ok, blame rennie, he asked, and whether he was serious or not, heres the pictures of how I forced myself to do this today.
Good news is I found a 50 year old maple doll cradle I saved 20 years ago when my step sister threw it out even though her dad made it for her kid.
After he died, the base cracked, it was pretty much disgusting and gone.
I took it out of the garbage, many years ago, tried to redo it.
Now Ill resand and refinish it a bit better. dont know why, but its too nice to discard. found it way up in the rafters of the garage while looking for a fan.
anyway, heres some pics of how I put them together.
mostly eagle eyed the entire assembly.(every piece is routed, rounded over for looks and safety before assembly)
assemble the base, assemble the arms, attach the arms, makes sure its level, and if its not, so what, who cares, dont matter. Lay in the center back slat, again, center, then straighten out using eagle eye method, if its off, so what, who cares, looks good anyway.
Then put on the small back slats, then eagle eye the two longer back slats, even spacing, attach the rear and front seat slats, then eagle eye out the spacing of the rest of them. No measuring spacing, just look at it, and say, yeah, good.
And if a slat for some reason is too wide(cant figure that out), so what, thats why someone invented a rubber mallet. Slam that sucker right down and put in the screws. Noone knows except you guys now.
When Im done, I take a quick walk around, like a car, check for screws sticking out, usually never, but ya never know. Then the taste test, sit in it and make sure in 10 minutes under a tree in shade, I can fall fast asleep and I know its a winner. I pull thearms about 1/2 inch closer to the front of the assembly then recommended because I find the angle of the back much more comforting then it leaning slightly further backwards. Just my taste, but everyone agrees.(and if they dont, thats ok, also, who cares)
I sit my rather large frame into the chair, and i hold my breath for a few seconds, waiting for the thing to crumble. when Im still ok, I know its ok to sell or give away.
Ill sand off the screw shavings and sand it smoother wherever the body touches the wood.Heres the pictures for rennie.(alot of chairs I use 2x6s and 2x4s for the straight and diagonal legs)