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Adirondack Chair + Old Skis

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spere
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So I have several old pairs of skis that are in urban condition and I want a project for the rainy months before the snow starts falling. Anybody ever built an Adirondack style chair with skis? I know you can find plans online for the regular chairs and it looks like you can just swap out some boards with skis.

I found a couple examples online

Using skis on every part
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more simple, just on the seat and seat back
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skis-
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Thanks
Oct 12 2011 12:51AM
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JHendrix
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should send me a pair.....jk ....not really...so are those your old skis that you don't use anymore?
Oct 12 2011 12:57AM
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blackoutbill
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Used to have this up at my parents cabin in the mountains

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Oct 12 2011 1:07AM
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teleak
Posts: 2251 - Karma: 105
I wouldn't sit in a chair made out of skis!

NO WAY! NO HOW!

Oct 12 2011 1:11AM
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why
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post pics when its finished i'd like to see how it turns out.
Oct 12 2011 1:14AM
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smltownjibba
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A chair out of those skis would be sweet! good luck
Oct 12 2011 1:15AM
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teleak
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Don't show me those pics man!

Thats just offensive!
Oct 12 2011 1:16AM
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Janky
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how?
Oct 12 2011 1:27AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
yea. probably not gonna use the og ar5's though, can't justify cutting up a piece of skiing history
Oct 12 2011 1:32PM
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SwitchMisty540
Posts: 1862 - Karma: 629
i'd still ride on every pair of those...get some straight skis from the 80s and send me a couple pairs of those twins!!!  i'm poor and need skis!!!
Oct 12 2011 2:28PM
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TOAST.
Posts: 7448 - Karma: 35,618
Most of those skis look like they are in good condition. (of course I cant see the base)

I will trade you a pair of torn to shit Amplids TS for the pair that you have.
Oct 12 2011 2:31PM
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crab_pretzel
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you should use old school skis with pointed tips. ever seen an Adirondack chair with boards rounded at the top for the backrest?
Oct 12 2011 2:50PM
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SwitchMisty540
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word...give those messed up rounded ones to me!
Oct 12 2011 3:04PM
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RubberSoul
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thank god, i was gonna say, ill take the ar5s off your hands please dont hurt them!
Oct 12 2011 3:08PM
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monkatizer
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dude c'mon!

dont cut up those skis! you could practicly sell them and go get some old straight skis for free and make it actually look good!

the bright colors and matching stuff on the old straight skis will make the chair look much better!
Oct 12 2011 3:10PM
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Supergyro
Posts: 797 - Karma: 36
Guess what I just threw in the trash? 8 pairs of old skis. Guess what I'm regretting?
Oct 12 2011 4:56PM
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kootenayklaus
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Throwing away 8 pairs of old skis?
Oct 12 2011 4:59PM
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ORDEAL
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no no he threw the dead hooker in there too. now the chemicals are all over the skis and the colors are running
Oct 12 2011 5:06PM
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skiingblowsme
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dibbbbbbsss on the amplids om me
Oct 12 2011 5:09PM
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stickski
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ha those would make better skis than chairs..
Oct 12 2011 5:13PM
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spere
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not sure how you can tell this from a photo of the topsheets, but I really don't care.

the skis are fucked, and I am going to make a chair out of them, just wondering if anyone else has experience doing this themselves.
Oct 12 2011 7:47PM
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