gothicarchchairs

1.

Gothic arch break-down chairs.
Original idea by Sir Kragon of Land’s End. Plans by Master Rhys Terafan Greydragon
40”
48”
10”
18”
20.5”
24”
1 of each of these,
glued together
to make this chair back

2.

24”
Cut/assemble two of these
arm rests
20.5”
Three times the thickness of the sides
16”
The thickness of the sides
16.5”
Cut one chair seat
21.5”
Detail of the peg slots
16.5”
The left space (shaded area) is the
thickness of the sides of the chairs.
(I used ¾” plywood.)
5”
.75”
26”
.5”
.5”
.5”
29”
18”
1.0”
8”
.5”
Cut two of these chair legs

3.

21.5”
16.5”
5”
29”
26”
½”
18”
17”
8”
Position the
seat slots so
the rear of the
seat is 1” lower
than the front.
Make the line
of the slots for
the back
perpendicular
to the seat,
(dashed line)

4.

Full size quatrefoil pattern
(2.5” circles just touching in the center, 5” total) on a 6” circle

5.

One method I lay out the chair pieces on a 4’ x 8’ sheet of plywood, but it is better
to make 2 chairs using ½” plywood for the backs and ¾” plywood for the seat and sides