How to Build a Wood Game Chair

Create the Curves

• 1

  Measure out a 36-inch long curve, 2 inches deep, on the piece of hardboard.

• 2

  Cut out the curve and smooth out any rough spots with the sandpaper.

• 3

  Use the hardboard curve to trace out a curve on the 36-by-7 inch board as close to the edge as possible. Cut along the curve and treat the piece as scrap.

• 4

  Measure in 2 inches from the last curve and trace and cut another curve. Repeat this step once.

• 5

  Take the two pieces you just created and sand smooth any rough areas from the cut.

Assemble the Chair

• 6

  Lay the 18 inch boards on-edge, 12 1/2 inches apart and lay two 12 1/2-inch boards flat, running between them. Attach one 12 1/2-inch board flush with the top edges of the 18-inch boards, and one 5 inches from the bottom.

• 7

  Cut a 3/4-by-2 inch rectangle out of two corners of the 14-inch square board, so that the rectangles run parallel to each another.

• 8

  Attach a 12 1/2-inch board to the bottom of the edge between the two cut-outs you made, which will be the back edge of the seat, so that it is perpendicular to the 14-inch square board.

• 9

  Attach the assembly from step one below the front edge of the seat, with the flush 12 1/2-inch board at the top and facing forward.

• 10

  Attach the 10-inch boards to the open bottom edges of the seat, running from the front legs to the cut-outs.

• 11

  Attach the curved pieces, curving outward, in the cut-outs, securing them to the seat and the boards running beneath the seat, such that the ends sticking out as the back legs are even with the front legs.

• 12

  Attach a 12 1/2-inch board between the back legs, 5 inches from the bottom.

• 13

  Attach the remaining four 12-1/2 inch boards between the curved boards at the top, forming the back of the chair. Attach them starting 1 1/2 inches from the top, with 1 1/2 inches between, as near to flush as possible with the front of the curve.

• 14

  Sand smooth and paint or varnish.