How to Upholster a Chair Part 1 | Paul Sellers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Paul shows a simple method for upholstering a chair. In this first episode, he cuts a piece of plywood to fit into the recess with a small even gap around every side. He then removes all the hard edges and bores the holes to allow air escape before cutting the foam to fit. With the prep done Paul cuts the leather to the approximate size.
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I have never seen anybody use a handsaw's with such perfection!
So 32 minutes went by, coulda sworn it wasn't more than 5. Mighty good stuff!
Mr Sellers.You are a true magician when working with wood.
thx for sharing, and all your tips and tricks.
Regards.
It's wild watching a master at this craft, being a hobbyist.
Just bought my wife a bread knife for Christmas. Now if I can just get her to let me have the old one and razor sharpen it like Paul's. I've been waiting to learn from you doing some upholstery Paul. Thanks for making this available to us. Hope to see the chair build someday also. I wish you and your family all the best in 2016!
« Crisp, clean, sharp edge ». Love it!
You're the best paul! I must say I was hoping for traditional upholstery, but I don't know that anybody does that anymore. I'm gonna research!
very nice sturdy chair but it is the blue stool behind your bench that I would like to build. I always learn something every time i watch one of your videos.
Tha you every one for your advice I will certainly be testing them all out much appreciated Matthew
Paul I new subscriber for about a month and I have watched almost all of your videos! I always learn so much every video you post!! Keep up the great work!!!
Your videos are so relaxing to watch, I always feel like I've just had a mental massage afterwards. Haha :)
Paul, you seem like a really cool dude. I'm loving your video and looking forward to the rest of your catalogue of videos. So much more interesting than what you would get on tv! All the best.
Awesome illustration.
Wow, very well done.. cant wait to see the rest. Thank you.
Great video-tutorial for a woodworking novice like myself.
Best tutorial. I am using this for my chairs!
Buenos días ...Feliz año nuevo desde aquí Venezuela ....he visto varios videos suyos en Diciembre y aprendí muchos consejos de usted en el arte de trabajar la madera...muy bueno el aporte de sus conocimientos...Gracias
Dang!! Awesome Paul! I'm going to do it.
Thank you! I had no idea there were supposed to be air holes in the seat like that, but it makes sense. I wonder if the holes can be smaller though. But, 1/4 isn't so bad.
Nice relaxing video Paul, learned a lot!
Just finished my chairs in late November :(. Unfortunately there were not very many good videos on YT at the time. I learned a lot, and hope to learn even more from watching your video. Thanks!
I've been dying to begin building my own guitar case. I want to wrap the outside with tweed tolex and upholster the interior. Your saw trick to leave a 16th is great! Thanks for another great video. Happy 2016!
Impressive as usual.
"you can believe what I'm doing here" this is why I love this guy lol
cant wait for part 2..
great video. watched part 2 1st. figured i should watch part 1 anyway.
Paul's the boss.
Thanks for the instruction.
Bloody sharp knife!
When will we see part two? Love the vid. Thank you.
+Sidney Pendergrass In five days time, coming Friday.
Paul Sellers have
great video.i find for me cutting leather i use a carpet knife,blades cheap,super sharp,last long.thank again
I absolutely love all your videos when you have the time could you please make a video over old hand tools like hand routers, draw knives, etc. if you could I would greatly appreciate it.
I would like to see how crown molding is made by hand using hand tools.
+fordmuddin20 Just made one on making crown moulding by hand and then how to fit it. Not sure when its scheduled yet.
Fantastic!
Greetings and salutations Paul. Watched the video twice and thought it wonderful. I was noticing the straight edge you were using and was curious about wood movement issues throwing it out of true. Looked like it was made of white oak to me. I would like it greatly if you would do a tutorial on making that straight edge, as I think it to be classier than any other I've used. Thanks for all you do truly appreciated.
Great video as always may I dare to make a suggestion to maybe save your finger tips a little when I’ve made an attempt to upholster a dining chair I find using an artist stretcher they use for stretching there canvas very taught over a frame only a small little gadget but works great and no sore fingers
You mentioned that leather is not too expensive. Where do you recommend buying it? I reckon a fabric store is going to be pretty dear. I've bought vinyl for recovering my dining room chairs and paid a fair price. If there is a better source for leather, I have some vintage living room chairs to recover. Thanks again for the great video.
Thanks for a great video Paul. Looking forward to part two. Could you give details of the foam and where it can be bought from?
Wow!, much simpler than I learned in class. I can't wait to try it myself. Only question is what type of foam? Density?
Happy Birthday Paul. All the best for 2013
Дед Паша, да ты волшебник! ;)
Would you bother to sand the ply of either side and apply any finish to the visible underside, prior to the upholstery stage?
great vid :)
Great video Paul to get this year on the go, It made me remember what my late father did as a self educated upholsterer and I'm sure he used to overlay the foam with some kind of white thin stuff (Kind of silky wooly stuff that stretches as you pull it and adheres to the foam) in order to let the leather kind of slip over the foam. I have no idea what it's called. do you know? looking forward to see part 2. Thanks.
might be a bit late to be answering your question, but from your description I'm almost positive you're thinking of dacron batting. You put it over the foam and staple it down to the wood frame, pulling it tight enough to round off the sharp edges of foam without cutting it like Paul did. I've also heard that it reduces wear between the foam and fabric
what oil is in that can?
Are the air hole nessecary only with material like leather and viynl? I assume cloth would allow the material to vent..
Do you need the holes in the plywood if you are using regular fabric and not leather?
Is ther a reason that the front of the chair is wider than the back?
Very Good Paul.
Mike bkk
I'd love to see you actually build that chair. I'd love to see how you get those curved tapered legs made with hand tools.
I have a Futon, where the foam seems to be suppressed and you can feel the spring from under the futon when u sit, what kind of Foam can I use to place it to give it more comfort?
Hi Paul, can you pls tell me what FOAM DENSITY you use for upholstering your chars. Prompt response appreciated. Thanks.
Hi there,
Will the plywood damage the saw or the hand plane?
Obrigado(Thanks)
+Blog das Madeiras Wouldn't damage or dull it any more than any other wood.
Hello Mr. Sellers,
What type of foam did you use? Is there a particular density you would recommend? And where did you purchase it or what type of store would sell it?
Thank you for your time!
Hi Paul I'm looking a at some Stanley 750 chisels what do you recommend to use to protect the metal from rust as I'm sue you will have much more knowledge and experience than others thankyou
+Matthew Dickenson I live two miles from a great lake in NY, things rust bad so I might be qualified to answer your question! And I don't think Paul replies to many TH-cam comments. Anyway, I like wax to protect tools from rust. Paste floor was is easy to apply, because of its low melting point it can be melted into the pores of metal with the friction from a rag so it really protects. It won't stain wood like oil might, and it really reduces friction on wood when applied to the bottom of a hand plane. Win win!
+Matthew Dickenson I think Paul has mentioned before that he uses 3-in-1 oil for most things. Any light machine oil will do. Just wipe them down carefully so that you don't stain wood with the oil. Personally I use a 4:1 mixture of coconut oil and beeswax. It makes a light paste wax. I use it primarily as a wood conditioner that's foodsafe (I make a lot of kids toys) but it ends up on my tools and does an excellent job of protecting them.
+MichaelKingsfordGray It has to be an oil that will polymerize at room temperature for it to produce heat. Machine oil is unlikely to do so, it's just best to keep sparks away. Linseed/Danish/Teak oil/etc. are indeed the biggest threats.
+Matthew Dickenson I keep a small tomato can stuffed with a rolled up rag charged with 3 in 1 light machine oil.
i was wondering Paul which type of saw files do you use
+Mr. Awesome Tome Feteira and Sandvik
thanks
What kind of foam did you use?
Why not use exacto or similar knife for leather? Possible you can have same results from one cut pass :)
+Aleksandr Goldyrev When i was an upholsterer i used a stanley knife to cut the leather out and a similar knife to Pauls for cutting the foam. Strange we built all the furniture in millimeters and measured the overlaps and allowances for the upholstery in inches.
+Aleksandr Goldyrev The foam just cuts better with the large knife and it was there handy for the leather too.
+Paul Sellers Hi I have watched your video on sharpening using the Eze-lap hones. My dumb question is can you use these for serrated knives?
+Ian Scott i'm willing to hazard a guess that is why he "sharpened the serrations out" of his knife. flat stone = flat blade. it won't mess anything up, but it will remove serrations eventually.
Where can I buy them red clamps
Where is the knife sharpening video? wowzers
If this is what you are looking for, here it is th-cam.com/video/bailuQUh2mY/w-d-xo.html&vl=en-GB . -Team Paul
29.08 was that supposed to be a pun? "leateridge" haha
Do you still need the fart holes is the upholstery is breathable?
Ever need a tool let me know
+Nick k hah hah hah.
+Tommy Jinks I have a giant privative wood working collection. ???
Hmm.. Apologies. I thought you were making a joke about Paul's rather large collection. No offense intended.
Nice video - well produced. But please for the love of God use metric instead of imperial.
Ang tagal!