High-quality and reliable wooden furniture inmodern stores to buy is not so simple. Cheap products do not last long, and interior items made of solid wood are quite expensive. Therefore, many home builders mount cabinets, cabinets and even beds themselves. 
Wooden chair construction.Moreover, it is possible in just a few free evenings. At the same time, you can take into account the individual requirements of the interior and assemble a dining set that will decorate your living room.
Preliminary stage of work
Before you do it yourself, you need to makedetailed drawing of future furniture. It's better to start creating it with making a sketch. So you can imagine the future appearance of the chairs, think over individual details and overall design. Next, you need to think over the sizes of all elements and draw a diagram (Fig. 1). 
Figure 1. Scheme of a chair made of pine. Then it is worth considering the choice of material for making a chair. If you are a beginner carpenter or make furniture for a dacha, then the usual pine will suit you. Furniture in the living room or the lounge is usually made of more expensive types of wood, such as oak or beech. In any case, you will need a square bar (20 * 30 mm) and an edging board (80 * 15 mm). You can take a thicker material. But then your chair will come out much more massive. Be sure to prepare the tools you need for work in advance. You can not do without the following equipment:
- electric jigsaw and electric drill;
- Screwdriver;
- hacksaw;
- screwdrivers;
- carpentry tools (chisel and sharp knife);
- Clamps;
- Furniture stapler;
- grinder or special drill bit.
Do not forget to prepare tools for measuring: centimeter roulette, ruler and square. They will help to assemble a reliable and durable chair. Tools for finishing depends on the type of furniture you choose. Usually such furniture is covered with stain and furniture varnish. Back to contents</a>
Self-assembly of a chair
Scheme of assembling a wooden chair. The backs of the chairs can be paneled (whole, cut out from the carpentry board or sheet of plywood) and trellised (collected from racks). From the type of the backrest, the product assembly scheme and the choice of fasteners largely depend. If for your chair you have chosen the first type of backrest, then you will need 4 kneading knots. For the reliability of the fixation point, you can duplicate 2 screw ties, which are installed from the bottom of the seat. Some masters take self-tapping screws for this purpose. But such a connection is unreliable, because after a while the wood in the nest will crumble and the screw will begin to hang out. The latticed back of the chair is recruited from separate racks. Their number depends only on the design idea. But usually use from 2 to 6 elements of a round, square or hexagonal section. For massive furniture sometimes use thin finished balusters or special curly elements. At installation it is necessary to consider, that the basic loading is necessary on extreme lateral рейки. They play the role of load-bearing parts. Medium bars perform only a decorative function. On the top, the slats must be pulled together by the lumbar transverse part. With her crossbars are connected with the help of round dowels. For side rails, the diameter of the fasteners must be at least 20 mm. The average elements are planted on spikes, whose diameter does not exceed 12-14 mm. In the same way, the back of the table is attached to the seat. Back to contents</a> Fabrication and installation of legs 
Figure 2. Scheme of attachment of stool supports. When making chairs with their own hands, masters usually do not undertake the manufacture of curved transverse ties, because it is quite difficult to create such a piece. But if you decide to make a chair with a concave back, then you need to observe the following parameters:
Before you make a chair, you need tothink over fixing its legs. The most reliable is furniture with podsadnymi supports. The scheme of attachment of these elements should be studied (Figure 2). First, you need to prepare the cross bars. They can be round, square or complex cross-section. At the ends of the rails, it is necessary to form rectangular spikes, which will enter the holes of the vertical supports of the furniture. It is more reasonable to form nests with the help of special equipment, since the hand tool will not provide sufficient accuracy of joining parts. If you do not know how to make a chair with such fasteners, or at hand you do not have a woodworking machine, you can order the manufacture of such parts in a carpentry workshop. 
Figure 3. Assembling a soft chair. Nests are sized according to the given size and holes are drilled. The tool is held at an angle of approximately 90 °, guiding the drill with a bar that acts as a template. For this use hardwood, thickness of 40-60 mm. In the template it is more reasonable to drill the corresponding holes in advance, which will be located at the angle you need. This will help guide the drill correctly. The parts to be drilled are pulled together with clamps. This will help to accurately form the nests. When all the blanks are made, you can proceed with their installation. First, the bottom block is assembled. Spikes are greased with carpentry glue and pound them into grooves. Strain with clamps until the composition dries completely. Then the junction must be cleaned. The legs are leveled. To do this, place the frame on a flat surface and mark the surplus of wood to be sawed. Round out and polish the ends of the supports. Back to contents</a> Assembling the seat of a chair Before you make a chair,you need to choose the type of softening the seat. For homemade furniture, usually choose a thick foam (at least 10 cm). This material is quite cheap and reliable. For the manufacture of the seat you will need the following blanks:
- plywood foundation;
- a detail of softening (it is cut out exactly according to the size of the base);
- a lining made of sackcloth or canvas (with allowances of 5-7 cm);
- element of the upper upholstery (with allowances of 10-12 cm).
Remember that the seat can be installedonly on a fully finished frame. That is, your chair should be assembled, polished, varnished or painted and completely dried (Figure 3). Otherwise, the risk of soiling the upholstery is great. In a plywood base, drill the holes for the latches or install the furniture corners (the choice of fixtures remains yours). Billet of foam rubber with glue, let the compound slightly dry and lubricate again. Attach the softener to the plywood part and lightly press with your hands. Spray the interlayer and upholstery fabric with tailor's pins. Fasten the element from one corner of the seat with the furniture bracket (bottom of the part). Lightly stretch the fabric to the opposite corner and also fix it. After the upholstery is fixed from the corners, sew the fabric around the perimeter. Make sure that the folds do not form on the upholstery. Lastly, fix the free triangles of the fabric by tucking them 2 times. Install the seat.
