Almost everyone will agree that afterIt will be nice to relax after a hard day, and a rocking chair will help with this. Everyone wants to have one in their apartment, house or summer house, but not everyone can afford to buy one. Often in furniture stores and shops the price for such an item, due to its traditionally high popularity and, accordingly, demand, is unreasonably high. Meanwhile, it is worth knowing that it is quite easy to make a rocking chair with your own hands. You only need to choose the right material, and making drawings of such an item with your own hands will not be particularly difficult.
Diagram of a rocking chair.
Materials used to manufacture the rocking chair
A similar chair can be made from woodsolid wood, plywood, metal or artificial rattan. Each of these materials has its own advantages and disadvantages. To this must be added the ability to access various tools and the possession of various working skills. The purpose of the chair for indoor or outdoor use also plays a serious role. Metal is the most suitable material for the implementation of such a design.
Drawing of a rocking chair.It has maximum strength under various types of loads, at the same time it is durable and does not require special storage conditions. But to work with it, you need to know the welding process and have access to a welding machine, and it is also desirable to have an autogenous apparatus, since it is quite difficult to bend the runners cold. The resulting structure will be quite weighty, so metal is best suited for an outdoor option. Making furniture from artificial rattan requires very specific skills in the field of weaving, and the material is quite expensive and not always available, although the chair itself is lightweight and at the same time durable and strong. The most affordable and easy to process material is wood. Oak, larch, pine or other coniferous species are considered optimal for creating a rocking chair from solid wood. The drawing is very similar to a regular stationary chair. However, the runners will have to be bent in a steam bath, which requires certain knowledge and skills. Using thick plywood for making will also avoid this difficulty, so it is best to use it for making a rocking chair yourself. Return to contents</a>
Technology of creating a chair rocking chair made of wood
Rocking chair assembly diagram.The design schemes of such a chair are divided into two main types: if the seat on a separate frame is installed on curved runners and if the runners themselves serve as the frame of such a seat. Based on this, the material is selected. Before you start, you need to transfer the drawing to a large sheet of paper at a scale of 1 to 1. Old wallpaper is quite suitable for this purpose. Of the tools you will need a jigsaw or at least a hand saw for wood, an electric drill, a screwdriver or screwdriver and self-tapping screws, and preferably wood glue. Within the framework of one design, it is best to combine a wooden board, a bar and plywood. The design parts cut out of paper are laid out on the material and outlined with a pencil. From 1 cm thick plywood, 18 strips of 54 by 3 cm are cut for the back and 16 strips for the seat measuring 50 by 3 cm are cut. Then, from 4 mm thick plywood, two parts are cut for the base of the seat and the back. After sanding, 1 cm thick strips are glued to a 4 mm thick base. PVA glue is best for this. The result is a curved shape. The surface of the seat should be perpendicular to the end of the curved parts at the front of the chair. The center of gravity should be directly above the very center of the bend. It should extend back at least a third more than forward, since when rocking, the main force goes there. The posts for the seat frame are assembled from a wooden beam 15 by 15 or 15 by 20 mm thick using a tenon joint or self-tapping screws, preferably with additional gluing of the joints. Their heads, recessed into the wood, should be covered with wooden plugs and sealed with putty. If the seat is covered with sheathing, it can also be cut out of plywood, and if not, then assembled from planks with gaps of 10-15 mm. The best way to fasten them is with self-tapping screws 25-30 mm long. In order for the rocking chair to serve for a long time, before assembling the wooden parts into a single structure, they must be impregnated with a composition that prevents rotting. After that, they can already be covered with stain or painted. A similar procedure will be very appropriate for metal, which must be lubricated with an anti-corrosion coating before painting. After manufacturing and processing the parts, assembling a rocking chair from them yourself will no longer be difficult.
