is this chair worth saving?  

goodbye chair.
goodbye chair.

Designer mulch?
Designer mulch?

better kindling
better kindling

I'm with jesgord...
it will be winter soon...
OR, as they say in the car world THAT'LL BUFF RIGHT OUT!!

Setag -
I'm going be the...
Setag -
I'm going be the anti. If you like the chair, and enjoy restoring stuff then I'd put it back together. The finish will never be able to be natural, but you could definitely paint it a color and have a fun shaker chair. Do it!

That's a chair?
Looks like kindling...

toast
Definately kindling

Beyond
Beyond the majority of responses of "yeah, no" I would say it would be an issue to put the seat boards together in any way that would be structurally sound. Sooo, yeah, no.

well, I had a little extra time on my hands today.
I decided to go against the majority and not offer it to the fire mulch kindling gods, instead I pulled all 31 joints apart, cleaned and sanded, reglued with epoxy, then reassemmbled and clamped up for a few hours, sanded and faired, then cleaned and primed..now ready for paint!
Sure, likly more work than it's worth for a lousy old chair, but a satisfying day in the sun. I think it looks more McCobbish than shaker?
Thanks reatcreative for your positive responce, now to choose a color.

congrats, Setag
I was going to second your vote. I see chairs on the street that just need a joint reglued. People give up too easily -- or simply don't know that the piece isn't junk -- yet !
And that's a pretty little chair. Interesting to note that the leg is threaded into the seat. I assume you included the leg in the glue-up ?

impressed
Nice job! I bow to your chair life saving skills!!! 😉

Good work
Was the wood too discolored and stained to sand it and apply some sort of finish to the natural wood? While a painted finish can be nice, I'd think that unless it was totally shot, an oil & wax or clear lacquer could look interesting with the weathered patina.

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Once gain you amaze me pegboard, why offer a positive comment when a negative will do eh! Great job on the chair.

lesson
cool lesson for life!