My denver chair project

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My denver chair project

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Completed my denver chair project project this morning in about two hours. Still missing the bottom bar, so I temporarily used a string to hold.
Final touch will be filing and painting.

Tested on my hefty 85kg body. Work well so far except the safety strip tore twice during first test landing myself on the ground :oops:

Seat height fully adjustable from 3inches to about 2.5feet.

I savage some Chengai wood from Malaysia which is rather solid and heavy. Rest of the metarial purchase locally, total cost about $40.
The paint may cost another $20.
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ian0138 wrote: Tested on my hefty 85kg body. Work well so far except the safety strip tore twice during first test landing myself on the ground :oops:
Should rename to danger-strip... :oops:

Mishap aside, the chair is really neat!
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Instead of a bottom bar or string, how about a length of chain from the hardware store?
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ouch! that bolt jutting out would have been quite painful on your spine...
why not use a countersunk hole instead?
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Looks nice. If it works well, it will really help in observation as if one is most comfortable like having non strained eyes, legs and seating comfortably, more details can be seen.
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kayheem wrote:Instead of a bottom bar or string, how about a length of chain from the hardware store?
It need to be a solid bar to prevent it from collapsing inwards. Aluminium bar would be nice if I can find some, otherwise I would use those plastic wire trunking
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Airconvent wrote:ouch! that bolt jutting out would have been quite painful on your spine...
why not use a countersunk hole instead?

That one is just the holder, can just transfer to the other leg, it suppose to be those foldable chest holder. Anyway that's a thought :wink:
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Nice work! Can be more comfy with addition of padded seat, padded back rest and a foot rest for highest position. Lets try it out this weekend!
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