Plywood Occasional Chair

Listing #2671 Listed on: 03/23/2010 Company Name: builtinbrooklyn@gmail.com
Name: Chris Edwards

This was made from exterior-grade fir plywood off-cuts from a large office furniture job. I'd like to build another out of baltic birch, but we had tons of this garbage plywood left over and I thought I'd challenge myself to make something interesting out of it. The flare is achieved by different sized spacers.

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Posted By:Jake
Did you find any part of the chair to be less sturdy due to the oriented stranding in the ply? Maybe the redundant lamination and joints took care of that? Cool piece, the spacer variation adds a lot of character.
Posted By:Chairman
The back legs do not extend back far enough - that chair looks prone to tipping over backwards.
Posted By:Chris Edwards
Actually, the chair is extremely sturdy and it is nearly impossible to rock backward on the legs. I have, however, walked into it in the middle of the night and knocked it over sideways.
The curvature of the back and seat was traced to my body to provide lumbar support. I tried several positions and angles for the rear legs and eventually decided on this one. For the next go-around, I'll probably bring them forward at the seat and flare them back further for aesthetic reasons.
Posted By:John Anthony
Great chair.What type of joinery did you use?
Posted By:steve
Obvious to me at least John, there is no joinery... it's laminating! Good effort Chris. Could be a future in it. Check out Phillip Starks chairs for out of the box ideas.

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