How to make a hanging chair with your own hands?

Lovers of originality try to make their home not only cozy, but also different from others. Hanging chairs, which have become very popular, can play an important role in this. But when making them, you can face certain problems. Let's consider the main cases.

The lightest in weight will be the version of polyvinyl chloride pipes. PVC pipes do not react to climatic influences, resistant to damage, easy to work with.

It is better to use a pipe of at least 20. The drawing will help identify design flaws. PVC pipe can be easily cut at home without the use of special discs. It should be understood that when using fittings, the figure will come out square in shape.

To make a round base, you will need a lot of bushings, the chair will turn out to be of a very large diameter. Ho You can solve this problem too, for example, bending the pipe under the influence of heat. This can be done with a hair dryer and a round surface. It will be easier to increase the angle of inclination if sand is poured inside the pipe, it will help to heat the pipe much faster.

A square base will be ideal for a fragile person. Alternatively, the seat of the chair should be made with a vertical tube.

The hoop as a form is often used to make the hinged frame of a shell chair using the macrame method, for a fabric chair-cover, a hammock chair, a cocoon, a chair on a wooden base. You can make a hoop from a metal pipe and metal-plastic. A metal gymnastic apparatus of the same name is also perfect, if available.

The finished frame of the hanging chair can be covered with foam rubber, padding polyester, fabric, braided with vine or cords. You can process the edges with ribbons or decorative braids, decorate with beads.

The wooden hanging frame is more often used for straighter shapes. Wooden pallets are often used as the basis for these chairs. It can be individual planks or ready-made structures that are simply sawed into the required blocks.

For their manufacture of the rack and pinion structure of a hammock, you will need:

• hacksaw or jigsaw;
• drill;
• wood drills;
• sandpaper for surface treatment.

Metal-plastic is easily sawn, it will not need to be bent with the help of special equipment, since they are sold in the form of bays, which means they already have a round shape. To make a hoop, you will need: self-tapping screws, a screwdriver, a wooden or metal sleeve.

Metal pipes make up the most durable frame for any chair shape, albeit round, albeit connected at the top and diverging in shape downward. Welding will help in this matter. The workflow will require a skilled man and a pipe bending machine. But this frame will be the heaviest, which means it will require strong fastening. This option will be the most time consuming.

Initially, the tree will need to be shaped, sanded and soaked in insect repellent and varnished from the weather. Fastened at the junction with wood glue, supplemented, if necessary, with self-tapping screws or bushings.

The base made of metal-plastic is easy to fix in the ring. Fastening takes place using a wooden or plastic sleeve of a smaller diameter, fixed with stainless screws on both sides of the joint, without going beyond the sleeve.

The process of bending a metal pipe is quite prosaic in the presence of special equipment. Some experience with the machine is required. The bend of the pipe is formed on demand.

Welding requires special clearance and skill level. It is not recommended to work with welding without special skills. The number of adhesions depends on the required shape. It can be a regular duplicated circle, or it can be a chair shape.

The frame is ready, how to make a chair out of it?

The simplest rigid armchair is made of wood. It can be used both on the terrace and in the room. The guide arches made of solid wood give the hanging chair aesthetics, natural harmony and naturalness. There are several manufacturing options: the most common option is a chair with slings. It resembles a small throne in shape, is suspended like a children's swing. The second option looks like a hammock, but instead of a woven fabric, a slatted base is used.

The most presentable look is a hemisphere armchair. We will make it. If you have a wooden pallet on hand, it can be a huge help in making a wooden hanging chair. If it is not there, then they buy wooden bars no thinner than 3 cm, their length will be 0.6 m.In order for a person to sit comfortably in a chair, the sphere itself must be at least 1.2 m high.

The longer the guides for the circle, the less staples it will have. The width of such a guide should be at least 3.5 cm, it will carry the weight of a person. 2 types of semicircular frame guide are cut. There should be an equal number of them, one species is 10 cm shorter than the other. They are folded according to the principle of a sandwich: a long guide goes down from the top side, at the junction it sticks together with a short one. The joint is fixed with a self-tapping screw.

The second guide from the top will be short, it connects to the long bottom. Two guides come out, they stick together along each other, and the joints in the middle will form a square broken line. Use wood glue for gluing. Finished longitudinal guides are also fixed with self-tapping screws. There should be at least 3 such vertical guides.

They are attached in the middle of the upper and lower parts of the sphere, diverging along the perimeter to the sides. All elements are cleaned with sandpaper. The finished chair is treated from parasites and varnished, suspended. A padding polyester mattress is placed inside, covering half of the sphere. It is not recommended to use small pillows, they will constantly fall out.

One of the hanging chair is a fabric option. Such a chair will be a great opportunity for inexperienced craftsmen to practice. A step-by-step plan will help you make a hammock at home. It is necessary to prepare a flap of dense fabric measuring 1.1 m by 0.8 m, threads, 2 ropes of 2 m for making slings, a 1 m wooden crossbar (often cuttings from garden tools are used), a sewing machine, overlock or tape for edge processing.

Two sides with a length of 1.1 m are bent, forming a reserve for the location of the slings, and stitched on a sewing machine. The rope pocket must be at least 5 cm wide. They are threaded into ready-made pockets, tied with a ring on the poles. It is hung in the garden or from a beam.This design will be lightweight, which means it does not require a metal base. It is possible to add pillows or make a hammock for 2 people.

A hanging chair made of a hoop for gymnastics, created by macrame, would be an excellent option for a nest chair at the dacha. For a chair made with macrame, you need to prepare two hoops with a difference in diameter of at least 30 cm, more than 3 cm in girth. The hoop must be of a metal base. You will also need thick clotheslines, a lace for braiding, two rods (if you need just a "nest", then there will be at least 6 rods, the joint winding of the hoops is replaced by fixing the hoops with a thick braid at the same distance), an awl, a tape measure, PVA glue, gloves, tape measure, weights for the canvas, decorative elements as desired.

The rope for making must be strong and smooth. The ends of the thread can be melted or coated with glue to prevent the edge from unraveling. The seat is made using a hoop with a smaller diameter. Transverse weaving is used with an upper transition above 1 and a lower transition under 2 main thread, with a further upper transition over 3 and a lower transition under 4 threads.

The finished seat will need to be braided with a lace at the ends and tightened with knots. The same cord fixes a hoop with a larger diameter, a distance of at least 15 cm.

Opposite the winding, the back is placed, the rise of the back is attached with rods. Its height is adjustable at will. The rods are secured with a braid. Further, the hoops are connected with Herculean or square flat knots.

Decorative items can be used to decorate the chair. A fringe is made from free threads. The finished chair is connected to the slings. On the front, the line flow will be wider than on the back.

Usually, when making a chair with men's hands, the issue with the frame is easily solved, but with pillows, for example, everything can be much more complicated. And ready-made solutions are always very popular.

Typically, pillows are used as a seat, headrest or bed base. The seats are made in a square shape or in the form of a soft pancake. Head restraints are often made in the form of a roller. A soft base such as a mattress will appeal to owners of a cocoon chair or a model made of metal.

A blanket to match the pillows will perfectly complement the ensemble, make it complete for a comfortable stay. Also some manufacturers offer special covers for outdoor rain or sun protection. When choosing these products, you should carefully measure your own product.

When the chair is ready, there is only a question of suspension. The attachment methods for the hanging chair always depend on the type of ceiling. Wooden requires screwing a metal plate onto self-tapping screws; you can supplement it with an iron ring. It is better to install an anchor hook with a ring in a concrete ceiling.

If there are voids in the concrete ceiling, then they will initially need to be treated with a chemical anchor, it is a special composition ready for use. After filling the voids, the anchor is screwed in. The chair is hung up only after 2 days. If you have to fix the hanging chair in a room with a stretch ceiling, then you will initially need to remove it (or expose a certain area), use a long anchor with a threaded sleeve. A ring is screwed into the sleeve, and then it is hidden under decorative overlays.

Proper care of furniture will significantly extend its service life, it is better to wipe wooden elements with a cloth and polish, and degrease and paint iron elements to avoid corrosion or metal destruction.

When planning your deployment location, choose one that will provide a comfortable approach to the chair. In the house, it should not come into contact with other furniture, but on the street it is better to place it under a visor or on the veranda. Well, the main requirement for a hanging chair is the ability to swing.

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