denver chair

well strictly speaking it's not a denver chair, but another design from a picture I saw. It's a lot lighter than the first attempt. I made it from 4" X 2" and a piece of plywood, 8mm threaded bar to make hinge thingy and some blue nylon rope. - something to make on a rainy saturday afternoon when you are bored and finished reading your Astronomy Ireland Magazine (including the small adds)

Declan

Looks good Declan, not far off the real thing! What materials did you use?

Btw, I merged your two threads.

I noticed you merged threads..... :oops: sorry got excited. See previous post for details of construction. 3 hour construction time including two coats of varnish. Only thing I would say is, it needs a broom handle dowel midway between lower seat position and bottom runner for foot rest

works a treat for skyhopper

declan

degree of difficulty?

1, , 3, 4, 5

I suppose with a cushion behind you, the denver chair could be comfortable enough.

Whats the max weight load on a chair like that?

I'm guessing they are pretty damn strong. Last thing you want is a plank of 2 be 4 going where the sun dont shine,LOL.

PJ, I will probably bring it to COSMOS next week if anyone wants a look, its not spectacular but suits me. Its realy suited to my type of observing - i.e using my Dobson

Have you "load-tested" it Declan?