7B-3 Tales of the Duct Tape Chair (AKA Duct Tape fixes everything)

Chairs are simple but challenging to make. Yet they are more challenging than Aaron D, Aaron B, and Eamon R thought it would be. We chose this as our maker fair project because it can be done easily with multiple people, like for example everyone can cut wood at the same time. With a project where everyone can work easily and solve problems together, work can be more fluent and productive through out the building process. The first step was to design the chair and make a cut list for all the wood and materials we would need. Ms. Mytko bought the materials we need to make the chair from BPC's local Home Depot. 

Design and measurements for chair

SECOND WE CUT ALL THE WOOD WE NEEDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE CHAIR. COACH SUGGESTED WE CLAMP THE WOOD TO THE TABLE OUTSIDE TO CUT THE WOOD. OUR GROUP ALL CUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CHAIR AT THE SAME TIME TO SPEED UP THE PACE. WITH LITTLE TIME FOR OUR MAKER FAIR PROJECT WE NEEDED TO USE OUR TIME WISELY. WE ALL USED PULL SAWS TO CUT THE WOOD AND USED RULERS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE MEASUREMENTS WERE PERFECT. AFTER WE FINISHED CUTTING ALL THE WOOD WE FINISHED UP FOR THE DAY. 

 

 

THE THIRD STEP FOR THE NEXT DAY WAS TO ASSEMBLE THE CHAIR. WE TOOK ALL THE WOOD THAT WE HAD CUT THE PREVIOUS DAY, AND FOLLOWED OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN. WE ALSO TOOK OUR 3 INCH NAILS FROM HOME DEPOT, AND DRILLED PILOT HOLES IN ALL THE PIECES OF WOOD. ORIGINALLY ON THE FIRST PIECES OF WOOD JUST USED THE IMPACT DRIVER WITH NO PILOT WHOLES. AND THE WOOD SPLIT, SO FROM THEN ON WE STARTED WITH PILOT HOLES AND WENT ON TO DRILLING  FROM THERE. SOME OF THE CHAIR LEGS, WERE VERY CROOKED MAKING THE CHAIR NOT STABLE, AND THE CROSS BARS FOR THE SEAT WERE NOT STABLE, SO WE THOUGHT DUCT TAPE FIXES EVERYTHING. (IT REALLY DOES TRUST ME) TO STABILIZE THE CHAIR WE RAPPED DUCT TAPE AROUND THE CHAIR LEGS AND SEAT REST. THIS MADE THE CHAIR MUCH MORE DURABLE YET VERY STICKY. IF WE HAD MORE TIME WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUR TIME TO MAKE THE CHAIR LOOK NICER AND BE SAFER FOR ITS PURPOSE OF BEING A CHAIR. MISTAKES EQUAL INFORMATION! SOME MISTAKES WERE NOT WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES WHILE CUTTING, NOT USING PILOT HOLES AND WE ALSO LEARNED TO CAREFULLY CUT STRAIGHT WOOD. THIS PROJECT COSTED ABOUT $20-$30 DOLLARS SO IT WOULD BE EASY TO DO AT HOME.

Aaron D inspecting the chair

The Aaron's work on the chair

Eamon sits on the Duct Tape Chair

The finished product

Chair built by:

Aaron D

Aaron B

Eamon R

Blog post by Eamon Ryan