Scaun pliant

În cazul în care spațiul de locuit este limitat la câteva scaune pliante sunt la
îndemână pentru a avea ca spațiu de relaxare suplimentar sau pot fi
folosit de zi cu zi și sa mutat din drum pentru o petrecere.
Aceste scaune sunt ușor să se miște și să ia abia orice cameră atunci când nu
este în uz.
Ele sunt, de asemenea, practic, în grădină, în special deoarece acestea nu vor
lăsa găuri în gazon.
Corpul este fabricat din două cadre unite cu dibluri și șuruburi prins
transport.
Partea din spate este fixat la bucăți de lemn tăiat în același design, dar pu țin
mai scurte decât picioarele, și sunt prinse cu șuruburi de cadrul exterior.
Scaunul este fabricat din pânză sau orice material puternic, bătut în cuie în
loc de cuie tapiterie.

Scaun pliant la îndemână, prezentate aici, atât cu partea din spate sus și
îndoite în jos este facut din lemn de pin lacuit si lustruit cu lân ă de o țel.
Scaunul panza a tivurile au transformat în și lipite, apoi consolidat cu cuie f ăr ă
floare.
Este practic de a avea mai multe dintre aceste ușor-de-a face scaune pe o
parte, și au nevoie de spațiu de stocare foarte puțin.

MATERIALE
Picioare cadru 4 buc. 7/8 x 1 1/4 "x 19 3/4"
Înapoi Baruri 2 buc. 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 15 3/4 "
Traverse 2 buc. 7/8 "x 1 1/2" x 15 3/4 "
2 buc. 7/8 "x 1 1/2" x aprox. 14 "(se adapteze pentru a se potrivi)

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Misc. Scaun din spate 1 buc. 3/8 "placaj, 4" x 15 3/4 "
Dibluri 8 buc. 7/16 "x 2 3/8"
Șuruburile de transportare 4 buc. 1/4 "x 2 3/8", 2 șaibe și 2 piuli țe pentru
fiecare.
Pioneze tapiterie 40 buc. 3/8 "lung
Șuruburi 4 buc. 1 "No. 6, cu cap plat, din alamă
Pânză țesătură, 17 1/4 "x 19 3/4"

Scaun pliant la îndemână, prezentate aici, atât cu partea din spate sus și
îndoite în jos este facut din lemn de pin lacuit si lustruit cu lân ă de o țel.
Scaunul panza a tivurile au transformat în și lipite, apoi consolidat cu cuie f ăr ă
floare.
Este practic de a avea mai multe dintre aceste ușor-de-a face scaune pe o
parte, și au nevoie de spațiu de stocare foarte puțin.

PROCEDURA
Face picioarele, piese de spate, barele transversale, și scaun în urma unor
măsurători specifice.
Creion în locul de asamblare diblurilor din capetele de piese picior și g ăuri de
potrivire din traverse.
De asemenea, marca poziție pentru șuruburi de transport pe picioare și
spate.
Capetele de pe șuruburile de transport care unesc cele dou ă cadre trebuie s ă
fie adăncitură în cadrul exterior,
astfel încât scaunul poate fi pliate. Găuri.

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Dibluri lipici în capete de piese picior. Cu toate acestea, în scopul de a
menține picioarele de divizare în timp ce dibluri sunt introduse acestea ar
trebui să fie plasate în menghină și a sprijinit cu scrapwood.
Nisip toate părțile și muchii plane.
A văzut canelură pentru o pană în dibluri. Taie felii de resturi.
Acestea sunt utilizate pentru a strânge în formă.
Cadru lipici împreună și pene de lire în dibluri.
Îndreptați încadra în cazul în care este necesar.

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Când lipici sa intarit, a văzut pe lungime in exces pe dibluri.
Rotunji marginile exterioare ale traverse și nisip le netezi.
La terminarea tuturor suprafetelor din lemn ar trebui să fie f ăcut acum.
Asambla cadru și înapoi piese cu șuruburi transport și înșurubați scaunul
înapoi la spate de sprijin.
Tăiați tesatura, transforma marginile sub suficient de mult, astfel încât
scaunul materialul este egală cu distanța dintre partea din spate sprijin ă de
scaun pliant.
Lipici transformat sub marginile de material pentru a face un "tiv." Material
fixa bine sub barele transversale cu cuie tapiterie.

Scaun pliant în poziția închis se potrivește cu ușurință în portbagajul unei

mașini.
Scaunul den este un fotoliu mic util în multe zone ale casei.
Cadrul este realizat din puțin murdare pin, lacuita, perna este spuma de
cauciuc acoperit cu tesatura robust.

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This chair design came to me after a failed attempt at re-creating a chair I had
seen by Architectural Designer Robert van Embricqs. It was a very beautiful
and stunning piece, but seemed to expensive to do it just the way he had. So I
set out to make a less expensive version of his chair and it looked amazing,
however it couldn't even hold my 95lb daughter. I was then left with about 70
pieces of 3/4" x 3/4 " wood in varying lengths. What was I going to do with all
that wood?

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A couple of days later, I remembered having seen a sketch of a chair in a
book titled "Nomadic Furniture" by James Hennessey and Victor Papanek
called a "Savonarola Folding Throne". After a quick search on the internet for
better pictures of it, I thought I figured out how it was put together. Although I
have only seen them in the open chair position and never folded, I could only
imagine that the following is a pretty close (albeit very simplified)
approximation of how it is done.

Step 1: Materials and tools

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It has been my experience with woodworking that there is never just one tool
that can be used or just one way to put something together. The first couple of
these chairs that I made I did with just a table saw, miter saw, tape measure,
drill with a few bits and some sand paper, so most hobbyists will have the right
tools for this project. Once you read through this, you will have a good idea
what tools you have in your arsenal that will work for this job. Here is a list of
the supplies I have come to use for making these. (The chair in this
instructable is number 10 including the first two prototypes)

Tools

-Table saw - for ripping lengths of pieces

-Miter saw with attached jig - the jig makes sure that every piece is exactly the
same (and all without measuring)
-Router with 5/16" bit and attached jig - the router makes sure the holes are
nice and straight and the jig makes sure the spacing on the holes are exactly
the same on each piece (again, no measuring needed once you make the jig)
-Drill with varying bit sizes and a 3/8" boring bit for counter sinking screws
-Sander - this keeps the slivers out of our tender bits
-Philips head screwdriver
-Tape Measure
-Rack for applying stain and polyurethane, and also for drying
-Foam brushes for apply stain and poly
-Safety goggles and hearing protection
-Square for making sure things are squarish
-Vinyl paper for spacers - I'll explain these later
-Hacksaw - for cutting dowels to length in the finishing stages of the build

Materials

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-Three 1"x4"x8' boards (actual dimensions 3/4"x3 1/2"x8') - These should be
as knot free as possible because we are using such small pieces and if the
knots span the width of the piece it will be very weak there (I am using pine for
this build, but other woods work very well too, as you will see in later pictures)
-Two 5/16"x3' wooden dowels
-Thirty-four 1" screws (something reasonably appropriate for use with wood)
-Wood glue
-Wood stain - optional depending on type of wood used
-Polyurethane - again, optional depending on type of wood used

Step 2: Ripping the Lengths

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The first step is to cleanly cut the ends off your boards using the miter saw.
These ends are never quite square, will sometimes have grade markings on
them and they are also pretty rough. You shouldn't be making a very big cut,
just enough to tidy things up.

Now set up the fence to cut all the boards into 3/4" strips. If you get it at just
3/4" and not a hair over (assuming you have a standard blade that gives you a
1/8" kerf) you will be able to get 4 strips from each board without any waste.
When you set your blade height, you want the teeth to just clear the top of the
board as it comes through. This will give you a nice clean cut as well as
keeping the saw from throwing a bunch of sawdust in your face as you cut.

If you've done everything right so far, you should have twelve 3/4"x3/4"x8'
lengths of wood. This will actually be more than you need, but some pieces
may not be desirable for this project, so you want to have a little extra. If you
only ended up with nine of these and three thinner ones, do like the
Hitchhiker's Guide says and DON'T PANIC because the nine pieces will be
enough if you chose very carefully when you bought your wood. If you don't
have any knots or there are only very small ones everything should be fine.

Step 3: Cutting the pieces

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This chair is, for the most part, just two pieces of wood repeated 17 times.
There are the longer pieces that make up the sides that are 27" long and
square on both ends. Then there are the seat pieces, which are square on
one end and cut at a 40° angle on the other end. The short side of this piece is
15" and the long side of this piece is 15 11/16".

The most efficient way of cutting these pieces is to cut two side pieces and
two seat pieces from each length. When you're cutting these you want to be
aware of a couple of things. First of all, you don't want any potential structural
failures due to weaknesses in the wood, so watch out for splits and large
knots. Cut your pieces from either side of these types of imperfections. If you
cut two long pieces and two short pieces from each length, you will have
about 10" or so of scrap left over, so if you have to cut a knot or split out of the
middle of your length, you will still have enough to get your four pieces. Don't
forget that you also have a few extra lengths to use too, so don't be too stingy
and use inadequate pieces.

The second thing you will want to consider is the grain of the wood. I don't
think so much about the grain with the long pieces, but you will want to have
the most interesting grain showing on the top side of the seat section. With the
way I am going to cut these pieces on the miter saw, that means I will be
picking my favorite side of the wood and putting that down ( the longer side of
the seat pieces is the top side of the seat).

Another thing you will need to be aware of when cutting these pieces is the
straightness of all the pieces. Your pieces have to be very close to perfectly
straight stock in order for this chair to work well. I have made these out of
pine, black walnut and red oak so far. The oak was by far the easiest wood to

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work for this project. It cuts easily, stays true and finishes easily. The pine
usually works well, but can sometimes look good when I buy it and as soon as
I rip the 3/4" pieces, the wood starts to warp pretty noticeably. The pine will
also tear out on the bottom side of drilled holes and the back side of miter cuts
more easily than the other two woods, so a very light touch is needed when
drilling and cutting pine.The black walnut was the easiest to cut and is by far
the most beautiful wood of all three, but what a pain in the backside it was
getting the pieces to remain straight.

With that said, you're ready to start cutting. First cut 17 pieces that are 27"
long. I do this by cutting two pieces from each length until I have cut them all.
That means you will have cut about 54" from each 8' length leaving you about
42". These long pieces are easy because they are just a nice straight 27" with
no angles or anything.

With your miter still set for 90° angles, cut 4 pieces roughly 16" to 18" long.
These will be used for the braces on the sides of the chair and will be trimmed
up later to the exact length needed.

Next you will want to cut all 17 of your seat pieces from the leftover 42"
lengths. First set your miter at 40°. Then you'll want to measure and mark a
line 15" from each end of the 42" piece. Then, just go ahead and make all
your cuts. What you will have left over will be the middle of the 42" length that
is now a trapezoidal shape. Again, once cut, the seat pieces should be 15" on
one side and 15 11/16" on the opposite side.

Next you will want to cut the dowels in half. This doesn't have to be exactly in
half and most of the time I don't even measure this cut. These get trimmed up
later to a more exact length so for now, close enough is close enough.

Step 4: Drilling the Holes

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The next step is to drill all of the holes. Each piece (side pieces as well as seat
pieces) gets two holes drilled in them. All holes are 5/16" holes and
measurements are on center. I use a jig attached to my router for this step as
well so that I don't have to do any measuring or marking. This greatly speeds
up the process as well as ensuring that all holes are uniform from piece to
piece. Uniformity is very key during every cut and/or drill section of this build. If
you don't have every piece just the same as the last one, the chair will not end

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up working well. The chair seat may not sit flat or the chair itself might not sit
level on the ground.

The seat pieces get holes drilled at 7/16" and 8 3/16" from the square end.
The jig I use has a moveable stop so that I can drill all 17of the first holes,
move the stop, and drill all 17 of the last holes.

Next, drill holes in the long pieces at 5 1/16" and 17 1/16". These
measurements are from the same end, so you end up having a hole 5 1/16"
down and one a foot away from it.

Step 5: Sanding and Finishing

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At this point the wood is ready for sanding and finishing. There isn't a whole
lot of sanding to do, just clean up your saw marks a bit (I cut my pieces so that
the saw marks don't face out on the chair, but will face another piece of wood,
so they don't have to look perfect) and make sure all your edges are neat.

As far as the finishing, I'll keep that part kind of short. There are sooooo many
options for this that I couldn't even begin to talk about them in a single
instructable. What I do is choose a stain (some chairs get no stain) and stain it
using a foam brush and a rack I built to do the staining. This rack allows me to
stain all sides and all pieces at the same time without having to wait for a side
to dry so I can lay it on something. Then, once the stain is dry (usually two to
three days later) I put a polyurethane on it to protect the wood from weather or
coffee spills or oil stains from the skin of people handling the chairs (trust me -
people are going to want to play with this chair when you show it to them!). If
it's a hard wood, I will usually just put one or two coats of poly on, but with the
pine, I will do at least three coats because it is such a soft wood. If you don't
know if you're using a hard or soft wood, the easiest way to tell is to scratch it
with your thumbnail. If it makes a sizable imprint, it's soft wood. If it leaves a
very light or no impression, it's a hard wood.

All seat and side pieces get stained on all sides and ends. The four brace
pieces that are cut get stained on just three long sides and you'll see why in
the next step. Poly the three stained sides once the stain has dried.

Step 6: Assembly and Final Touches

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I hope you're getting excited, because we're really getting close now. We're
just a little ways away from getting to see one of the most amazing chairs
ever!

The first part of the assembly is to attach the dowels to the two outermost
pieces of the chair. You do this by choosing one seat piece and one side
piece. You will then spread some glue evenly around in the holes drilled in
both pieces and stick your four dowels in the four holes. You want them to be
nice and flush with the outside edge of the piece. I do this and then slide
another corresponding piece on the other end of the dowel without any glue to
hold it level while it dries. Use a square to make sure your dowels are coming
out of the holes at right angles.

Once the glue has dried, begin assembly by removing the unglued pieces
from the dowels and lay the two doweled pieces on your work surface with the
dowels pointing up. Orient them so that the seat end hole and the top hole on
the long piece are right next to each other with the short side of the seat piece
touching the longer piece. This explanation might be a little awkward, so refer
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wood so that I don't get the pieces too tightly packed together. This also gives
the wood a little room to shrink and swell (as wood tends to do) without doing
damage to the chair. If you push the pieces too tightly together, the chair will
either be very hard or impossible to open and close because of all the friction
between the pieces. I use spacers made of vinyl printing paper. The thickness
is about the thickness of two regular sheets of paper, but because they are
made of vinyl, they are very durable and can be used over and over again.

For the next layer you will stack it the opposite of the first layer. The middle
seat hole always goes on the same dowel, but the end hole will alternate from
left to right dowel. Always put the next seat piece on so that the angled ends
form a point with the layer beneath when looked at from above. If it looks
like /||\ you are doing it right, if it looks like |\/|, your are doing it wrong. See
picture for clarity on this step. Keep doing this - layer - spacer - opposite layer
- spacer - layer......etc until you have all 34 pieces stacked up together. Once
you have them all on, the two outermost layers should be oriented in the same
way. If they are opposite, you either have two layers together facing the same
way or you need to look for your lost pieces.

The next thing to do is mark the dowel so that it can be cut flush with the top
layer. Just use a pencil or blade to make this mark. Then remove the top layer
so the mark you just made is sticking out about 3/4" from the second to the top
layer and cut the dowel at this mark using a hacksaw or some other small
hand saw. If it's not perfectly flush, don't worry, because we can sand it once
the top layer has been glued in place. Now spread glue in all the holes of the
top layer pieces and place it back on the dowels and let the glue dry.

Once the glue has had sufficient amount of time to dry, cut the brace pieces to
length. We haven't cut them yet, because the width of the chair can vary
slightly based on actual width of individual pieces and how tightly we have
pressed the pieces together. Lay the chair down with the spacers kept in place
as much as possible so that it is resting flat on the work surface and measure
across the outermost top and bottom of the side pieces. Again, the picture will
probably help make this much more clear. I like to cut and screw on two
pieces and then flip the whole thing over and cut and screw the final pieces.
(That's right! I said FINAL PIECES! We're so close now....) This step is done
with a scrap flat piece of wood under the side pieces I will be screwing the
brace to. This makes gaps between the brace and side pieces much less
likely and keeps the pieces from moving around while you are drilling and
screwing. Start by drilling holes of appropriate size for the screws your are
using (slightly smaller than the screw diameter) through the unstained side of
the brace into the outermost side pieces keeping the brace flush with the ends
of the side pieces. So, just two holes at this point. Then put a screw in each
hole to hold the brace in place for the rest of your drilling and screwing. I then

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go across and first drill countersink holes in the brace at the center point of
each side piece (I always just eyeball this instead of doing precise
measurements and have always been happy with the outcome). Once all of
those are made, I will drill the pilot holes for the screws in the center of the
countersink hole, being careful not to go so deep that I come right out the
other side of the side pieces. Then I will screw the screws into the holes I
made for them, remove the two outer screws, drill countersink holes for the
outer screws and put the screws in place. Do this at the top and bottom of
both sides and the chair is now a chair.

Go ahead and open it up, you know you want to! Awesome!!

Now we just have to put the finishing touches on. That would be sanding and
staining the sides of the braces that were not yet stained and putting
polyurethane on to match the rest of the chair. You will also need to do a little
sanding on the ends of the dowels so they are flush with the outside of the
chair. I like to put a little masking tape on the seat and side pieces before I do
this so that I don't ruin the finish with the sanding. Use a fine grain sand paper
(150 grit or so) and work very carefully even with the tape in place.

And there you have it.

Step 7: The Finished Chair

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I like these chairs because they look neat and most people have never seen
anything like them. Although the basic design for the chair has been around
for hundreds of years, modern materials and manufacturing techniques have
turned this chair design into aluminum or steel poles with a canvas seat. I
really love the warmth and beauty of wood though.

The final dimensions of this seat are fairly standard and make it comfortable
for a very wide range of body sizes and shapes. The seat height is about 17
1/2", width is 15" and depth is about 13". Depending on the wood this is made
from it can support a tremendous amount of weight. I had a gentleman sit one
of the pine chairs (the weakest of the three woods I have made this out of)
who weighs about 260lbs and it was able to hold him just fine.I am 200lbs and
6' tall and can sit in these for long periods of time and still be comfortable.
One of the red oak chairs I made was tested by another gentleman that is
about 6'2" and weighs 370lbs and it was a comfortable size for him in all
dimensions. It folds to about 3 1/2" thick at it's thickest point and is about 37"
tall.

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encourage anyone reading this to make one if you have the time and the
means. You really won't regret it.

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