It is not at all necessary to immediately go to a furniture store for a folding chair; it is quite easy and simple to make it yourself, having a detailed drawing, the necessary tools and materials.
Peculiarities
Features of making a folding chair with a backrest with your own hands include:
- simplicity and efficiency of assembly;
- affordable cost for consumables;
- ease of further use;
- variety of designs.
A chair assembled with your own hands will be much more comfortable and practical than a purchased model .
At the same time, you will be able to think over its design, select materials, and dimensions yourself. If desired, such a piece of furniture can be decorated with artistic painting, textiles, or wood carvings. Chairs decorated using the decoupage technique also look original.
To make a rocking chair you will need:
- Canvas with a thickness of 15 millimeters or more for load-bearing structures, such as side supports, racks, etc.
- A sheet of bent plywood 10 mm thick, from which you can easily make any curved part, for example, a backrest strip or other decorative element.
- Graph paper.
- Marker.
- Jigsaw for cutting parts from plywood.
- Sander.
- Wood glue.
- Antiseptic for FC treatment.
- Self-tapping screws.
Material
Before you begin making any piece of furniture, you need to select materials for its assembly. Most often, folding chairs with backrest are made from:
Metal combined with textiles. This option is suitable for those who know how to work with a welding machine .
A frame is made from a profiled pipe, on which a textile seat and back are subsequently made. You can also use lumber instead of fabric. The features of metal furniture include its resistance to damage, the ability to operate under any conditions, and reliability.- Chipboard. This is the most common material today for the manufacture of furniture items. Its advantages include: simplicity and ease of processing, a wide selection of textures, textures and colors, resistance to deformation and the ability to withstand heavy loads. You can purchase laminated chipboard at any hardware store.
- Plywood. This material is natural and safe. For the manufacture of furniture items, 8 mm material is used, which has high strength. When choosing plywood, you need to pay attention to its grade, wood used, and type of gluing of sheets. As a result, you will get a folding chair with a back that will not be afraid of moisture, sudden temperature changes, or mechanical damage. It can be easily and simply used both indoors and outdoors.
PVC pipes.
This option is exclusive and modern. Assembling a chair from the remains of pipes is quite easy if you have a soldering iron on hand. Assembly of the structure will take only a few hours. Textiles will be used as the seat and backrest. If the item is being made for the outdoors, it is better to choose bolognese fabric or tarpaulin .More noble and elegant fabrics are suitable for home use: jacquard, tapestry and other upholstery options.
- Boards This is an affordable option for making a piece of furniture yourself. Almost every owner has boards. The advantages of a chair made of boards include: environmental friendliness, durability, resistance to loads, resistance to deformation. The main thing is to choose well-dried boards without visible defects.
Each individual option has its own advantages and disadvantages. The master decides which option to choose. The main thing is that a self-assembled chair with a backrest should be practical, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing.
Help : having decided to make a chair from wood, preference is given to oak, birch or beech.
These materials are the most durable, reliable and easy to process according to their technical characteristics.
Functionality check
After completion of work, it is recommended to check the product. It must withstand loads and be stable. This type of furniture is appropriate everywhere. In an apartment, in a country house or in a country house. It is versatile. If you need to transport it, it quickly assembles into a compact mechanism. The chair does not take up much space and fits in the trunk of a car. No matter where you are going, fishing or having a picnic with friends, a chair will always come in handy!
You can make a chair using iron rods and mesh.
Today, such a practical design is considered one of the most popular household items. A useful stool is sold at any fishing or furniture store. You can always buy it, but it’s much more interesting to make such a chair yourself.
A homemade high chair will help you save money.
Drawing, standard dimensions
When making any piece of furniture, it is necessary to make a competent drawing, preferably in three different projections. This will prevent errors in the process of cutting out parts and further assembling the structure. You can make a drawing of a folding chair with a backrest in different ways.
Advice : the easiest way is to draw it by hand or find a ready-made version on the Internet.
If you have skills in drawing up diagrams of furniture items and you want to make an original model, then you will have to use the first option and develop a drawing of the chair yourself. In this case, it is worthwhile to foresee everything in advance so that during operation you do not have problems with its transformation mechanism .
If you just want to make a comfortable and attractive chair with your own hands for home use, you can safely choose a ready-made template on the Internet.
As for the standard sizes of chairs with a backrest, they are:
- width – 35 – 40 cm;
- height – 70 – 80 cm;
- height from floor to seat – 50 cm;
- seat width – 30 – 35 cm.
Small fishing chair
A chair for fishing or for picnics is the simplest product with which it is recommended for a person without experience to start making homemade furniture. It is necessary to cut two supports in accordance with the diagram. Connect them together using the existing grooves. Attach strong fabric to the top edges of the supports.
The chair is ready, and due to the special shape of the grooves it will fold, so when delivered to the river bank it will not take up much space.
Tools
In the process of work, the following tools will be useful to us:
files;- clamps;
- tape measure and a simple pencil;
- construction corner;
- screwdriver;
- sander;
- chisel.
The materials you will need to prepare are:
- wooden blocks with a section of 30 by 30 mm;
- 20 mm boards;
- dowels;
- screws with nuts and washers;
- 10 mm steel rod;
- screws and self-tapping screws;
- PVA glue.
Advice : if one of the tools is not available, you can rent it.
Stool drawings and diagrams
To begin with, everyone chooses the scheme that is most optimal. After this, you can calculate the parameters of the boards for the stool, the size of the seat and the height of the legs with millimeter accuracy.
It is necessary to prepare in advance the necessary material for work and determine its quantity. Similar drawing, similar design, the only difference is the size.
How to make a folding version?
We put a drawing of the future chair in front of us and begin making the parts. We should have the following number of individual elements :
4 timber legs (2 90 cm long, 2 – 50 cm);- transverse ligaments for legs measuring 50 by 5 by 2 cm and 34 by 5 by 2 cm;
- base for the back of the product with dimensions 40 by 7 by 1.4 cm;
- 2 crossbars measuring 28 by 5 by 2 cm;
- 2 seat supports 29 cm long;
- 6 slats for sitting 34 by 3 by 1.5 cm.
When all the parts are cut and sanded, you can begin assembling the folding chair with a backrest:
The assembly process begins with the seat.
Holes for the metal rod are prepared in the supports. These holes are made from the bottom, 4 cm from the edge. On the opposite side, holes are made for screws that will connect the legs to the seat. Here the indentation is made 7 cm from the edge.- Next, we attach the seat slats to the support with self-tapping screws.
The slats are screwed at a distance of 34 cm from the support bars and aligned along the edge. The next rail is screwed at a distance of 3 cm from each edge. The remaining boards are fastened together with slats using self-tapping screws. Don't forget to leave 1 cm gaps . Next, we thread the steel rod into the prepared hole and that’s it – the seat is ready. - Now we move on to making the long legs. Make an indent of 11 cm from the top edge and drill a hole for the dowels. We attach a transverse ligament measuring 34 cm. Now we proceed to making grooves for the back. Keep in mind they must be the same depth. Otherwise, the chair will simply be slanted on one side. We thread a steel rod into the grooves. This is necessary so that our folding structure can be easily folded and unfolded. We clean the ends with a chisel.
- We make holes in the long wooden legs at the bottom for screws. This is necessary to attach the second transverse ligament. To make the product more durable and stable, it is recommended to additionally glue these parts with PVA.
- Now let's start making the frames of the long legs. We insert the ends of the metal rod into the gaps and fix it with a bundle. The back of the product is screwed to the top of the legs with self-tapping screws or self-tapping screws. We glue the seat with adhesive .
- Next, we begin assembling the short legs. We mark the middle on the parts and make holes for screws to connect all the legs into a single structure. We fix the 28 cm crossbars on dowels. The first crossbar is fixed closer to the bottom, the second - to the long legs.
- The final step in assembling a folding chair with backrest is to connect all the parts together. We fasten the seat to the legs and back of the product using screws. This method of fastening will provide a hinged connection.
- Now all that remains is to do the finishing coat. So that the chair we assemble is resistant to negative factors. To do this, the product is treated with antiseptics and covered with paints and varnishes in several layers.
Tip : We also advise avid fishermen to make a feeder chair or a table and a chair for the boat. But picnic lovers may like a tourist table and a compact laptop table.
Decoration methods
If you plan to place the chair outdoors or take it into nature, you need to choose a suitable material for painting. Alkyd or acrylic paints are an excellent option. They are resistant to moisture and are considered one of the most durable. In addition, they do not emit an unpleasant pungent odor. Acrylic is able to protect wood from all kinds of damage and the negative effects of water. When painting, the surface is initially sanded, cleaned, and only then the composition is applied. For this purpose, several brushes differing in size are used.
For outdoor use, furniture can be coated with translucent varnish. It is also able to protect the tree and is resistant to moisture. In addition, the surface will be very easy to clean.
If there are defects on the surface of the chair, they are eliminated using putty. After this treatment, paint is applied to the product. In this case, it is better not to use varnish, otherwise traces of putty will be noticeable, and accordingly, the structure will not have a very attractive appearance.
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Thanks to beautiful decor, furniture becomes unique and unusual. For finishing it is worth using upholstery fabric. To make the back and seats soft, you will also need additional foam rubber. It is laid out on the structural parts and the facing fabric is pulled on top. For this purpose, it is allowed to use any dense material - its edges are tightened and fixed with a stapler.
Furniture decorated using the decoupage technique also looks original. In this case, they take old wallpaper and glue it to the slats in the area of the back and seat, after which the product is varnished. Bright designs with vegetation look very attractive. The work is completed by painting the supports and legs; for this purpose, paint is used that best matches the shade of the decor.
The simplest way to decorate created furniture is to apply a pattern. In this case, moisture-resistant paints are used. A chair decorated with carvings also looks excellent, although such decoration will require more time and effort.
Anyone can make a folding chair. The process of its manufacture is very simple and, in fact, does not cause any difficulties. To do this, you just need to choose the appropriate model and stock up on the necessary materials. In just a few hours you can create excellent, comfortable furniture that can be used in every home.
Varnishing
Painting
Fabric upholstery
Decoupage
Photo
Ideas for decorating the result can be seen in the following photos:
