To make a rocking chair yourselfwith your hands, you will need a simple set of materials and tools. Often the prices for such products in stores make you postpone the purchase for a long time, but for a person with basic woodworking skills, such problems do not exist.
A rocking chair can be made from various materials, but the most common is wood. Making a rocking chair is relatively simple, and the following tools are required for the job:
- jig saw electric;
- grinding machine;
- a set of different attachments;
- manual edge milling cutter;
- Screwdriver;
- Drills on a tree;
- paint brushes;
- roller;
- roulette;
- pencil;
- gon;
- Eurofaner;
- cant;
- confirmations;
- self-tapping screws.
Tools for making a rocking chair.The bars for the finished product will need to be taken with the calculation that to make a rocking chair, you will need at least 35 pieces. The length depends on the desired width of the rocking chair, since it will differ significantly in single- and double-seat models. The choice of wood affects what the product will turn out to be. Plywood is much easier to get, it is easy to work with, products made of Europlywood serve for quite a long time. But in order to make furniture for many years, it is better to opt for wood. Pine is not very highly valued, but it is a durable tree to a sufficient degree. And if the issue of saving money is in last place, you can choose larch or oak.
Materials for rocking chair
First, you need to prepare a drawing, paying attentionspecial attention to the side view. From the Euro plywood sheet, according to the drawing, then cut out 2 specially curved blanks. Both must be completely symmetrical so that there are no difficulties when moving the chair. It is most convenient to first draw the contours on a sheet of paper, then cut them out and trace them on the plywood sheets. To make a rocking chair, it is most convenient to cut the sides with a jigsaw. If there is no electric one, you can use a hand one. The cut out shapes require grinding, which is done with a grinder. When working with this tool, special attention must be paid to the end side of the sheets. After this, in order to make the chair even better, remove the chamfer using a hand router. The sides are additionally processed by applying drying oil to the ends after the first grinding. When the drying oil layer dries, the surface is varnished. When applying and as the first layer of varnish dries, the plywood surface will become very rough, since small wood fibers rise from this procedure. Therefore, when the first layer of varnish dries, the plywood needs to be sanded and varnished again.
Diagram of a rocking chair made of plywood.The next step in making a rocking chair with your own hands is making the sidebars. They need to be cut out of the remaining plywood. In the already cut out sidewalls, marks are made for attaching the sidebars, and the new parts are subjected to the same treatment with a grinder, drying oil and varnish. The exact places for attaching the sidebars are determined depending on the shape of the sidewalls, but they should be located in the middle and at both ends. To make the marks even, they are first made on one sidewall, after which the sidewalls are folded and pulled together with clamps so that they do not shift during work. Take a drill and make through holes through both sidewalls at once. The sidebars are applied and marks are made on them with a pencil, since holes also need to be drilled. The parts are fastened using confirmats. To make bars, first make one as a template. It serves mainly to make symmetrical holes in all subsequent ones. On average, 140 bars are required for a rocking chair. A template bar is taken and the locations of the holes that will attach it to the Euro plywood frame are marked on the outside with a pencil. Through holes are drilled. After this, plywood is applied to the bar, from which its outline is cut out and holes are made. Having applied such a plywood outline to the following bars, you can immediately drill holes in them without marking each one in advance. Return to the table of contents</a>
Assembling a rocking chair
The bars are attached to the frame using self-tapping screws.The distance between the bars is recommended to be from 1 to 1.5 cm, and the screws must be screwed in flush so that they do not protrude from the outside. Protruding fasteners in most cases spoil the clothes of people sitting in the chair, you need to make the surface even. It is not recommended to mark all the bars at once. It is much more convenient to fasten them in groups of 5-6 pieces and make preliminary markings for the same number. After fastening work, all screws must be primed and covered with an antiseptic. After assembly, the furniture is varnished several more times for greater durability. Return to contents</a>
How to make a rocking chair with your own hands: an easy way
A simple way is to trim thean ordinary chair legs, so that the center of gravity becomes lower and there is no great risk of falling when swinging. Two symmetrical arcs made of Euro plywood are screwed to the remains of the legs, on which the swinging will subsequently be carried out. The arcs for such a chair are made using the bending and glue method. Blanks of the required size are cut out of plywood about 8 mm thick using a sawmill. They are brought to the desired shape by planing in a thicknesser. A curved shape of the required length can be made from any available means. The first slat is glued, the second is laid on it. In this way, the required number of slats are glued, and they are attached to the curved shape with clamps. The glue must dry, after which the slats must retain the required curved shape. The dried plywood is processed with a sander again, after which it is painted in the same color as the chair. Most often, armrests are missing on chairs, they have to be added independently. They do not bear a large load, so to make them you can take 10 cm thick planks and attach them to the legs with bolts. The armrest is also attached to these posts using a tenon joint. It is sanded, covered with stain or varnish, sanded again and second and third layers are applied. A rocking chair of any type wins if you cover it with fabric and make a semblance of pillows with foam rubber and synthetic padding.</ ul>
