent trips to the flea market, I found this orange Adirondack chair on the side of the road. 

I was glad my husband was the one giving me company that day, my daughter would've been embarrassed to see me picking it up and putting it in the van! :)

It looked good, but it didn't stay straight, as you can see.

This next picture tells you why.

The back of the chair was no longer attached to the back bar, which is also the mechanism that makes it movable, allowing it to lean back or forward. So, time to fix it!

First, the "back bar" was removed but saved for later in the process.

All the boards on the back of the chair, where the screws came in, were worn out, but the middle board was the most damaged.

A piece of wood was cut to the board's width to replace the lower part of the centered board.

 The damaged part was removed using a jigsaw.

The replacement piece of wood was painted and attached using wood glue and pocket hole joinery.

The back bar was then screwed to the seat support (legs) on each side. 

Screws were also driven through each hole, trying to keep them away from the already-drilled holes in the boards on the back of the chair.

This is how it looks now. 

It's not perfect, but the chair can function this way for a few more years.

Since the back mechanism was already fixed (not movable), it was also time to make the front leg mechanism stay still.  

Three screws on each side took care of that.

All the screws on the chair were also tightened.  

This is how it looks now:

And this is how it looks when you place a nice pillow on it ...  

Like, no repair was ever made! :)

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