Child's chair/desk

Lee, this looks very good! How did you design the “lock”?

-- jstegall

Great idea, well done!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

John: Actually, the lock turned out to be pretty simple. If you look at the first pic you will notice that the desk top has a slot that rides on a 3/8” dowel. The lock occurs at the end of the travel because of a intersecting 3/8” slot machined into the upper end of the longitudnal slot which the dowel drops into & prevents forward or backward movement. To convert the desk to a seat the front edge of the desk is lifted up & back down towards the seat & forms the back of the chair. I thought of many different ways to lock the desk but they all entailed additional parts whereas this method does not.

Lee

-- Lee

Thanks, Lee. I did see the slot, but not the dowel. Simple works!

-- jstegall

Brilliant indeed.

-- Celeste, Washington, www.ProjectThrive.org