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CHAIR sa ARMCHAIR sa BENCH sa CHAIR (CHILD'S) sa CHAIR CUSHION & SEAT sa CHAIR DESIGN sa CHAIR REPAIR sa CHAIR TABLE sa CONTOURED CHAIR sa CORNER CHAIR sa DESK CHAIR sa DIRECTOR'S CHAIR sa FOLDING CHAIR sa HIGH CHAIR sa LADDER CHAIR sa LADDER-BACK CHAIR sa MODEL & MINIATURE CHAIR sa OUTDOOR FURNITURE -- CHAIR sa RECLINING CHAIR sa ROCKING CHAIR sa SIDE CHAIR sa SLING CHAIR sa STOOL sa WHEELCHAIR sa WINDSOR CHAIR sa WING CHAIR xx FURNITURE Turning bent chair posts using a plywood bracket that provides an "off-center" centerpoint for the drive center. Build a heat box to shrink chair spindles slightly before assembling the spindle tenons. Swelling from the glue will then produce a very strong joint. Tilter (tilting ball) foot on Shaker chairs and its construction explained. Tip for leveling chair legs. How to build modular seating units that can be chairs, footstools or a sofa. Units are wood boxes wrapped with foam and covered with fabric. How to build a chair from slotted angle iron, rope for cushion support, and a stuffed cushion. How to build "pillow system" chair units on plywood boxes with conduit furniture frames and cushions. A tongue-in-cheek guide to buying the right chair. Versatile buffet/chair/storage unit is a table surface over 7 ft. long, 24" high, and 24" deep. Four castered cube chairs (with storage areas inside) store beneath the table. Photo shows how to make a sofa, chair and cube table from three sheets of plywood, foam padding and fabric to cover the cushions. Estimated cost for all three pieces: $91. Photo shows how to make a patchwork beanbag chair from 2"x10" strips of red, white and blue vinyl. Est. cost: $15. How to build seating modules that can be used as chairs or grouped as a sofa. Frames are constructed from pine 2x4s with plywood for seat decks. Seat and back cushions are fabric-covered foam. Plans must be ordered. Photo shows the frame of a chair that can be built from 2x6 structural-grade lumber. Block cushions are added for seat and back. BH&G Project Plans are available. Est. cost: $42. How to build a pair of easy chairs with solid sides made from 3/4" plywood. Seat and back are supported by webbing strung around dowels. Est. cost for two: $90. Two easy chairs. (1) Sunburst chair has sides of tapered wood slats. Est. cost: $76. (2) Slat and slot lounge chair has sides with four different shaped pieces of pine. Est. cost: $72. Boxy, slatted chair and matching ottoman are constructed from 1x3s. Chair seat and top of stool are padded. Est. cost: $85. Plywood occasional chair finished with black lacquer. Est. cost: $42. "Ziggurat" occasional chair is made from rough-cut 2x4s stacked on top of one another. Fabric-covered foam cushion is used for the seat. Est. cost: $68. Modular contemporary furniture to build. Frame is built from plywood and particle board. Giant cushions filled with shredded foam are covered with zippered slipcovers. Modular living room furniture made from slabs of foam glued together and covered with fabric. Diagrams shown for armless chair, corner module, and ottoman. Four designer chairs you can make. (1) Triangle folding chair ($40). (2) Dowel chair ($65). (3) Laplander chair ($16). (4) V-Chair ($13). A look at projects you can make from Sonotubes (the large tubes used by contractors to pour concrete columns and footing). Sketches show how to make a tube bed for a child, chairs, footstools and planters, a desk and bookshelf unit, a clothes closet and a glass topped coffee table. Chair, loveseat and couch to build from construction grade lumber using simple tools. Modular chair is constructed from plywood and pine. Build it to any suitable angle or width. Tip the chair to vary the height of the back as well as the seat length. Pattern for a combination shop stool and chair. Chair woods. Lessons from the past on choosing the right woods for the various chair parts (legs, stretchers, seats, backs). Well built chairs require the correct woods to be used. One hundred fifty years of bentwood furniture. A one-piece chair is made from a 10-laminate sheet of slotted veneer. Requires the use of a large press and a particle-board mold. Includes plans for the 130,000 pound homemade press. Two-board chairs. Plans and methods from a Swiss woodworker. Three styles shown. Knockdown furniture. Includes instructions for a platform bed, spiral stacking chairs, and leaning bookshelves which are supported solely by the wall and the floor. How to bore angled holes like those required when making spindle back chairs. Kerf-bent seats. A table sawn alternative to scooping. Make contoured wooden seats for chairs and rockers by forcing wedges into a flat blank thus forcing the wood to bend. Plywood chairs (called "Rock 'N' Roll" chairs). Slotted panels make springy seating. Several designs shown. Basic materials and building methods described, but not detailed. Making the Philadelphia-Chippendale pattern chair. It features a trapezoidal seat and back posts which curve and splay out upward from the floor. Tips on selecting a glue for chairmaking. Building a Chippendale chair. Accompanies an article on shaping the cabriole leg. Making a foursquare chair. Comfortable seating features a wrapped cane seat, curved and shapely parts, and simple right-angle joinery. Contemporary easy chair requires tenoning square rails to round legs. Jigs for accurately and consistently making multiple mortise-and-tenon joints are described. How to accurately mark the location and drill stretcher holes (round mortises) in the round legs of a stool or chair. Technique for interlocking round stretcher tenons when building Shaker slatted chairs. Mod chair. Build a high-post swivel chair like that developed by the Shakers around 1835. How to make a chair, dining table and small table out of standard 2x4 lumber. Some carving and tapering of the lumber gives a lighter feeling to the designs. Chair-making the old-time way. Make a post-and-rung or "stick" chair from any straight grain wood using only 5 tools (axe, drawknife, shaving horse, auger and chisel). Easy-to-make "truss-worthy" chairs. Double-duty chair/ironing board. Seat and chair back swing up to form the ironing board. Fastener furniture. Glueless furniture is easy to put together, easy to take apart, but tough enough to survive daily living. Includes plans for a chair and a bookcase. Log bench, chair and stool carved with a chain saw. Colonial style sweetheart chair. Do-it-yourself paper furniture. Table, chair and lampshade. Trestle-style table has a 32"x49" top made from birch plywood and a frame made from maple. Matching chairs feature a swivel seat, lathe-turned pedestal and slatted back. Est. cost: $75 for table and two chairs. Chair, sofa and coffee table features sides and tops from laminated butcher block stock 2" thick. Chair and sofa have rubber webbing and fabric covered cushions. The coffee table has a 36" circular top. The styling is contemporary. Back to rattan. A guide to fabricating furniture with this versatile building material. Instructions for a rattan loveseat and chair. Make wrought iron furniture without welding. Build the "Superchair", a 40 " wide chair with a high back, built-in book storage, a reading light and book holder. The chair can convert to a bed. Designed by Ken Isaacs. A seating module, coffee table and storage grid (bookcase) built from 2x2 lumber bolted together. Designed by Ken Isaacs. Danish-styled set of four pieces (chair, ottoman, cocktail table and settee). They are designed for either indoor or outdoor use. How to bend a chair from foamboard. Pattern included. Seven modern chairs formed from bending and laminating hardboard. Wooden chair, with adjustable back and leg supports, is built from laminated strips of 3/4" plywood. Winner in the 6th annual plywood design contest. Round table (24" diameter) and two chairs made from 1/2 sheet of plywood. Reminiscent of old-fashioned ice cream parlor furniture. Winning design in PS/APA contest. Ozark post-and-rung chair features a low back, hickory construction, and a Shaker-tape woven seat. A traditional seat that is good for guitar players, children, and your lower back. Chair and/or coffee table features slat top construction. Two Dutch seats. Space and dollar streching ideas to make any room a multi-living space. Instructions for making a variety of tables, shelves, room dividers, light fixtures and seating platforms included. Leg-rail joinery. Two time-tested techniques that will keep your tables and chairs sturdy for years to come. (1) Wood corner blocks. (2) Mortise and notched tenon. Reproduction of a Harvard Shaker chair (circa 1850) is built from 16 dowels and 3 back slats. A single jig facilitates cutting the mortises and slots. Tenons are cut using a router. How to carve a classic back splat or baluster for chairs. Two styles of contemporary chairs (one with arms and one without) use the same basic pattern and design. Built of 5/4 oak, with wooden back and seat, which are upholstered over. Bending form for Shaker-style chair back posts. The Welsh stick chair. Reproduction of a 12th century chair with tapered octagonal legs, a adzed elm seat and semi-circular armrest that is supported by 12 spokeshaved spindles. Construction of the Enfield chair, based on those made at the Enfield, Connecticut, Shaker community in the mid-19th century. Chair can be made with or without arms. Subtleties of 17th century joinery when making a post-and-rung chair. An explanation of how to rive boards for green wood joinery and guidelines for working with green wood. Making Shaker chair tilters, wooden buttons that fit into sockets of rear chair legs. Photos illustrate the use of a plunging router in the making of reproductions of Chippendale chairs. Some unique joints for stretcher rails and arm support are illustrated. Bergere style settee and lounge chair in limed oak (circa 1759-1803). Two designs for upholstered, round-back easy chairs. One features cabriole legs and the other has square, tapered legs. Details for building a Carver chair in iroko wood. This chair features many interesting joints, most of which remain visible. Country chairs and chairmaking. Part 4. Steam bending of wooden components. Includes diagrams of homemade steamers and formers (jigs). Tips on joints to be used in a shield-back chair to achieve maximum strength. Construction details for farthingale chairs (circa early 1700's). The other way of making chairs. A look at peg-leg, sgabelle, spindle, stick , spinning, Orkney and slab-back seats. Includes detailed construction and carving details for a four-legged plank-back stool in the European folk tradition. Old-time spinning chair is used as the pattern for a nursing chair (for changing diapers) and children's back-stool. This solid-wood chair features a storage drawer under the seat. Build a traditional English "country chair" in the style of Philip Clissett (circa late 1800's). Features a woven seagrass seat. An unusual spinning chair features a miniature drive wheel as part of the chair back. Build a strong chair and coffee table from one sheet of 12mm plywood. All joints are held together with leather lacing. Locating mortises in country chairmaking. Mortises can be centrally located on turned and bent-back chair legs using this simple, adjustable jig. Mastering Mackintosh. Advice on authenticity and practicality when making a series of Charles Rennie Mackintosh chair reproductions. Chatter chair. Reproduction of an Elizabethan caquetoire or gossip chair. Sticking to chairs. Tips on making typical Welsh stick chairs. Making replicas of existing chairs is a good introduction to chair making and the use of templates and bevels. Pine chair. Four leg chair features square tapered legs, a shaped 2" thick seat, a back-riser with a hand cutout, and a simple shaped backrest. The styling blends well with both Early American and contemporary furniture. 2x4 furniture. Part 3. Club chair uses the same basic construction as the love seat (Jan-Feb 1980), but is shorter. Matching ottoman can also be used as a table by removing fabric cushion. Cottage or peasant's chair dates from 1920's. Features lathe turned legs and an elaboratly shaped solid-wood back with a hand-hold. Built from white oak. Moravian chair, a Pennsylvania Dutch design, features splayed legs and a key (wedged tenon) back. Greenwood chairmaking. Contemporary club chair also called the sheath-suite chair. Danish-inspired rocker and matching low-backed chair with walnut frames, rubber fabric webbing and loose seat and back cushions. Colonial style schoolmaster's chair features turned spindle legs, back and a swivel seat. Oriental-style chair and footstool. Three basic modular furniture units, a seat, table and chest, that can be combined for many uses. Antique chair has two-part seat and a narrow backrest. How to build barrel furniture by making your own barrels. Includes instructions for making the staves and building a table, a chair, a bucket, and two styles of planters. Spanish chair and stool are made from 2x2 and 2x4 stock. Chair has a scrolled back with three dowels. Stool has a seat of woven cowhide strips. How to build a Queen Anne chair. Circular back and seat are upholstered in diamond tufts with buttons. A wooden rose crest is carved for the top of the back. Features cabriole legs. Modern design utility chair has upholstered back, arms and seat. Painted Norwegian chair, circa 1675, is a reproduction of a chair in the Trondhejem Museum. Chair back and front stretchers are elaborately carved. Handsome corner chair has pierced back splats and a caned seat. Made of pine. Involves some lathe work. Four pieces of early American furniture are made from a single half-sheet of AD plywood. (1) Corner shelf. (2) Letter holder. (3) Stool. (4) Chair. Est. cost: $25. Chair made of staves has butcher block styling. Italian savonarola occasional chair copied from 15th century museum piece found in Nelson Art Gallery (Kansas City, MO). Photos of "creature-like" chairs built by Fred L. Saunders. No instructions, but enough information from pictures for the talented artist to duplicate the concepts. | |||||||||
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