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Bog Chair Plan

The document provides instructions for making a simple bog chair from two wooden boards. A bog chair is constructed using interlocking joints between a long tenon cut into one board and a corresponding mortise cut into another. The chair has a long history and was popular in northern Europe, though its exact origins are unknown. Assembly involves cutting boards to dimensions provided, shaping seat and back pieces, cutting a mortise in the back piece to accept the tenon, and fitting the pieces together. Adjusting the mortise size slightly can improve the chair's ability to fold flat for storage.

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Bog Chair Plan

The document provides instructions for making a simple bog chair from two wooden boards. A bog chair is constructed using interlocking joints between a long tenon cut into one board and a corresponding mortise cut into another. The chair has a long history and was popular in northern Europe, though its exact origins are unknown. Assembly involves cutting boards to dimensions provided, shaping seat and back pieces, cutting a mortise in the back piece to accept the tenon, and fitting the pieces together. Adjusting the mortise size slightly can improve the chair's ability to fold flat for storage.

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Bog chair plan

Here you are offered a free woodworking plan according to which you can make one of
the simplest possible chair – Bog chair. A bog chair is a simple portable chair that is
made from two pieces of wood (boards) that fit together in an interlocking pattern. A
long tenon is cut into one wooden board, and it needs to interlock with a mortise made
on another board.

Bog chair is also known as a Stargazer Chair, a X-chair, a plank chair and a Viking chair.

The chair may oen be associated with the Vikings and the peoples that used to live in the north of
Europe, but there is actually no evidence to prove where exactly it first came from. Some ar&facts
indicate that, most probably, this type of chair originated from Africa. The chair came to Europe in
the 19th century, and it was popular in the early 20th century. The construc&on of the bog chair is
both simple and very prac&cal – you can fold it in an instant and it needs minimum space when
unfolded.

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You can use many kinds of wood for making this chair, but we recommend hardwood.

In the drawings you have all the necessary dimensions to help you make the boards adequately.
1 Cut two boards with dimensions 1200mm (47.24in) x 300mm (11.81in) and 1300mm (51.19in) x
300mm (11.81in) ;
2 Cut the parts (Chair seat i Chair back) according to the drawings in the plan;
3 Cut out a mor+se in the chair back part. The mor+se must be slightly larger than the tenon to make
the chair fold easily.
4. Fit the two pieces together and try it out.

When folding a bog chair, it will probably require a tiny adjustment that is due to the
design rather than the plan. A slight increase in the dimensions of the mortise in relation
to the tenon will cause a slight change in the angle between the boards (see image
below).

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There are several types of the bog chair, and the only difference among them is the type
of woodworking joint that is used to interconnect the boards. Two other common types of
the bog chair can be seen in the picture below.

Bog chairs are ideal for woodworkers who are into carving, as they have large surfaces allowing
beauful paerns to be carved. Somemes these chairs turn out to be true artworks.

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