Reclining Chair Tear-Down for The Motorized Mechanism
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- I originally made this video for my "Scrap bin" channel:
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But felt it was good enough to post here.
What do you think? Rebuild this with a proper wooden frame, of scrap it down for the parts? Interesting thing to do with the motor and lead screw mechanism is to make a TV lift, but I don't need one of those.
Could just leave it as it is as a piece of kinetic art, just run it in a continuous loop. Just watch your fingers in those pinch points!
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I originally made this video for my "Scrap bin" channel:
th-cam.com/users/IBuildItScrapBin
But felt it was good enough to post here.
What do you think? Rebuild this with a proper wooden frame, of scrap it down for the parts? Interesting thing to do with the motor and lead screw mechanism is to make a TV lift, but I don't need one of those.
Could just leave it as it is as a piece of kinetic art, just run it in a continuous loop. Just watch your fingers in those pinch points!
John Heisz - I Build It please rebuild it the way a woodworrker would. I have a leather version of this and the motor died on me so I’m looking at projects for the internals too.
You should totally make it into a chair! I
Build a new 2 piece(removable back for door clearance), smooth contoured see through chair with Plexiglas, wood and epoxy resin so you can see the inner full workings of the electrical and mechanical.
My deceased father would have definitely repurpose that mechanism for something. I like the idea of an outdoor lounger that sits under a large umbrella. Built in beer cooler,optional .Cheers bud...
Can we get more John Heisz After Dark vids too? Definitely build a new chair, or use the mechanism to upgrade your camera gantry!
This looks like the start of a terrifying Halloween animatronic nightmare
Insectoid... footrest hardware looks like a praying mantis
My brain instantly went to using something like this for a large scale animated Halloween prop.
Definitely rebuild it but you have to add the Steve Austin bionic sound effects.
You'll take the motor out and store it for 20 years, falling over it daily. Eventually you'll take it to the dump, then you'll need it immediately.
It's a standard linear actuator. I scavenged one from a bed thrown out in the curb. I just used it a few days ago to push back a heavy closet into its place, after I moved it and it somehow got stuck. Took 10 seconds!
But the mechanism that attaches to the linear actuator, is very cool.
In those same 20 years people will be saying, 'they just don't build 'em like this anymore.'
David Lowe it's the earrings my wife had. For YEARS she had one earring and had lost the other of the pair. Finally she got tired of the one that she still had reminding her that she had lost one, so she threw it out. The NEXT DAY (after the garbage had been picked up, of course) she found the missing one.
John losing his cool and giving focus the business was pure gold
I loved this video John! And yes, I think that an elegant high quality wooden chair (with no cushions) would be awesome!
Exactly!
You got 6 years from a $400 chair? Wow! I'm impressed! I got only 2 years from a $1000 La-z-boy... I couldn't believe how cheap and unstable they are now!
Though John didn't admit it that OSB was pretty darn tough to take bust apart.
Today on I Build it, We demonstrate how to field dress the big game chair you just shot :p
Stone lift for building pyramids
lmao
Definitely chair build. A wooden recliner would look awesome.
Definitely make a hardwood frame...maybe even a motorized deck chair or something...or add wheels and another motor and make a miniature bobcat kinda thing!
Animatronic dinosaur.
Great idea John. My 20+ year old chair got dirty and worn out but the mechanism was still very good, just manual. I stripped out the mechanism and built a cherry Morris Chair frame, installed the mechanism, had a new cushion made and I reupholstered the rest using the same material as the cushion. I'm loving it, so go for it.
Photos?
I would love to see this!
John, you're much more entertaining when you're half drunk :)
I was gonna say he seems half cut, haha
Try playing it at x 0.75 speed! 😀....now where's those munchies!!
Yes! Angry, drunken John is hilarious. I think he might actually be my spirit animal.
Much more cursing. I love it.
The violent cold open and the ending bit looping back to it chronologically, might be acid.
Earlier this year I got my grandmas old lift chair and harvested 2 linear actuators from it.... still working what cool thing I'm going to make with them.
Ohh ya and make a new wood chair from the old one, would be interesting to see
“Strip off all this shit right here”, was exactly what I said to my ex wife the night we met... in retrospect, her all to eager compliance should have been a sign.
Lmao that's the first time I've ever heard you swear on here and it was only 30 seconds in.
Keep up the good work.
Watch the one where he's connecting his floor heating system on the home reno channel - I learned a few new swearwords myself on that one!
New chair! I cant even picture a wood recliner
me either. I just sounds horribly uncomfortable
Two words: seat beads. That's how you beat the sticky, sweaty, leather chair. They are are gift from the gods.
It looks like the Terminator T-800 with its flesh removed.
Exactly what I was thinking ! How do we know these chairs weren't sent from the future by the robot overlords for the bots to recline in for their oil changes?
Reprogram it and send it back in time to yourself
My girlfriend had a sofa made like that. I cut it in half with recip saw inside 30 seconds. It was quite therapeutic.
Please... Rebuild! I'd love to see your take on it. Especially since I don't imagine you (like most of us males), have sewing skills.
I've researched the idea of making couches and recliners for years now, the sewing has always been the real obstacle... And no one really has presented an alternative that looks good.
As a mechanic, it never ceases to amaze me how people can look at a couch or an arm chair (at least this one has a few moving parts, but a lounge chair has not a single moving part) and say things like "what are you gonna get for $400?".
You can buy an entire working registerable CAR for $400!!!!
Clearly I'm in the wrong game.
The mech looks like two praying mantis reaching out.
Alien horror movie prop.
My thought too.
I used the mechanism to open and shut my shed window, practically identical chair in Scotland !
Loved the video, especially when I thought you were going to attack the chair with an angle grinder. My vote would be for you to build a new chair. Can't wait to see all the comments from the safety trolls about getting sensitive parts of your anatomy getting trapped in the mechanism!
Best video yet! Not because I think You need to cuss, but because it seemed real. Like an everyday Guys Workshop!
Build a wooden chair around it! That would be the coolest project ;-)
"It's like cutting chicken"
"here is the wing"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Outtake: A daily scene in my shop! LMAO!!! Definitely do a rebuild!!!! Minimal to keep the skeleton showing for sure. Something I've used on a number of seating projects that give the performance of leather with even easier cleaning is motorcycle seat/saddle upholstery. 1-2" closed cell, dense foam or neoprene for a low profile modernist/industrial look. Now ur gonna get my eye-balling every recliner I see at the side of the road...... thanks a lot!!
John Heisz - uncensored, uncut and uncaring. I love these honest videos.
This is the BEST unboxing video I’ve ever seen.
Not sure what kind of hobbies you are into but my old roommate used a frame like this to make the ultimate PC racing simulator that could go from upright (rally car) to reclined F1 style race car.
That would be a cool project and you'd solve your chair problem. Build it how u want it.
Hi John. A young child was strangled by a reclining chair in Australia a few years back so safety needs to be taken into account. I enjoy your videos thank you.
That's the wing! I kinda want to see what you'd build all wood. But that motor, who knows what you would come up with.
The chair idea is cool. The motor, and lead screw, might also make for the basis of an interesting vice build.
An Amish Barrington Style Recliner but with an Electronic Drive! That would be A Great build!
This might be the funniest video of yours. Lol. Especially the outtakes at the end. The exasperation is pretty damn funny. We all know how that feels. Go with it.
This maybe your best video yet. I think you need to make a chair and add speakers to it too. Cause... Why not
I would vote for a Morris Chair style, possible incorporate a foot stool into the design to use the full mechanism.
Me, too. My wife actually wants me to do that to two old La-Z-boys. Now I know how to begin the project, but am lost from there. If anyone can figure it out, it would be John. Go for it!
My dream is to have a decently sized shop space where I can get slightly inebriated and tear apart my cheap used furniture and old electronics
Hard wood frame and slats to leave that beautiful mechanism exposed. Add cushions with zip-off covers for cleaning. LED lighting below like some custom cards ;-)
I love how REAL you are in this video!
"Like cutting up chicken" is where you got me. It was at that point that I subbed while laughing out loud.
The naked frame vaguely reminds me of the pods in 2001 a Space Odyssey. I guess it's the outstretched arms that look a bit a pod to me.
How about a coffee table, with the 'Foot rest', a small lifting table that comes up when you need it for some notebook type work. Then you can sit in your lounge, have this brilliant, and immediately, hit the button, raise the table and do some work without having to go into the office. Ok, Ok, just a thought don't slag me off. :)
"That's the wing." Great video and I'm voting for a minimalist recliner build. I also have to say I am worried about the pressure of fame becoming too much for Focus as it would seem he is having a hard time staying away from the corn liquor.
You could use the remaining metal frame and motor to build a Halloween or Christmas animatronics decoration. Better yet, design it so that you can easily switch it between the two!
Imagine the number of views and the new audience you would draw in.
This video lowered my stress level. Thank you.
I just woke up and I'm already positive I'm going to have nightmares tonight
Randy Perkins and not just from hearing John say, "as naked as possible" at this time of the morning. My ears...
A wooden chair built on this mech would inspire us all.
I vote build the chair
I think it might make an interesting snow shoveling machine
Build the chair! Build the chair! Build the chair!
I'm excited to watch you build this into something, anything. But a new hardwood chair with cushions would be pretty sweet!
Rebuilt chair would be amazing!
Electric Reclining Morris chair!!! With spalted maple triangle details!!
Great video! I really appreciate your use of the word "shit." Very funny.
You could always build a small workbench that lowers/raises for comfortable working height!
I think that would make a cool fold away work station.
That's it! A body for Focus Master!
I like where this is going! 😃 ..... So glad you found those screws on the control plate in time! 😁👍🏻👊🏻
A hardwood chair with the mechanism exposed would be really cool.
Unless your pets have tails!
Please rebuild it John. I don't care that your half drunk. Just kidding. That was a stupid comment any way. Thanks, for all you do.
Oh yes, I'd really like to see you build a new chair around this mechanism
Yes! reBUILD IT!, Please.
John, get a nice throw blanket to cover the leather chair in summer. Cool to the touch n washable. They do slide a bit though but I love mine.
After watching this video I subbed! Funny, creative, and loved it
I used to sell La-z-boy recliners and there is one big difference with their power chairs, well two, but the first affects the second. The first is an actual four-sided box for the chair to sit on. Instead of just a bottom rail connecting the two front feet, they connect with a full side parallel to the back. Basically, the mechanism sits inside the box. There are holes for the mechanism to operate, but the box provides rigidity.
If you build a "minimalist" chair, look at some historical chairs from La-z-boy.
Oh, the second difference is the price. They're definitely more than $400.
The guy that designed that mechanism was on the original engineering team that developed retractable undercarriages for 1930's Bi-planes.
YES! REBUILD IT
John:
If not too late, keep the seat springs for your future build!
MM
Yes, build a wood chair.
It looks like something off of Terminator.
Ooh, that crunching sound....!
you should absolutely make a new chair with that mechanism
Prey Mantis shall be its name!
With a bit of playing about, that would make an excellent sim racing setup! Cheers for the inspiration.
A vote for rebuild!
Build a nice looking, multiple wood essence, reclining chair. With curved arm rest this thig would look good. Either that or flip it upside down and make a robot walking chair. :) Cheers from Canada!
Build it, John!
I couldn't help but start giggling as you started destroying the chair, haha!! I am, however, going to try to figure out the hardware placement, and *repair* mine (several fasteners have either come out or broke. Now I have to figure out where they were....)
I worry the mechanisms might fail but I dont think ive seen a video like this. Bell hit!!! I really want to see this progress to its final conclusion... good or bad
Now it looks like an Alien Ant.
Cool.
Thumbs up.
Willy from Belgium
I'm thinking powered drill press table lift, but that might be a waste of a good purpose built motor.
I'm usually not a fanboy, but if I'm ever in Canada, spending a day with John, Matthias, and Jerry from Bullshit Korner would be an experience of a lifetime.
LMAO! I think that if you make a wooden chair out of it you should use thick plastic for the base so that you can see the mechanism function. That would look cool John.............. :)
You seemed to enjoy taking it apart quite a bit ... Do whatever you think you would enjoy more
Yes! A hardwood chair with removable cushions would look cool.
Looks like a contraption Izzy swan would come up with
Yes, rebuild it! I'm thinking of doing the same thing to an old recliner and have no idea where to start.
I used the motor & controls, simple up & down, to power a bead roller. I made a simple frame for the control to operate as a foot switch.
Seeing that thing operated without the covering kinda reminds me of the end of The Terminator.
Cool indeed. Build the chair!
definitely rebuild. looks prehistoric
John, I really like the idea of a naked chair. I too believe it might look pretty cool. Give it a try
Great BLOOPER
That could be the coolest project EVER! would love to see that happend!
My grandmother passed a week ago and I saved her recliner… looking for ideas to repurpose the mech…. Maybe motorized shelving and workbench in my van
Haha John you humour is brilliant 😂
Rebuild! A reclining adirondak chair would be awesome
I think that would be an awesome build video to turn that into a wooden chair. It would also be a very interesting piece once done as you were saying being able to see the bare mechanism. It would certainly be an eye catcher and conventional piece if nothing else.
It's almost Halloween and I'm getting ready to throw out my leather recliner and thought oh hell no, there's something to be made here!