Patio Glider

It's not fine woodworking but it is attractive and functional. I built the first one of these for a friend (my design) and a web picture of it led to a commission for a second one. I delivered this one Monday.

The wood is ERC that I harvested and milled from my place and the chairs are modified versions of my adirondack chair design. The glider hardware came from Amazon. TBIII glue, SS screws and hot-dipped galvanized carriage bolts, nuts and washers secure everything. Not shown are the cup holders that I turned from ERC blanks. They were in the shop with finish drying.

Finish is a coat of BLO followed by 7 coats of Epifanes Gloss Marine Varnish. I was about to apply coat No. 5 when I took the pictures. I had approximately 40 hours in the woodworking and a week applying the finish (one coat per day). I already have a request for two more when I get the time to build them.

Thanks for looking.

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Nice glider, Cody. Looks like a complex build.

Very nice work and the wood used is beautiful. I can understand why you have orders in hand.

Very nice Cody!

Did you brush or spray that Epifanes?

Looks like a fine work of wood to me! I love it.......bad a%$ glider.

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Originally Posted by Jim Rimmer

Nice glider, Cody. Looks like a complex build.

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Thanks, Jim. I've built so man adirondacks that the glider wasn't bad at all...after I got everything figured out on the prototype.

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Originally Posted by Gordon Eyre

Very nice work and the wood used is beautiful. I can understand why you have orders in hand.

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Thanks, Gordon and I agree that ERC is a beautiful wood.

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Originally Posted by Ken Fitzgerald

Very nice Cody!

Did you brush or spray that Epifanes?

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Thanks, Ken. I brushed everything on this one. Going by the Epifanes schedule, the first two coats are thinned enough to spray but then it becomes too thick on the remaining coats. That stuff is like Karo syrup, unthinned.

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Originally Posted by thomas prusak

Looks like a fine work of wood to me! I love it.......bad a%$ glider.

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Thanks, Thomas. i'm pleased you like it.

Thanks Cody. I built a white oak porch swing last summer and brushed Epifanes High Gloss Marine varnish on it. I had the same feelings you did. I thinned it and brushed it. Then I decided I wouldn't want to brush an unthinned coat on it. It is thick!

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Originally Posted by Cody Colston

The wood is ERC that I harvested and milled from my place

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What is ERC? Nice furniture by the way!

Eastern Red Cedar

Great idea and well executed. This is really cool. You surely nailed it!