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    Challenge - Model this unique chair

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    • D Offline
      driven
      last edited by

      I like the concept and will make a model when I get a moment [or many...]

      in the meanwhile I did a Visualizer run on Cotty's version...

      came out nice so thought I'd post it...
      yes it a quick render of cotty's chair...
      john

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
        last edited by

        Nice, John!

        A version with texture (same for all component copies, a little bit repetitive ๐Ÿ˜‰ )...

        rising_chair_cotty_render.jpg

        my SketchUp gallery

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        • TaffGochT Offline
          TaffGoch
          last edited by

          @cotty said:

          My approach for this nice chair...

          • one component
          • arc tool
          • scale tool
          • circle tool
          • rotation tool
          • mirror plugin

          Commendations, cotty! ย Your method is precisely the approach that I took. (Nice, concise presentation, by the way.)

          For the confused, the "trick" was to look for additional online photos, to find the "slab" mounted on the wall (or lying on the floor.) ย I imported a "slab" photo, as a texture, which I formatted to correct the perspective distortion. That one image provides the relative lengths of all the parts.

          http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/user_submit/2011/04/copy_0_dsc03238.jpg

          Getting the footprint "spread" (distance, front-to-back) ย is, then, the only factor requiring some trial-and-error. Even then, there is a clue in the first photo. (Look for the two front stiles that are near vertical.)

          'Rising' Chair - RobertVanEmbricqs.png

          'Rising' Chair - RobertVanEmbricqs 2.png
          Well, I have to say that, apparently, the challenge wasn't much of a skills test, for you insightful sketchUcation members. Regardless, I hope that, if you haven't yet given it a try, that you will -- adding something of value to your skill set.

          (I agree with other participants, that an animated depiction would be nice to see.)

          -Taff


          'Rising' Chair - RobertVanEmbricqs.skp

          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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          • cottyC Offline
            cotty
            last edited by

            Thank you. Your smaller (drawn to scale) wooden slats looks much nicer and the sitting angle seems to be more comfortable.

            Thank you again for this challenge.

            my SketchUp gallery

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            • Mike AmosM Offline
              Mike Amos
              last edited by

              Nicely done Taff, thanks for making the model available to us. Very generous.

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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                As promised,
                How to make a slab of timber batons into a nice chair, the Sketchy Physics method.


                Rising Chair.gif

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                • HornOxxH Offline
                  HornOxx
                  last edited by

                  ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ‘

                  never trust a skinny cook

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    THX to Taff Goch! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                    Any idea of the real articulation on the Up part moving corner ?

                    Pasted scotch, velchro double face, hinge, ... ?

                    geant_chairs.jpg

                    Ps Funny: materials seems French fries! ๐Ÿ’š

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      'Pilou

                      It's hinged.
                      The metal [stainless-steel?] hinges are set flush into the wood.
                      They are on the back-side of the folded-flat version - you do not see them unless it's assembled, and even then they are underneath the wooden pieces.


                      Hinges.png

                      TIG

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                      • D Offline
                        driven
                        last edited by

                        closer look...

                        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Thx for the info! ๐Ÿ‘

                          Seems a dangerous chair for hands' children or old person! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                          • TaffGochT Offline
                            TaffGoch
                            last edited by

                            @pilou said:

                            Seems a dangerous chair for hands' children or old person! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                            I would add, "fragile" and "unstable," as well.

                            There is no lateral (side-to-side) ย connection, except at the floor "hinge." Any lateral force, up top, will bend and/or break things, down below.

                            Attractive visually, but needs some serious real-world engineering to make it practical furniture.


                            All I can think to say,Box,ย is that your posted image is, indeed, an animation. ๐Ÿ˜’

                            -Taff

                            "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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