Chairs for children

[Jim Finn]

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

[DWSUDEKUM]

Those are looking good Jim.  For a great cause.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[Lucky2]

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

[rjweb]

Same here takes me to log into steve goods site, RJ

[wombatie]

Cute.  Great work and a great cause.  Well dome Jim.

Marg

[Phantom Scroller]

Simple but effective little seats. Really cheap as well. Roly

[Jim Finn]

[Lucky2]

Thanks Jim, cute chairs.

Len

[amazingkevin]

4 hours ago, Jim Finn said:

Excellent sturdy design too!

[Dave Monk]

I'd say you have your work cut out for you. Great cause Jim.

[newfie]

Those look great thanks for sharing 

[Jim Finn]

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. 

[meflick]

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.

[Brianr24]

They're are not many charities I trust and support. Ronald McDonald house is a good one in my book. Great job.

[Jim Finn]

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)

[Rockytime]

Great project for a worthwhile cause. Thanks for sharing.

[Blaughn]

Great project, Great cause, Great work!!!!

[rdatelle]

• WoW, they look great. That;s a lot of chairs. Good luck with the fund raiser.