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Prepare Angled Leg Pieces

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I Build $3,000 Pottery Barn Outdoor Chairs For $168

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What happens here

Identify the 40-inch long pieces of lumber that will form the main legs and seat supports. Mark and cut specific angles on these pieces for the chair's recline. The rear of the leg/seat support will have a 164-degree angle (or 16 degrees off 90), while the front piece, which forms the lower part of the seat, will have a 110-degree angle (or 20 degrees off 90). The video demonstrates using a speed square to mark these angles for accurate cuts with the circular saw. Ensure to cut *outside* the marked line to allow for any minor adjustments needed during assembly.

Goal: Cut specific angles on leg and seat support pieces

Tools and materials

  • Circular Saw RYOBI — Making precise angled cuts
  • Lumber Pieces — Forming the main legs and seat supports
  • Pencil — Marking cut lines
  • Speed Square — Marking accurate angles on the lumber

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tilted up. This kind of like an Anderand chair, right? So, that's 164°. I already figured all the fancy degrees for you. And then one up front. And the one up front is going to be 110°. And at this point, we're just going to trim that off with our circaw. Uh, it's really hard to make a really straight cut. So, what I found is that if you can figure out a system to replicate your cut every single time, life will be so much easier. In this situation, you can either cut on the line or outside the line. They say save the line, meaning the line's still etched on the ground on your piece. That's my recommendation. That's the way I like to do it is I save the line. That way I know that in case my blade moves a little bit, as long as my line's there, I could always fine-tune, fine cut that remainder little piece or maybe even sand it close enough. Now, I designed this particular set to have the highest point of the seat to be 16 in off the ground, which I found's the most loungeable distance from the ground. So, right now it's probably at

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