Pencil chair done..

[stevebuk]

this is just lovely to make, i did notice( could be me) that the tenons on the slats needed to be a tad wider but really enjoyed making it, thanks martin..

 

[Grahamshed]

As I said to Martin. They are cute and I think they could sell well..... but would you have to sell them with the pencils ?

 

[stevebuk]

no i wouldn't, just have one to hand full of them to show what it looks like, adding the pencils would make it too expensive..

 

[Jmac80]

as a matter of interest, what would you sell something like this for (without pencils)
and how would you finish the wood?

 

[Baldhead]

Very nice Steve and a good idea.

Baldhead

 

[woodndrum]

Jmac80 me sell for a fiver, finish with a couple of light sprays of satin clear coat.

 

[Jmac80]

Jmac80 me sell for a fiver, finish with a couple of light sprays of satin clear coat.

Thanks
And what wood? something like 6mm birch ply or...?

 

[stevebuk]

Jmac80 me sell for a fiver, finish with a couple of light sprays of satin clear coat.

Thanks
And what wood? something like 6mm birch ply or...?

Hi
I just cut this out of mdf to see what's it's like to build, at about a fiver for each one I wouldn't want to make it out of anything else really unless you have ply to hand, you could always sell it as they can decorate it in their own colours..

 

[Jmac80]

you could always sell it as they can decorate it in their own colours..

Good plan Steve, What thickness?

 

[stevebuk]

This was 6 mm thick, but you could use any thickness so long as you keep it in balance..

 

[boysie39]

Nice piece Steve , looks great loaded with the pencils . Well done to Martin for sure .

I don't reckon you would be making too many from MDF Steve as you have said many times dust is always a problem .
Looks to be a top seller .

 

[stevebuk]

Thank Eugene, I have some mdf left over from past jobs, just can't seem to get on with ply, most of it that I have used seems like rubbish..

 

[rspsteve]

Steve can you post a pic without the pencils?

Cheers

Steve

 

[stevebuk]

Steve can you post a pic without the pencils?

Cheers

Steve

if you look at Martins picture thread 'pencil bench' you can see the chair better, i just happened to have more pencils, :lol:

 

[stevebuk]

We'll got my first orders for 5 of the chairs at £5 a pop, lovely stuff..

 

[RogerP]

Not my usual sort of thing at all but couldn't not after a niece saw it.

Had to dig out the old Colwells jigsaw and plane down a piece or redwood

 

[Jmac80]

That is just beautiful Roger

 

[stevebuk]

I will echo what James has said, it looks lovely..

 

[Alexam]

Nice one Roger and very quick after seeing Steve's work

Alex

 

[RogerP]

Thanks for the comments folk. I have a couple of observations for anyone contemplating making one.

The design as printed directly from the downloaded image was too small (on my PC set-up anyway) for normal diameter pencils to fit the holes. So I imported the image into Gimp (any good image program would do) and enlarged it until the holes were sufficiently big. Obviously the whole thing grows a little as well but that does not really matter.

The second point is that for a child's use it probably would be better to use thicker wood, At least for the sides use thicker wood than is obtained by measuring the seat and back tab slots from the plan. This would mean either using thinner wood for seat and back pieces or cutting normal tenons on the thicker wood instead of plain tabs. There's not really enough space to increase the thickness of the slots in the sides.