The design of the home garden or the interior of the living room will perfectly complement the wooden chair. Any master can assemble this design on their own, you just need to be patient, stock up with the required tools and the necessary material, as well as draw up a suitable drawing.
How to make a wooden chair with your own hands
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How to make a wooden chair with your own hands
- Tools and materials
- Design choice
- How to make measurements and drawings
- Chair made of wood yourself: step by step instructions
To make the furniture last a long time, the product must meet certain requirements:
- Protection against negative environmental influences. Prolonged exposure to furniture in the rain or in direct sunlight can significantly degrade the original appearance of the product. Preparatory work on protection begins at the first stages of manufacturing. Well-dried wood is the key to success. If the material is initially of poor quality, dry the wood. Sand, treat the workpiece with an antiseptic and drying oil. At the last stage, after drying the assembled chair, it must be varnished.
- Material selection. One of the main requirements during self-assembly of furniture is the use of hardwood. Despite the high cost, the result after assembly due to high-quality raw materials will be excellent.
- Mobility. Most often, wooden chairs are made for installation on a personal plot. With unexpected changes in the weather, furniture can be rearranged under a canopy.
Tools and materials
To make a wooden chair yourself, you need a set of tools:
- electric drill;
- saw on wood;
- plane;
- miter box;
- brush;
- screwdriver;
- pliers.
Attention! Also, in the process of work you will need paints, stains, dowels, primers, bushings, screws and other materials - taking into account which chair needs to be made and what is planned to choose as a material (MDF, fiberboard, plywood).
Design choice
Based on individual preferences, you can make:
- Folding products are great for lovers of country trips. They can be installed in open arbors. This furniture is very compact, which is important for the owners of small outbuildings.
- Shell chair. For the manufacture, it is advisable to choose oak or walnut. This wood can withstand mechanical stress, and the wood texture makes it possible to save on finishing.
- Adirondack in the form of a throne or sliding models for relaxing on a personal plot.
How to make measurements and drawings
Before you start self-assembly of the chair, you need to make a drawing, having decided which particular product is required.
The stages of production will depend on which design is taken as the basis, but the assembly takes place according to a single algorithm:
- Seats, backs, armrests, guides, legs are cut out of wood.
- All elements are processed with a mill, cleaned with sandpaper, treated with an antiseptic.
- To fix all parts, self-tapping screws are used, which are screwed into pre-made holes.
- The assembled design is treated with colorless varnish or acrylic paint.
Chair made of wood yourself: step by step instructions
To make the backrest, legs and armrests, you will need wide and identical beams in texture, which need to be glued together.
To make the backrest, it is necessary to trim the prepared workpiece from glued beams. The bottom of the backrest must be cut at 11 degrees so that the back rests snugly against the rear legs. The top edge must be rounded. Then the design is assembled, all elements are precisely adjusted to each other.
The legs are fastened with screws and glue on wood. Corner mounts are used to connect side elements and legs to each other. To close the appeared cracks, you can use the slats, which are fixed with screws. The stronger the joints are made, the more reliable the finished product will be.
Attention! The seat of the chair is attached to the back with a groove. Fasteners must be made at an angle, so you can create a good joint density. Cutting off the workpiece under the front legs, you need to mow these parts at the top at an angle of 7 degrees. Then you need to fix them to the frame with glue and screws.
A home-made wooden chair does not differ in high strength, because professionals are advised to additionally organize the strengthening of the structure in the form of installation of cuticles. To do this, you need to measure their location and taking this into account, cut off the corresponding element from the bar. Assemble a more convenient design will help the wedge support, fixed to the front legs.
At the last stage, when all the elements are already connected, you can make the final grinding. After that, the surface of garden furniture must be perfectly smooth. Then the furniture can be painted in the required color or processed in several layers with transparent varnish, which can help preserve the natural structure of wood.
A wooden chair is the simplest furniture to make. You can independently make a convenient, original and stylish product for a personal plot, cottage or home. Often this solution comes out much more economically, in contrast to the purchase of finished furniture.
In addition, with the help of wood you can make yourself not only an armchair, but also the rest of the furniture, for example, a sofa, wardrobe, chair. There are various photos on the Internet in which the manufacturing process is shown in detail. This furniture will not only be able to decorate any interior, but will also give it a special charm.
