How to make a chair with your own hands - photo instructions with examples

Whatever product you make from natural wood, and even with your own hands, a creative approach is definitely needed here. Any tree is a living material that can be easily processed. If such products are properly monitored and cared for, they will last a very long time. One of the main advantages of wooden items is their ability to fit into almost any interior, bringing warmth and coziness, comfortable and familiar. If you are a creative person and want to make a chair with your own hands, here you will learn about it in more detail.

Making furniture with your own hands is not so difficult. The main thing is to understand what exactly you need and for what purposes. Surely you would like the furniture to be not only beautiful, but also very durable and safe. To do this, it is better to protect yourself and purchase quality materials. Despite everything, even natural high-quality wood will cost less than buying a finished product from it. The most suitable tree species are beech, oak or pine. They are very durable and reliable. To make a frame, purchase a beam with a section of 40 * 40 and / or 40 * 60, mm. To make jumpers and a back bar - you will need boards with a thickness of up to 1.5 cm. Well, if you want to make a chair in which there will be a back, and even a soft seat, purchase a sheet of plywood.

Of the tools that will be useful to you for creating furniture with your own hands, you should prepare: a saw, an electric jigsaw, a chisel, a hammer, a screwdriver, a mallet, sandpaper, a stapler, a triangle, a meter, clamps. Joiner's glue will not be superfluous, and if necessary - paintwork. Choose fasteners in the form of stainless steel self-tapping screws. If you plan to upholster the seat, prepare the staples for the stapler.

For those who decide to make such a masterpiece for the first time, we recommend trying it from a stool. Because, in fact, a chair is not the easiest thing to learn how to make furniture.

Therefore, in practice, it is better to first learn how to make a stool, and only then move towards other products. In general, a stool is the simplest version of a chair, without a back. The seat can also be upholstered or not.

Be sure to look at the photos, which clearly show the process of making a wooden chair. And, of course, follow the instructions. So.

Bars, the section in which is 40 * 40, length 44 cm - take 4 pcs. such. To prepare the wood from burrs, use sandpaper: first coarser grit, then fine.

Next, take the kings, 4 pcs. - the seat of your chair will rest on them, and they will also be jumpers. Parameters tsarg 2*5*28 cm.

It would be great if you found a solid wide board. But if this is not possible, you should adhere to the groove-thorn connection. If you wish, the seat can be rounded.

On the edges of each drawer and proleg, you make spikes, respectively, on the legs themselves - grooves. Spikes and grooves - 2 cm in length. In turn, the grooves should be made, from the floor, at a height of 27 cm.

All parts, except for the seat, need to be assembled together to make sure everything is level and not skewed. If you did everything right, you can lubricate the grooves and spikes with wood glue and firmly connect all the products together.

It is not difficult to fasten the seat to the resulting structure. To do this, a self-tapping screw must be screwed into each leg, it’s good if you drown its hats in the tree a little. The attachment points can be masked with a special putty for wood, or plastic plugs, matching the color of the product.

If you have chosen good wood, it has a good structure, shade... Take paint or just varnish, open your product and use it to your health!

Make a folding chair? Easily!

This type of furniture is simply irreplaceable in many life cases. Especially if the house is small, and it is difficult to place large furniture in it, and guests need to be seated for the holidays ... And if you are going to go on a picnic, you definitely need such a chair!

In order to make an ordinary folding chair, you will need:

• 4*2*47, cm legs - 4 pcs.
• 4 * 2 * 32, cm crossbars for supporting the bars of the seat - 4 pcs.
• 4*2*32 cm prolegs - 2 pcs.
• For seat: 9*2*35, cm - 2 pcs., 6*2*35, cm - 2 pcs.
• Bolts with a diameter of 6 mm and a length of up to 4 cm - 6 pcs.
• To attach the prolegs directly to the legs, as well as the bars to the support rails, you need self-tapping screws, the length of which is from 4 to 5 cm

For a more aesthetic appearance of the product, round the edges of the parts.

The legs need to be connected in pairs with each other, crosswise. It is better to do this at the top of the legs. This will make a stable chair model. Nuts and bolt heads drown a little in the tree.

Connect the crossbars and the upper parts of the legs with bolts. Next, on each half, attach one leg and a seat bar (1 narrow and 1 wide). When the product is assembled, you will get that each wide bar is followed by 2 narrow ones. At the same time, the distance between narrow and wide bars is 1.5-2 cm. It remains to open it with varnish or paint and voila!

Variety of wooden chairs

It may be that you will like such creative activity, and you will become a manufacturer of designer furniture. But in fact, there can be a lot of options for what to make of wood! The same rocking chairs, various options for children's furniture and much more!