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post #391 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:11am
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Jello, I was planning on making my own chairs too. I was thinking about making the mechanism myself, but now I'm wondering how much you paid for yours. Do you have a recommended supplier for foam? I'll be watching to see what tips I can get from your chair build! Please keep the detailed pics coming.

Oh, and great job on that practice chair!
The manual mechanism was $50 and the power mechanism was $160. I bought the foam and stretch strapping from diyupholsterysupply.com They will custom cut the foam to your specs and they carry two different densities and four different firmnesses.
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post #392 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:15am
Just WOW....taking DIY to another level for HT construction.....next thing will be your electronics.

Nice
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post #393 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:23am
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Just WOW....taking DIY to another level for HT construction.....next thing will be your electronics.

Nice
Maybe I should tan the leather for the seats myself......
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post #394 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:26am
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Maybe I should tan the leather for the seats myself......
While your at it, you should raise and butcher the cow.
Nice work btw. Wow.
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post #395 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:37am
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While your at it, you should raise and butcher the cow.
Nice work btw. Wow.
Burgers........
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post #396 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:56am
You gotta eat somethign while you're making all this stuff!
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post #397 of 612
1/3/11 at 10:57am
$hit dude.. 3 days in and you already won my vote for most ambitious DIY'er of the year.. Building recliners would have never crossed my mind, and if it had I would have just kept drinkin...

Hats off to ya..

Brad
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post #398 of 612
1/3/11 at 11:00am
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$hit dude.. 3 days in and you already won my vote for most ambitious DIY'er of the year.. Building recliners would have never crossed my mind, and if it had I would have just kept drinkin...

Hats off to ya..

Brad
Sometimes I think I am crazy....
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post #399 of 612
1/3/11 at 11:36am
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Sometimes I think I am crazy....
Just sometimes?!



I sprained my brain just trying to wrap it around the idea of making my own chairs!

You. Da. Man.

Crazy man, but still da man!
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post #400 of 612
1/3/11 at 12:05pm
You are insane man. I'm sure it will come out great. Any estimation for the time involved?
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post #401 of 612
1/3/11 at 12:19pm
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You are insane man. I'm sure it will come out great. Any estimation for the time involved?

I hope to have the shape of the back worked out in the next few days. From there I will have to make the frames for the back and cut the pieces for the seat bottom and the foot rests. I'm hoping that I can have all the wood parts finished this weekend. From there I will have to order the foam, stretch strapping and the fabric/leather. I have swatch cards on the way for the upholstery so it will just be a matter of picking out what I want. If I don't run into any snags I don't see why I can't have them wrapped up in a month.
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post #402 of 612
1/3/11 at 12:50pm
Is the mechanism from Leggett & Platt ("Supercliner") or via Omega Motion?
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post #403 of 612
1/3/11 at 1:09pm
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Is the mechanism from Leggett & Platt ("Supercliner") or via Omega Motion?

Supercliner with a triple ottoman. The Omega motion ones have an Iphone app that will let you control the chairs.
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post #404 of 612
1/4/11 at 4:00am
So is there any chance you might start a seating company? I mean Sandman has the screens covered and that undertaking was my first "Wow" on this forum, but you're taking it to another level.

I can see you're slogan now "You too can sit in Jello"
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post #405 of 612
1/4/11 at 7:12am
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So is there any chance you might start a seating company?

He could earn minimum wage at that, I'm sure. Lots of work, there.
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post #406 of 612
1/4/11 at 7:21am
I'd be down with a jello (or gel even) theater chair. Forget foam!
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post #407 of 612
1/4/11 at 8:09am
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So is there any chance you might start a seating company? I mean Sandman has the screens covered and that undertaking was my first "Wow" on this forum, but you're taking it to another level.

I can see you're slogan now "You too can sit in Jello"

I can easily see why Fortress charges as much as they do. I'm sure that I could manage to sell them for less than they do but I could quickly see this fun hobby becoming a chore if I had 30 seats to make on a deadline. I don't see why I could not make a set or two in the future for someone else though.
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post #408 of 612
1/4/11 at 9:54am
Just when you get fully recovered from your NY hangover - and you think the bar couldn't possibly be raised any higher....

Then one opens this thread and BAM > Jello has taken the bar to the stratosphere with DIY powered recliners !!!
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post #409 of 612
1/4/11 at 10:03am
Wow DIY chairs... now we're talking about some ultimate DIY...Very nice, jelloslug very nice indeed.
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post #410 of 612
1/4/11 at 10:44am
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Wow DIY chairs... now we're talking about some ultimate DIY...Very nice, jelloslug very nice indeed.

Yea, WOW, didn't even see that coming ! I never really thought about it. I guess if you have the Time, Skill, Tools and design aspects you can make your own custom chair for your theater.

Something that might cross my mind because now I know it can be done.....

WOW, just WOW...
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post #411 of 612
1/4/11 at 10:45am
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I don't see why I could not make a set or two in the future for someone else though.

I'd be careful with that...already heard that Roman found out about this. He and a couple of his buddies are planning a little road trip down from Jersey to "pay you a visit"
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post #412 of 612
1/4/11 at 10:50am
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Supercliner with a triple ottoman. The Omega motion ones have an Iphone app that will let you control the chairs.

I suppose the next thing you are going to do is write your own app to control these chairs... Simply amazing that you tackled this project. Well done.
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post #413 of 612
1/4/11 at 11:26am
Do we really need applications to open our recliners for us? I'm getting a picture, and it looks very much like those fat people from "Wall E". Just sayin'
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post #414 of 612
1/4/11 at 12:21pm
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Do we really need applications to open our recliners for us? I'm getting a picture, and it looks very much like that fat people from "Wall E". Just sayin'

You never know when you will need to recline all your chairs when you are at work.
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post #415 of 612
1/4/11 at 12:22pm
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I'd be careful with that...already heard that Roman found out about this. He and a couple of his buddies are planning a little road trip down from Jersey to "pay you a visit"

I can handle "those yoots"
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post #416 of 612
1/4/11 at 12:25pm
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I suppose the next thing you are going to do is write your own app to control these chairs... Simply amazing that you tackled this project. Well done.

Make sure there is an "eject" button please!
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post #417 of 612
1/4/11 at 1:01pm
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I can handle "those yoots"




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post #418 of 612
1/4/11 at 1:12pm
Whoa! Even the seats in this theater will be DIY. What's next a DIY projector?
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post #419 of 612
1/4/11 at 5:07pm
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Whoa! Even the seats in this theater will be DIY. What's next a DIY projector?

I actually have plans for a DIY projector but it's huge and would not fit anywhere.
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post #420 of 612
1/4/11 at 7:17pm
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What's next a DIY projector?

It's been done...
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