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My father has been making chairs from 1973 to 2016. I've grown up around the factory and all I can say is that wooden chairs are probably the most difficult pie

by J_cst 6y ago

My father has been making chairs from 1973 to 2016. I've grown up around the factory and all I can say is that wooden chairs are probably the most difficult piece of furniture to be produced. There is a lot of fiddling around angles and slopes and math. A typical wooden chair is made up of at least 12 different wooden parts to be joined together with tenons, mortises and all that jazz. Calling that apples box a chair is insulting. I am sorry, I know I sound crabbed, but that's just the truth...

sonofhans 6y ago
This is so true. Chairs are fantastically difficult to make well, and especially to design. A successful chair has to deal with hundreds of pounds of stress on small joints for decades on end, typically using only traditional joinery and glue. The proportions and fit have to be just right, the surfaces have to be durable. There are lovely and comfortable plywood chairs, like Eames' -- https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/side-chairs/eames-molded-plywood-chairs/ https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/side-chairs/ea... Donald Judd is, like, a god to my architect friends. But none of them own his chairs.
- regularfry 6y ago
  Even if you're limited to flat boards, there are traditional designs that knock this into a cocked hat. https://mjonesaifabantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/26F1E25D-0BB5-4067-8B07-D5C8676AA98C.jpeg https://mjonesaifabantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2... is glorious, as is https://images.antiquesatlas.com/dealer-stock-images/pre1800antiques/Rare_18thC_Welsh_Oak_Lambing_C_as516a233z.jpg https://images.antiquesatlas.com/dealer-stock-images/pre1800..., and that's not much more than a few boards nailed together.
me_me_me 6y ago
> Calling that apples box a chair is insulting. I am sorry, I know I sound crabbed, but that's just the truth... Haha, it seems everyone on this thread thinks the same. Its just plywood squares put together. At some stage someone has to say it 'The king is naked'.

by J_cst 6y ago

sonofhans 6y ago

This is so true. Chairs are fantastically difficult to make well, and especially to design. A successful chair has to deal with hundreds of pounds of stress on small joints for decades on end, typically using only traditional joinery and glue. The proportions and fit have to be just right, the surfaces have to be durable. There are lovely and comfortable plywood chairs, like Eames' -- https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/side-chairs/eames-molded-plywood-chairs/ https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/side-chairs/ea... Donald Judd is, like, a god to my architect friends. But none of them own his chairs.

regularfry 6y ago
Even if you're limited to flat boards, there are traditional designs that knock this into a cocked hat. https://mjonesaifabantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/26F1E25D-0BB5-4067-8B07-D5C8676AA98C.jpeg https://mjonesaifabantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2... is glorious, as is https://images.antiquesatlas.com/dealer-stock-images/pre1800antiques/Rare_18thC_Welsh_Oak_Lambing_C_as516a233z.jpg https://images.antiquesatlas.com/dealer-stock-images/pre1800..., and that's not much more than a few boards nailed together.

me_me_me 6y ago

> Calling that apples box a chair is insulting. I am sorry, I know I sound crabbed, but that's just the truth... Haha, it seems everyone on this thread thinks the same. Its just plywood squares put together. At some stage someone has to say it 'The king is naked'.