FROM BARREL TO
FINISHED PRODUCT
Seat inner frame clamped for gluing Seat outer frame attached to the inner frame
Graded pieces for chair construction
C
A
Finished patio Captain's chair
Finished patio chair
B
MAKING A PATIO CHAIR

A - Rough sanded staves cut to length before assembly.

B - Seat inner frame (made from oak railway sleepers) cramped-up before assembly to outer barrel stave frame.

C - Finished seat frame.

D - The finished Patio Chair.

E - The finished Captain's Chair.
D
E
All products start with the old barrel - the next step is to remove the metal bands that retain the barrel shape, once done the barrel collapses to leave the staves and the ends.
The photographs shown here are typical of the stages taken to produce a Patio Chair to compliment the Patio Table shown on the previous page.

The same care and attention is given to choose the right barrel stave for the right piece of the chair. All joints are strengthened with zinc plated screws and beech dowel pegs.

Once dry assembled, alignment of all parts is checked before drilling for beech dowel pegs and fixings. Three coats of 'finishing oil' is then applied to all surfaces.



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