My friend and I are building two glider rockers (deck chairs). (We got an
old broken down version from a yard sale and are using this as a model.)
These chairs will be out in the weather for spring, summer, and fall in
southern British Columbia and stored under cover during the winter seasons.

The back and seats are of slats that are dowel pegged into side rails.
(About 12 slats per each back and seat assembly.) I think it may be a bit
of a scramble to glue the back and seat assembly--getting everything all
lined up properly and clamped down before the glue begins to set. I reckon
we can do it but the task would be less fretful if we did not use glue on
the slats in the middle/centre of the assembly.

Can we do without glue on a portion of the slats? I think the final product
might be overall stiffer if we glued everything and that would be an
advantage with respect to how long the chairs last.

TIA,
David Todtman