need plans – adjustable child’s chair
I remember seeing an adjustable child’s chair somewhere. Maybe even in one of those “seat pocket catalogs” in the airplanes. Has anyone ever built an adjustable child’s chair? I don’t mean a high chair, but an adjustable dining table chair for an older child (5 yrs old). Although I would build an adaptable high chair if it is doable at my skill level. And I’ve seen the Svan chair and that is not the style that I’m thinking of. It’s a beautiful chair, but I really don’t want to do bent laminations if I can avoid them. I’m thinking of something more in the Mission style – although function would outweigh design here – within reason, of course. I don’t want some monstrosity next to my dining room table.
The one that I was thinking of had several dadoes cut out at different levels and you could slide the foot rest and the seating plank into different dadoes at different heights.
AJ Kelly
Edited 10/5/2008 9:57 pm ET by ajkelly
Edited 10/6/2008 1:38 am ET by ajkelly
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Are you thinking of a chair like the Stokke Tripp Trapp chair?
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yes, exactly. Thank you for the sketch-up. I wonder if I could replace the structural metal rods with wood? And maybe put in a another brace in the back with dadoes as well. Makes me nervous that those foot and seat plates are only held by that small 2-3 " dado - with another brace in the back I could have two dadoes on each side preventing the plates from rocking out of the dadoes. Now I'll have to see if I can sketch this up to look elegant.
I drew that based on the Tripp Trapp chair we have. It's all drawn to scale ready to build.
I've sat in it and I'm about 200 lbs. We use it as a step stool, too with no trouble,
I would imagine you could replace the metal rods with wooden members if you were to use a steel cross dowel near the ends to screw into.
So the dadoes do hold the plates tight? Did you cut a deeper dado? Did you use hardwood for the entire chair? Can I steal your plans and dimensions or do you sell them?
AJ Kelly
I didn't actually build the chair. I just took measurements off the original Stokke chair that my son has used since he was just able to sit up.
The side pieces are solid beech and the seat, footrest and back rest pieces are plywood. The look like Baltic Birch ply but I don't think they are exactly that. I expect the back rest pieces are heat and vacuum formed.
The edges of the seat and footrest have a bullnose all the way around. The "dadoes" in the uprights are rounded as if they were cut with a core box bit. The chair is amazingly solid and there's no fear of the seat or footrest slipping out.
The backrest pieces butt against the sides. There are flat threaded inserts let into back faces for the screws to catch.
Thanks for your help - I'm going to give it a go. Thanks for pointing out the details like the rounded-over edges and the core box bit dadoes - I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out. That will give it a more elegant look. And probably help lock the seat/footrest into the dadoes - and probably help them slide in and out easier.
AJ Kelly
Tripp Trapp child's chair
I saw you had a sketchup for a tripp trapp chair. Would you mind sharing it with me? Grandma wants a chair for her new grand baby!
Thanks!
Tripp Trapp child's chair
I saw you had a sketchup for a tripp trapp chair. Would you mind sharing it with me? Grandma wants a chair for her new grand baby!
Thanks!
Tripp Trapp child's chair
I saw you had a sketchup for a tripp trapp chair. Would you mind sharing it with me? Grandma wants a chair for her new grand baby!
Thanks!
Do you have the plans for the tripp trapp chair? and could you send them to me please? [email protected]
I did not make plans for the Tripp Trapp chair since it is a current production piece and I don't want to run afoul of copyrights or other rights owned by Stokke.
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