Scrap wood chair

Very cool!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

i’m with Charlie, I like this. Often times those pieces that are discarded are those that best show the character of the tree, as well as the enviroment in which it lived. cool

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

very unique!!!
what a beautiful conversation piece AND place to sit, all in one!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Love it. Life is to short for rift or plain sawn if you can lay hands of the curly or spalted stuff. You do great work Daren. I envy that mill and drying set up. Dorje and I both were gabbing about if we had time enough and money that urban logging would be a thing we would like to do, and to a limited degree (his less limited than my own) we both have done some. Great post.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Th1s is nice. It is hard to think of this material as scrap, however.

-- Maplewood, MN

Beautiful chair Darren, love the butterfly joints. Great project. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

cool, recycle

-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.

Very nice use of dutchmans!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Very cool chair! Me likes!!!! ;)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

How long did it take you to make these (without the finish)?

-- The name is "Splinter"... I'm the son-of-a-son-of-a-carpenter

By the way – these are great! I hit the SEND key before I remembered to add my comments.

-- The name is "Splinter"... I'm the son-of-a-son-of-a-carpenter

Cool chair. People pay good money to manufacture those “defects” and you had it in your scrap. It takes a good eye to see an interesting piece of furniture there.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I really like your chair Daren. A great design that would go with modern or rustic decor. Beautifully put together & a great use of that lovely wood.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

I can’t take credit for it being a completely original design. I had seen this picture of a George Nakashima chair before (below). I just thought “Hey that is cool, and my wood is even funkier”. I added braces down from the seat (which has a frame under it) Because I am 6’ 3” 210 lbs, I was not sure from what I could see in the picture it would be sturdy enough. I have never seen a plan for it, just this one picture from this angle.

Mick I would say it took a full day (broken up over several days in my spare time) about 25% of that was just head scratching. I am not very good with chairs, for me they are hard. They are not like a table, if it is flat and level you did something, and it if is cool looking even better. A chair can be cool looking, if it hurts your butt you still failed. The one I put together is pretty comfy, even though it is very “simple” looking in design.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Nothing like the satisfaction of a salvage well done, nice.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Well Done that looks great

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

Excellent use of scrap wood! Love the look of the grain.

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)

Looks like you figured out a nice way to use these boards!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Great Save! Thanks for not just tossing or burning.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Dude awsome job!! I love the way the back and seat go together. Well done!

-- Woodworking is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting.--S. McQueen sort of

Great piece. Is it comfortable?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Nice job! I’d buy one or two. But then again, why would I do that? Instead I could keep improving upon the design until I make one that fits my butt.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

It just goes to show if you kick it around long enough something will come to mind. Good luck in the wood pile , it would be cool if you were to pull a ottoman out of it! Nice work!
Allison

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

Now that is just too clever – great looking chairs.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Great reinterpretation of Nakashima’s Conoid Chair. You have definitely made it your own and the salvaged urban harvest wood source adds a great personal story!

-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)