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Assembling the Chair
The chair consists of three main pieces, first is the plywood pieces that you sit on, and what actually makes contact with the ground. The other is the 2×4 blocks of wood that you have already cut.

Cross Braces
1.To start you must drill three equally spaced halls to fit your wood screws in one of your 2×4 cross braces. To line it up perfectly you should attach the backstop to the 2×4 and drill the hole with the backstop sitting flush with the back end of the 2×4. This is to keep the board that is sat on from sliding back.

2.The extra slab that was cut out with the plywood acts as a backstop. It too needs to have three equally spaced holes that match up with the 2×4. Proceed to screw in three wood screws to connect the two pieces.



3. Drill 3 equal spaced holes on a second cross brace through the middle.

4. Create the skeleton of your chair. With the undrilled untouched cross brace being at the front of your chair where the knees are located. The second braces with the backstop near the center of gravity. Lastly position the final cross brace as a back support. As Demonstrated Below



5. Attach the seat by resting it on the first two cross braces. at the same time slide the back board in over the top and rest it in between the seat and the backstop you created before. Once all is bolted down and the chair is configured the way the user would like, the next step is to drill in 5 holes from the seat to the second 2×4 with the backstop.



Once it is all put together you should be able to sit in the chair, and it should feel sturdy. The next step is to add the armrests
Armrests
For the armrest drill 5 equally spaced in both 1×4 blocks. These will be use to fit your woods screws, so size appropriately. Drill 5 more holes into the chair itself starting with 3 inches from the edge of the arm with 4 inch spacing in-between each hole. Make sure the holes are properly centered because this is the easiest part to make a mistake!

putting_it_all_together.txt · Last modified: 2016/04/09 01:36 by salinasmichael