Leather sling lounge chair - DIY Build
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This was easily my most ambitious woodworking project yet. The build included a range of things I had never had to do before including: wood turning (and a lot of it), leather work, using a table saw and using a drill press. Aside from that - I decided to make two chairs, and trying to keep them identical was a huge challenge... but one that I learned a lot from.
The chairs themselves are made from American white oak (finished with hardwax oil), and the seat made with leather all the way form Tuscany, Italy.
Please note: I am relatively new to this, so if you see me doing something wrong or unsafe - please let me know in the comments so I can learn from it. I'm very much just teaching myself as I go - so please don't assume I know what I'm doing!
Good news - I am moving next week to a new place and will have a workshop space, so expect many more, more frequent videos to be posted in the near future. Hit that SUBSCRIBE button so you don't miss the next one!
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hi..I made a Beach Chair watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.
If this is what you produce when you are new at "this"', I'm really looking forward to see what you put out when you are experienced. Great work, please keep it up.
Thanks, appreciate it! Definitely gonna be a few new build videos coming soon.
I really like the minimalist design and the combination of the black leather and the white oak. Well done!
Thanks for the "pro" video...Encouraged me big on my half done leather deck chair...
Thank you for the inspiration. I am not a fan of wood turning but you have awakened an interest in this, all driven by how you stitched the leather. I’m a fan.
The wood turning was a confusing mix of relaxation and frustration... leatherwork was all joy though, was the most fun part of the project.
Stunning chair and great Sunday afternoon watching! Many thanks trust you’re relaxing in that wonderful chair now!
That’s really good. Love the use of the hide, it looks a really comfy chair. Might make one myself.
This is the most relaxing and satisfying woodworking video I’ve ever watched. I may substitute this for my calm app. Beautiful work!!
Thanks for the kind words. Really need to pull my finger out and finish editing videos of the other 3-4 builds I have done recently!
Dope vid. Nice craftmanship
Everything about this video is beautiful. Hope you're planning to do plenty more.
Yep just setting up a workshop in my new place... got a few more ambitious builds in mind which I'll start on soon!
This is absolutely fantastic!! Beautiful chair and spectacular video with fitting music.
Beautiful and so well done!
I’m surprised to know this is a new channel. You seem very confident and the images are excellent. Here’s to a great success in your career 🍷 New subscriber!
Very well said and I couldn’t agree more!
I love the video and the chair. so awesome!
Talk about going the extra mile. This is beautiful work my friend. It’s also a well edited and nicely lit video, with a fantastic result. The choice of grain and texture in each component are superb and the hand stitched finish, is icing on the cake. Something to be truly proud of 👌🏻
Thanks other Chris, very kind words!
No words. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So relaxing to watch n it came out great!
I like the mix of materials. They came out great.
Your camera work is excellent too.
Beautiful!
👌 very beautiful design best of luck from India
Love this chair design and your video style. Keep going the channel. I believe more people will follow. I recommend you can put some subtitle or title to show your design. 👍👍👍
Can someone please sponsor this guy a nice table to work on...
Beautiful work
Outstanding job! Great design!
Good start mate! Next time you may want to think of reinforcing the joints, because glue alone without spreading shims, for example, will not last you, especially for a chair...
This is great. And really cool to hear that much of the processes were new to you!
Thanks - was definitely a lot to take in and a lot of mistakes to work through along the way... was close to giving up a few times but powered on through to the end!
This is Awesome !
wowowowow... love it... nice design
um trabalho muito lindo! congratulações do brasil
This is super cool! Loved seeing the process of this one. Really beautiful color, I expected to the back to be higher though. Still, looks so expensive - love that brand at the end.
Thanks - the back was actually meant to be a bit taller than it ended up - I accidentally cut one of the pieces too short so had to make the others the same height to match.
Great job Chris! The video and the design are amazing!
I wanted to see someone sit on that so bad! Very nice job though.
They're not for sitting on!! What are you, crazy??
Hah, nah they're actually comfy believe it or not.
Love the chair design and video. Could you please share the name of the song?
I like what you have done here a lot. You have great skill and patience. I really love the final product. I love using a wax finish too, but i think i would have used a traditional Danish style Soap Finish myself on this. It's very easy to make your own Soap finish. And although it's not highly durable, the feel and look of it is unbeatable (in my opinion) on oak.
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I've been following your videos since the start! You're a big inspiration - thanks for the comment, I'm touched!
amazing
Great work! The most enjoyable moment to me is watching you engraving the logo with a Dremo. You must be very confident with your steady hand!
Thanks! I got pretty heavily into calligraphy and brush lettering a few years back so like to sneak bits of that in when I can
Then your boldness makes sense to me XD I'll be expecting your next video!
Keep it up.Loved it!
Such a nice chair, well done! Great film making too, really nice video!
What a beautiful chair! You have inspired me to try to make something similar in the near future. I am thinking of trying some veg tan leather and let it develop it's own character over time. Perhaps just with a darker colour wood! Looking forward to your next video.
How did you get on? Did you get a chance to make your version of this chair, Cobus?
Hey Chris this was an awesome video and I loved seeing you work. You have a natural affinity with the materials and the workspace. I might just recommend lowering the toolrest on the lathe a tiny bit; if your tool catches in the wood up there, it'll go flying into your body and likely do quite a bit of damage! It's good that you're trying to work with new techniques on the tools though and sometimes you have to play with stuff like that! Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks, yeah I did adjust the technique and sharpening as I went on. Most of the turning footage was really my first ever time on a lathe. Lucky nothing went too badly, at least the face shield would have prevented anything too bad
Needs more cowbell, otherwise all manner of dope! 😘
Mat Vanderclap 😂
Do you sell plans for this build? Sorry if this question was already asked/answered. Beautiful work and beautiful video!
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Do you have written instructions for the sizes to cut?
Шедеврально!
My wife loved the chair. Do you have plans?
Очень круто! Снимай ещё
It would be nice to explain the process before the construction (design+steps of the construction=much more educational) cheers!
Next video I hope to do some more commentary... hearing your own voice on the internet is scary but I reckon I'll be able to overcome the fear!
Cool!
Are there plans for this?
I have a Question please tell me what skin did you use? and how to make sure that the skin does not stretch over time? 🙏🏽🙏🏽
It's leather but it's 3.5mm thick. It'll take a lot to stretch something that size and thickness... it may happen over time but aftrr 18 months of use so far, I don't notice any change.
1:54 when grinding, if the tool edge goes blue, (as it has at 1:54) you've overheated it and drawn the temper out. It'll never keep an edge for long now!
Yeah I realised that as I progressed, definitely went a lot lighter on the grinding later on in the process. That was pretty much my first go at sharpening the gouge
@@KastnerFurniture you can harden and temper it again ofcourse, but persevere with the sharpening until its dead the buy a new one! Always have a pot of water near the grinder and dont be shy in using it.
plz sir at the begenning of the video show us the final product'... each time we need to go to the end of the video to see the final product than return to the begening to start it plzzzz
Well well well, when I put on ma leather, and rock to sum Metallica, Delta Parole, Foo Fighters or the Smashing Pumpkins I feel like I can do anything in the whole wide world.
Do you assume the leather will stretch through time?
A little but the leather I chose was very thick... it's been over 4 years since they were finished and it's a negligible amount.
would love dimensions on the chair, length of leather, etc if you are willing to share. It is beautiful.
How thick is that leather?
damn didnt know you did two
New subscriber here.
Really excellent build & vid! Are there plans/templates available?
I enjoyed your video and just subscribed. Since you asked it looked like your tool rest was a little high on the lathe. Maybe it was the camera angle but it should be about at the center line of the work piece.
Thanks! Yeah it definitely was a bit high. A lot to learn still and teaching yourself this kind of thing I ended up just working a lot out with trial and error... next woodturning I do I'll have a lot of changes to make, especially with the skew chisel.
Excellent video, if you manage to develop your style I’m sure you will become very popular. You could have finished the video sitting in the chair with you enjoying a glass of something at an angle to maintain anonymity, if that’s your aim.
Amazing ;)
Hey Chris I have two Paul Tittle leather sling chairs and one got dated and my leather is very similar to yours. Please let me know product and source. Great job!!!
It came from Leffler in Melbourne... it's Tuscan leather, but I'm sure your local supplier could advise the best options for you
Great job. But you're gonna get sawdust all into your coffee!
Amazing. I would like to build such a chair. Is it possible to share the measurements or are those a secret?
I don't even know if it's appropriate to ask for those.
Happy to share! The back legs are 690mm tall, front are 520mm, arms 730mm long, and supports/seat are 560mm wide (plus an extra 10mm or so that slotted into the legs). There are probably some changes I would make if I were to do it again, e.g. make the back a bit taller... I did start with a design in SketchUp which I would share, but I ended up deviating a fair bit from that as I went (judged a lot of the dimensions by eye, and testing it as I went along in terms of the height to put the cross-bars etc.).
The front and back legs are both angled inwards (i.e. the top of the legs tilt towards the centre of the chair), and the arms tilt down a few degrees. I don't have the exact angles for these, but kinda just did that by laying the side frames out on the ground and did what "looked" good. Guess the trickiest bit was working out the height of the front horizontal support - just made sure that it was lower than where my knees would be with my feet flat on the ground.
The mortises for all the spindles were a real pain... drilling into a tapered leg with an angled hole, on round stock, was a real challenge!
@@KastnerFurniture Thank you so much for this info.. Although it will be impossible for me to build something like this, I'm pretty sure can make an amateur version for my outdoor space. With my 2 left hands I will use nothing but simple wooden beams in straight corners... I'll also have to replace the leather with two straps, on which I will add smaller wooden planks..
Can you help me with the height of the leg rest (at the front of the chair, where your knees go), with the depth between the front and the back leg, and.. with the length of the leather? Thank you so much!!!
When you start to see those colors on your tool when your sharpening you’ve just ruined your edge.
Oh look another keyboard craftsman..... High speed steel turning tools can turn blue without damage to the edge. You should stick with things you know about ......
@@Stillnapie Next time you're sharing information that someone else may be ignorant to or misinformed about, please consider doing so in a nicer way. We've all learned things that aren't true at some point in our lives. Thanks for clearing up that point so we can all learn.
@@BronzeBoxer_ Point taken ...But (there's always a but..) how about jumping on the keyboard craftsman that promulgate fallacies and bad info? They cause these ignorant wives tales to be perpetuated. I do my research, I can expect others to do the same before they spout stupidity.
Hey Chris, love the chair. Was wondering what finish you used on it in this video?
It's a hardwax oil (made by Whittle Waxes here in Australia). Lovely stuff, so easy to use and has a really nice feel once it's dry.
Lovely. What thickness of leather did you use?
From memory was around 3.5mm
Hi! Do you have a website where we can go purchase your creations?!
Measures?
Nice job. Precise. Do you think tha back arm rest joint is strong enough? If Im not wrong it is "just" glued in the groove. Strain of that part when you put a weight of a body on it could be big. May be you see later, may be it will last. Anyway thanks for sharing this. Good luck!
Time will tell, but they're holding up perfectly fine a few months in. They're in a fair way and the glue is tougher than the wood so I'm not so concerned about it coming loose as much as the wood snapping... touch wood.
Great build but that joint needs a redesign. Long to endgrain all around, could think about a throught mortise to gain more long to long grain surface.
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J'ai bien peur que le seul montage a la colle ne tienne l'ensemble très longtemps selon les personnes qui vont s'asseoir dans la chaise.
It has lasted 18 months so far, they're holding together well. They're only used occasionally, more for show than anything.
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how thick is the leather?
Was around 3.5mm from memory
@@KastnerFurniture Thank you for the lightning fast response. This is thick leather! Does it stretch when in use or at that thickness it's stiff enough?
I'm looking to replace the seat and back on a chair set (plywood and cushion covered in fabric) with just leather glued to the wood frame and secured with upholstery nails. The seat would be 22x20, with no support underneath and I'm worried that the leather will stretch. Your project is relatively similar, hence the question.
@@serbanpopescu1032 haven't had any stretching after a year of use... they don't get a lot of people sitting on them day to day, but don't think thick leather will stretch much. Soften maybe but stretch not so much...
What's the name of the songs on the video ????
Both are tracks from artlist.io/
what kind of music?
Not sure the exact name, but it's from artlist.io/
nah un delirio
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Judging by the tools I’m guessing you’re Australian. If so, where abouts?
Correct, based out of Melbourne
More milling wood porn. Had to jump to 18:30 to see the result.
There's a lot in the video beyond woodturning/milling... if you're not interested in seeing the whole process then I'm not really sure why you're looking at build videos on UA-cam??
... Why didn't you just go to the store and buy a chair?
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Would have been a much shorter video.
идея хорошая, но за качество однозначно дизлайк
DIY??? Is this a bad joke? :D
I "did it myself" with pretty much no experience... it helps being able to afford the tools, but the biggest thing stopping you from being able to do it yourself is yourself.
I'm sorry to say but its a pretty bad design. You should have used rope or wire for the lower stays, because there is a force pulling them apart and over time the chair will fall apart. I would have funcion and also look better.