BBQ Table
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:59 pm
Here's the "shamelessly pinched" idea I mentioned...
Saw it outside an unoccupied caravan in our travels and filed the idea away for later action.
The opportunity for action recently presented itself. SWMBO's chair deteriorated terminally.
Most of us have folding 'Director's Chairs' like this:
Her chair's backrest eventually tore. I jury-rigged it with cable ties until we returned home, whereupon we purchased new ones (as you can see, mine is also on its last legs). This meant I had a dead chair upon which to perform surgery. Note the backrest's uprights are separate tubes, which were easily removed by drilling out the rivets. Some chairs have integrated backrests, which would require a hacksaw to remove.
I stripped all the synthetic 'canvas' off, leaving the rubber sleeves on the armrests as a locating assist.
I then scavenged an offcut of Melamine coated particle board, and rounded the corners for both safety and ease of applying the iron-on edging, which I had left over from another job. I purchased (at vast expense to management) a card of four 25mm tool clips, which I attached -- offset a little -- to the underside. From what I could see without intruding on the caravanner's site, I think his original still had the backrest uprights in place, and used wooden slats underneath for locators.
When assembled, you can see why I offset the clips: to retain access to the fold-up side table of the original chair. A handy place for BBQ tools, plates, food before & after, etc.
The final two pics show the whole thing stowed for transport:
Total cost of project: $2.80 for tool clips. Everything else was scavenged from leftovers from past jobs.
Very good idea! Thinking I need one with wheels on for special occasions ..... (Mother's Day?)
BruceS
Saw it outside an unoccupied caravan in our travels and filed the idea away for later action.
The opportunity for action recently presented itself. SWMBO's chair deteriorated terminally.
Most of us have folding 'Director's Chairs' like this:
Her chair's backrest eventually tore. I jury-rigged it with cable ties until we returned home, whereupon we purchased new ones (as you can see, mine is also on its last legs). This meant I had a dead chair upon which to perform surgery. Note the backrest's uprights are separate tubes, which were easily removed by drilling out the rivets. Some chairs have integrated backrests, which would require a hacksaw to remove.
I stripped all the synthetic 'canvas' off, leaving the rubber sleeves on the armrests as a locating assist.
I then scavenged an offcut of Melamine coated particle board, and rounded the corners for both safety and ease of applying the iron-on edging, which I had left over from another job. I purchased (at vast expense to management) a card of four 25mm tool clips, which I attached -- offset a little -- to the underside. From what I could see without intruding on the caravanner's site, I think his original still had the backrest uprights in place, and used wooden slats underneath for locators.
When assembled, you can see why I offset the clips: to retain access to the fold-up side table of the original chair. A handy place for BBQ tools, plates, food before & after, etc.
The final two pics show the whole thing stowed for transport:
Total cost of project: $2.80 for tool clips. Everything else was scavenged from leftovers from past jobs.
Very good idea! Thinking I need one with wheels on for special occasions ..... (Mother's Day?)
BruceS
