Firepit Chairs - 375 

Jay, About 7 years ago I made 4 of this type of chair from an old article in popular woodworking. Your design and instructions are much better. But, too late for me. I wanted you to know that my chairs do not have that brace on the lower part of the legs and they are still strong and wobble free, so I think you will find yours to be the same. These chairs are very comfortable.

I don't know why your videos have not shown up in my feed, but thank God, you showed up. As always a good video and good information. Thank you.

This channel is the bomb. Honest reviews. Real world safety tips. Free plans. Beautiful family.

The Daddy-Daughter clips made my heart melt. What a little sweetheart she is! The fact you can grill meat on that fire pit edge scares the life out of me. That edge gets SO hot, have you considered fabricating a wooden surround to buffer little hands away from the fire pit edge? One touch of a tiny hand will produce 2nd or 3rd degree burns! Yikes! Oh yeah, the chairs are awesome!

Jay - I've ordered a number of your plans for a few projects - the bunks for one that I converted to triples in an L shape. Great to see another that I'll add to the list. I made some similar with straight oak and fabric for seating surface. Great job.

You're so thorough, Jay! The chairs look great, and it was great to see you with your daughter!!🥰 Can't wait to see the slab bench!

I bought your templates when they were first available. I made four chairs for me from Western Red Cedar and finished them with a teak oil and spar urethane blend. I made two more sets from White Oak, finished with an oil/wax, for my 2 kids after they saw mine. I'll never buy another set of plans or templates ever again. I'm approaching 70 years old and that was more work from my "hobby" than I wanted! lol (just kidding) But my gf is thinking about new chairs with hard maple for the legs and walnut for the slats. I told her to go to....the shop and make them herself. lol Edit: Thumbs up for the Ted Alexander hat! Ted's a good friend of mine and I miss his RU-vid channel!

Great video Jay. I bought the template a year ago with the thought of making a chair for me in my shop. It served me well in the evenings after working in the shop. Little did I know that my wife Michelle had other plans for my chair… she made it HER chair.

I've spent many, MANY, hours in one of these chairs watching my daughter's soccer games. It's super comfortable and way better than crappy fabric chairs that break all the time. It's been one of my favorite projects to date, and I've even sold a few to other soccer parents! I use my original template as my working template. If it mess them up, Jay gets more of my money! 🙃

Thank you Jay. This is a good reminder to remember to build some stuff, and relax while enjoying family and friends. Something about this video..you really seemed to enjoy this one!

That firepit is an amazing bit of kit! I agree with your wife about the bench, those chairs are so much better and the bonus is that it gives us another video to see you making a slab bench! Your Daughter is a cutie and it was lovely to see the connection between you both! She loves her Daddy!

Jay, I’ve been watching you for a LONG time. I’m really happy for the growth you have had in your channel and skill!!! You’re meticulous and thoughtful but somehow still seem chill! I have had two girls since I have started watching you and it warms my heart to see you with your daughter in the videos. Btw, she is a cute cutey to the max! Thanks for the vids and vibes buddy. Take care!!!

This was a great video Jay! Really enjoyed watching you interact with your family as well. Thanks for sharing

Just bought the plans and will be hard at work in the shop when they get here. I can think of at least a dozen people who would be interested in these chairs locally. Thanks!!

Those chairs are awesome. Your little girl is absolutely adorable! I am so jealous!

This type of chair is exactly what I'm looking for. Great video. I'm not sure what's been up with the algorithm lately but this is the first video they've notified me of in months, and I've been a subscriber for years. Anyways, keep it up, awesome content as ever.

I make a ton of really great Adirondack chairs but am always asked to make a folding version. This is a perfect alternative for my other chairs!!

Great video thank you Family time is always a great thing

Im not the most hardcore sub but i saw you do the thing inside of a little tiny apt as a workshop and that was cool af. Seeing what you get up to now is equally as fun. Ill always be grateful for all the cool stuff youtube and its creators have exposed my brainhole to. All the love from michigan.

This was a great video And perfect timing because I am in the market for an awesome fire pit! The daddy daughter clips really brightened my day. I'm so happy for you. Thanks for the video, thanks for being you.

I love my Breeo! and for some reason I feel much better with choosing them over others now that I know you have one too lol. Funny the trust we build in people we've never met but feel like I've known for years.

Love these chairs and the fire pit looks amazing! Great family sir!

I can’t recommend this project enough! Anyone can do it, and the chairs are great. Take his recommendation on good router bits.

Great video. I really need to make some of these chairs. I love my Adirondack chairs that stay out on my covered deck, but these might be a great option for available extra seating.

Great chairs. Awesome Dadness.

Thanks for the upload

Spot on about sitting by the fire pit. Kids making smores and adults enjoying the same with a cocktail or beer.

Another awesome video!! Thank you!!

Great chair. Your outdoor family area will be great. I made 6 of your original bench and your swing for our fire pit. They work great. The chair in this video is also great. Just doesn’t work for us at our age unless you can design a rocket assist to get us out. 😳. I really enjoy your videos and plans. Very practical.

Happy spouse, happy house. Great video - really surprised that it'd hold that much weight!

Looks like a fun project

Jay, I purchased your set of templates and have made four nesting chairs: one out of pine, one of plywood and two from hardwood. Everyone loves them and think that they are very interesting and comfortable. They are all well-loved and work great. I've literally spent countless hours reading in my nesting chair this past summer. Thanks for the plans and template!

Great video and breakdown with different options! I love how these look in walnut! I've been considering some "modern" adirondak chairs, but I'm kind of leaning toward these. We have a fire pit area and I think they would be great out there by it.

That good sir is an excellent project and I'll be buying the paper templates. Also love the firepit but the best thing is the huge box it comes it. Everyone loves to hide in a cardboard box 😊

13:53 I really thought for a second that the dog was standing on the edge of the pit to warm up with the fire going. Chairs look great! What a fun outdoor space.

Just found your channel. Very well done videos. Nice tight editing. Killer design for the chairs and I have major shop envy!

Great project. And the Breeo firepit looks VERY interesting. But your daughter steals the show, Jay. :)

Those are beautiful Sir.

Great project. Also great video as always

You’re gonna love the Breeo!

These are a nice chair, I made one a long time ago and it was a lot more comfortable than I expected :) Yours look WAY better than mine did tho :P I always get a giggle when lads with jointers and thickness planers say that milling takes a long time........ I work entirely by hand; your milling is childsplay by comparison :P These turned out really nice lad, I gotta make myself another one as the one I made all those years ago is long gone..... Thanks Jay :)

Awesome video

I made two of these already and just got more sapele yesterday to build 2 more and a bench as well. People are always very impressed by these chairs but you made them so easy to build with the templates! I just got a Shaper Origin and I am trying to decided if I want to use the MDF templates or buy the SVG files and cut them out with the Origin.

If it’s got to go, I see a nice “nesting bench” in place of old reliable. Nice work Jay. 😊

Great looking chairs man!

I think I’ll make a bunch of these next summer for next year’s Christmas gifts.

Nice! I used a dowel and a matching forstner bit for my stiffener. Much easier.

Very cute family ! Keep it up bro

Many ways to describe the chair and plans but I think awesome pretty well covers it

Wife "vetoed" your idea.. ...we've all been there! Great vid!

What a beautiful girl! 🌟 Thanks for sharing such personal moments, Jay - it makes you feel like a nice live person, who I believe you are, not like just some dude just selling his crap on RU-vid.

LOVE.

A bench or love seat built in the same style as the chairs would really cool.

Very nice

Number 5: The box is a lot of fun to play in!

Good Job bro

18:08 "Bum's on seats R&D" 🤔 I could live with that 😄👍👍👍👍

i ordered your cnc files before and use that brace that was removed... i am curios to see your update on that i use these at the beach and the sinking in sand can add some torque to the legs on the back of the seat element... looking forward to your outlook on this....btw everybody loves that chair!

Looking fit boss

Super chair design. And your daughter is a peach. What a cutie-pie. I wondered if the holes were for a stretcher.

Great project for next summer. But your daughter is really the star of this video. I have a 4 year old and its not easy to have those ofline moments like you said. Enjoy it as much as you can cause they grow really fast. By the way love your channel. I have to congratulate you on how you've grown your skills over the years. It's really encouraging. Thank You Jay.

Jay, you are the coolest. I love your daughter. You live in the state I graduated high school from. Go Callaway in Jackson. And I think your wife serves in uniform.

Nice sharing👍🥰❤️❤️❤️

Hi Jay, I made three of these, To from Oak, one from Cedar. I only made two modifications, I added a cutout on the top slat to serve as a handle, second I added brass feet fitted to the bottom of the feet. I think these are great, just wanted to let you know the mods I made, and that I really like these!

Hi jay, Great job. About the holes and the slat, maybe you can unify 2 chairs with a big slat to make a bench ? Cheers from France. Take care

Make a nesting bench to match chairs

I sometimes miss the old days before cnc.

Dude! Love where you placed the Lavalier mic

Those look great, Jay. The template options are a great idea, too. Will you let us know the results of your test about those braces? Take care. Bill

In your earlier builds, you used 2 screws at each end of the slats. Have you noticed any racking related to this reduction? Additionally, do you have a paper template option for the kid-size chair?

Would love to see a matching end table design to go along with these. Planning on buying your CNC files and making a set myself. Probably also buy one of the Breeo's (any coupon codes available?) Thanks for the video and design.

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Hi Jay. Nice project. You missed the most important part of the Breeo - the box :)

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with your fire pit...please let them know on the next model to extend the actual grate for the grill...looks like it doesn't completely cover as it is there for security and strength closer to the post....make the metal a tad bit thicker and it can go over the flames.....not trying to bust balls...first time seeing this thing...but love your work

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How about designing a fire pit rotisserie. This would be a large plate you stand on which slowly rotates to alternately warm your buns from time to time. Heck you could build in handles to hold on to and a place for your adult beverage.

If you choose to add the lower leg brace, seems like you could us a domino to avoid a slot cut potentialy weakening the lower leg.

Could it be modified to become a table?

What size screws are you using? Also do you ad 1 or 2 per slat? Bought the hard templates from you and they look awesome Just wanted to get my plans together

How many kilograms is such a bench designed for? Thanks.

and it comes with the box

Click play, then immediately click thumbs up, then watch the video. You already know you'll like it. May as well do it at the beginning.

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Hey Jay, I have both templates but don't seem to have the plans that come with them. Anyway to get them emailed to me?

Jay, i just purchased your MDF templates, love the design. In this video you are using 1 screw on each side of the slat. On your website where you purchase the templates, that shows 2 screws per each side of the slat. Do you think 1 screw will be adequate? Or 2?

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Just received the MDF templates, arrived in the UK only days after ordering, thanks, any update on the captured slat? should I or shouldn't I? Great channel.

can the cross brace (the one you left out to test) be a half-lap joint ? that would keep the language of design the same with the slats.. thoughts?

This gone work if i'm going to do it out of pine wood or its too weak??? Sory for my english

Jay, Did you say you modified your previous files? I originally bought your files in 2019 with the idea I would make them on my CNC. But, never got around to making them yet. Still plan on doing this have you updated the vectors for the CNC or are my files still the most current version?

I think I would feel better about the longevity of the chair woth a bottom brace in. The slight racking of a person sitting on it will put quite a bit of strain on the one screw and glue joint in the slats on the other end. I've had single screwed slats come loose over years of use on far more rigid designs than this.

Thoughts on using cedar?

I guess the length of the slats are what ever you choose, but what are yours? Did not pick that up in the video.

I noticed that you use one screw in each end of the slats vs two in your older video. Did you find out that one was strong enough or was it easier with one? Or mixture of both? I plan on making several sets of these and I just was wondering. I'm a big guy so your design will definitely be put to the test! I'll keep you posted when I get the templates, which shipped amazingly fast btw!!

Where can I buy the plans. The kmtools site that you have link does not allow to gpay.

11:54 number 3: too much moisture in the wood. 13:03 yeah, IMHO chinesium is worth avoiding. my first choice would be germanium.

Well. I was going to get the mfd templates until I saw the $45 shipping to Canada. I know…I’m cheap, but $45!

So each piece of wood was only big enough for one side piece (with a lot of waste). Would it have been possible to glue the wood together then cut nested side pieces? Then you can utilize the wasted wood better. And since you are gluing edge grain it should be plenty strong. Or am I missing something? Of course the grain pattern will be different. Is that it?