Jim Finn Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Our woodworking club has been asked to make chairs for children by Ronald McDonald house here in Lubbock. They will have local artists decorate these chairs and then offer them for auction as a fund raiser. These are the first two. They want thirty of them. Two different sizes. Made of 1/2” baltic birch plywood and are twenty inches tall. These are cut out using a jig saw and a scroll saw. Only twenty-eight more to make. Total cost of materials is $6.33 per chair. Edited November 5, 2017 by Jim Finn Blaughn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Those are looking good Jim. For a great cause. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Jim, I can't view them, when I click on the prompt, I get directed to a site that wants me to sign in or join Steve Good's site. Can you fix the link, I'm interested in seeing the chairs? Thanks.] Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Same here takes me to log into steve goods site, RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Cute. Great work and a great cause. Well dome Jim. Marg Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Simple but effective little seats. Really cheap as well. Roly Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Finn Posted October 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 smitty0312, jollyred, Scrolling Steve and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Thanks Jim, cute chairs. Len Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 4 hours ago, Jim Finn said: Excellent sturdy design too! Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 I'd say you have your work cut out for you. Great cause Jim. Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Those look great thanks for sharing Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Finn Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Update: Seven of our club members finished all thirty-two of the chairs, Saturday. Ronald McDonald house will be coming to pick them up on Tuesday. Phantom Scroller, smitty0312 and wombatie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Those look awesome Jim and congratulations to your club members for getting them done. I hope you can get pictures of them after they are painted. Would love to see them. That is a great fund raising idea. Could you share where to get the pattern. I really like the chairs. Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianr24 Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 They're are not many charities I trust and support. Ronald McDonald house is a good one in my book. Great job. Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Finn Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 We just made up the pattern after consulting a, chairs for children, sizing chart. These chairs are going to be decorated by local artists so we made them with lots of area, for decorative painting, on the sides. It took the seven of us about three hours to assemble the pieces, that I had cut out already. We learned a bit about what works well and what does not, in assembling these chairs. Today I remade/ tweaked the plywood patterns a bit to make it easier to assemble them in the future. Last time they asked for these chairs was 2006. {Lost the pattern) meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Great project for a worthwhile cause. Thanks for sharing. Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaughn Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Great project, Great cause, Great work!!!! Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 WoW, they look great. That;s a lot of chairs. Good luck with the fund raiser. Jim Finn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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