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FIGURE 11-15
Assembled jig
ASSEMBLE
ASSEMBLE
Assembling the 90-Minute Lounge Chair
requires a jig, a friend, and a bit of patience.
USING THE JIG
Makers of all kinds make and use jigs to help
with different kinds of tasks during the fabrica-
tion process. For the Lounge Chair, we made a
jig to assist with the process of putting cut
parts together.
While it’s technically possible to do it on your
own, the jig and an extra set of hands helps to
keep multiple parts oriented and aligned simul-
taneously, which makes assembly go much
more smoothly. The jig parts, provided in
AtFAB_LNG_JIG.skp, may either be cut along-
side your lounge chair or separately from scrap
material.
01: Place a moving quilt, or other cover, to pro-
tect both your Lounge Chair parts and work
surface.
02: Put the jig together as shown, aligning it
along one end of your work surface.
03: Familiarize yourself with all of the parts,
arranging them so that each part is identifiable
and within easy reach. Note the front face of
each piece, if your material is sided. Keep blue
tape, hardware, and a drill close by.
The 90 Minute-Lounge Chair parts are assem-
bled with the chair upside down.
04: Place the Seat of the 90-Minute Lounge
Chair onto the jig, with the top of the Seat fac-
ing downward, and its rear tab projecting just
past the edge of the work surface. Hold the
Seat Back so it’s upside down, and hang it off
of the Seat. Bring the rear tab of the Seat
through the lower slot of the Seat Back. The
Seat Back is now hanging from the seat.
05: Holding the Arm part, with the finish side
facing toward the work surface, slip the U-
shaped Arm part over the Seat Back and
toward the Seat, rocking and shifting it into
place. As the Arm moves past the Seat, keep
working the Arm part into place until the tab at
the back of the Arm part fits through the sec-
ond slot in the Seat Back.
06: Hold the Front part with the finish side fac-
ing the front of the chair and the legs oriented
upward. Shift and nudge the part so that its tab
fits into the front slot of the Seat. The Arm part
can be rotated so that its front tabs fit into the
Front.
07: Select a Side part, turn it upside down with
pockets facing outward, and place the top tab
inside the arm. Rotate the Side into place,
aligning its slots with the tabs on the Seat and
Seat Back, and lock all parts into one another.
Similar to the previous step, the parts need to
be gently shifted and adjusted to ease each
Side into place. Follow the same process with
the second Side.
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