Patrons get the best seat in the house: www.patreon.com/wordsnwood ----- ----- ----- GET READY FOR SUMMER with these custom DIY chairs. They pack flat! They work on the beach, or at the park, at the festival, on the campground. Just say no to cheap/"disposable" flimsy lawn chairs. This is a detailed build video in which I show how these chairs work, talk about how I designed them, and I go through all the steps in building one of these chairs. You might be able to build these just from following along in the video, but I do have detailed plans available at a modest cost. Your purchase will help me out; thanks! www.wordsnwood.com/plans/beachchairs/
Nice beach chairs, Art! I built four similar chairs 5 years ago from white oak for deck chairs. I finished them with a 70% teak oil & 30% spar urethane blend. They held up well until a storm with 2 inch hail damaged them.
We used to make similar chairs in the boy scouts many years ago. One advice: don't use glue for the top cross piece of the seat back. Then you can remove it any time by just unscrewing it and slide off the fabric in case you want to wash it or replace it. It also makes re-finishing the wood and sewing the fabric easier. You just fold over the long edges of the fabric wide enough to create a tunnel for the sides and run it through a sewing machine in a straight line and you are done.
I think you did a very thorough job explaining it and sure I could just use the video to build it. But yeah I want to support you making more stuff down the road. Thanks Art
WOW this was interesting! Nice build and great idea. I think i'm going to make a pare for myself to go to the beach this summer! Thanks for this well explained video my friend!
Great project and fun video. How well do the chairs work with bigger people? My seat is wider than the chair's seat. And I weigh a bit more than you do.
Don't think I've had anyone over about 225 sit on one, but they were fine. As you would be building it yourself, you can always scale up some of the parts. It's easy enough to make it a bit wider.
Thanks for the video! I have an old Byer of Maine Lounger that broke after 25 years of use! Can’t buy them anymore so I want to make these. I did notice that the Maine Lounger has the fabric attached difrent from yours. It is stapled and then the slats rolled a couple of times inward to completely hide the staples. I assume this would require taking the completed chair back apart to attach the fabric.
Hey but I've got a lot of 2" by 3/4" lumber So how much do I need to change the design to match the lumber I have cause it seems waste to plant it down to inch and a 1/2
Patrons get the best seat in the house: www.patreon.com/wordsnwood
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GET READY FOR SUMMER with these custom DIY chairs. They pack flat! They work on the beach, or at the park, at the festival, on the campground. Just say no to cheap/"disposable" flimsy lawn chairs.
This is a detailed build video in which I show how these chairs work, talk about how I designed them, and I go through all the steps in building one of these chairs.
You might be able to build these just from following along in the video, but I do have detailed plans available at a modest cost. Your purchase will help me out; thanks! www.wordsnwood.com/plans/beachchairs/
Be proud of that cover!!! Yep these are going on the list.
Nice beach chairs, Art! I built four similar chairs 5 years ago from white oak for deck chairs. I finished them with a 70% teak oil & 30% spar urethane blend. They held up well until a storm with 2 inch hail damaged them.
white oak is practically waterproof... amazing dense wood!
hi.I made a Beach Chair watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.
Please visit my channel from time to time.
I'll come over from time to time. ^^
We used to make similar chairs in the boy scouts many years ago. One advice: don't use glue for the top cross piece of the seat back. Then you can remove it any time by just unscrewing it and slide off the fabric in case you want to wash it or replace it. It also makes re-finishing the wood and sewing the fabric easier. You just fold over the long edges of the fabric wide enough to create a tunnel for the sides and run it through a sewing machine in a straight line and you are done.
Neat idea, thanks for sharing!
Nice work on the beach chairs Art! Thanks for sharing the video with us.👌👍😎JP
Beaching design, Art :)
Totally, Dude!
Excellent chair design and build! Thank you for showing us how you built them!
Glad you like it!
I think you did a very thorough job explaining it and sure I could just use the video to build it. But yeah I want to support you making more stuff down the road. Thanks Art
thank-you, Randy!
beautiful! ingenious!
Practical and good looking design!
Nice design!
WOW this was interesting! Nice build and great idea. I think i'm going to make a pare for myself to go to the beach this summer! Thanks for this well explained video my friend!
You scored a magazine cover? Very cool! These are fun little chairs.
thanks, Bruce!
I've seen lots of this style of chairs made out of hockey sticks.
definitely strong enough, but I would not care for that look. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Wordsnwood Admittedly I did first see those party rock music festivals, so aesthetics probably weren't a high priority.
Great project and fun video. How well do the chairs work with bigger people? My seat is wider than the chair's seat. And I weigh a bit more than you do.
Don't think I've had anyone over about 225 sit on one, but they were fine. As you would be building it yourself, you can always scale up some of the parts. It's easy enough to make it a bit wider.
Good idea. Those cheap camp chairs always fall apart in a few years.
These are strong and last long... And more repairable! ;-)
When I was young (20years ago) I used to sit in one of those chairs. And in that time the chair was 20-30yo... So nope, they don't brakea so easy.
lee valley has some amazing square drive bits fyi
Lee Valley ha a lot of amazing ______ (fill in the blank with many things!)
Thanks for the video! I have an old Byer of Maine Lounger that broke after 25 years of use! Can’t buy them anymore so I want to make these. I did notice that the Maine Lounger has the fabric attached difrent from yours. It is stapled and then the slats rolled a couple of times inward to completely hide the staples. I assume this would require taking the completed chair back apart to attach the fabric.
Sounds like it to me, if I'm correctly visualizing what you are saying.
Great chair and video! Do you have a cut list for this project? I want to go to the lumber yard and buy wood and build a pair. Thanks!
plans are available, link was in the video description.
www.wordsnwood.com/plans/beachchairs/
@@Wordsnwood I found them after I posted. Thanks! (and I got them!)
I know right, tomorrow im going to rewatch
and share what this fun project requires
Hi I like them very much but can these be used for dining purposes? With a small dining table?
I've certainly eaten food while sitting in these chairs. But I don't think they'd work at a table, as you lean back when sitting in them.
Hi! I bought your plan last week, would you be able to list the screws with sizes etc that is needed for this build? Thank you! @wordsnwood
Pretty sure they were all 1" screws but a bit longer would be okay. #6 size. But #8 size would be fine.
how long is the pices of wood???
i really whant to make one
im cm and meters
Detailed plans are here: www.wordsnwood.com/plans/beachchairs/
But the plans are in inches, so you'd need to do your own conversion.
Hey but I've got a lot of 2" by 3/4" lumber So how much do I need to change the design to match the lumber I have cause it seems waste to plant it down to inch and a 1/2
You probably would need to experiment with the crosspiece spacing since that controls the tilt.
Have a nice day, I want to buy the plans for this project. But are the plans measured in cm or inches? If you have dimensions in cm, I can buy it.
The plans are in inches, sorry.
What are your measurements?
Numerous dimensions are mentioned in the video,
There are also plans available: www.wordsnwood.com/plans/beachchairs/