Child's Metamorphic high chair plans

[garylmast]

A few years back, I made one of my granddaughters a highchair. Her mother had me paint it high gloss bright white. It turned out very well.

Gary

[scottp55]

Looking good!
GOT to be a good feeling to have it all laid out like that!
scott

[jerry carney]

Love all your detail, finished project will be beautiful. some shelac and d/n alchohol will help with that soft wood
Then some nice mellow stain. Spoil board looks like mine (lol)

[sharkcutup]

Thank you Guys for your tips/comments!

Awaiting for weather here to get a little better before applying the finish coats but in the meantime I have been applying wood filler in areas of tear out and other discrepancies. Should be able to sand all those filled areas today.

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[sharkcutup]

Progress Report 3/15/2020

The weather finally had gotten right to be able to stain (Natural Stain to bring out wood grain) all the parts for the High Chair/Rocker. Hopefully the weather will remain right so that I can put a seal coat of Semi-Gloss Polyurethane on all the parts. After a couple of seal coats with light sanding in between and a final cure the parts will be ready to assemble. I am a nervous wreck having to wait to get this proto-type high chair/rocker assembled and checked for true functionality! In the meantime I am working on preparing a .pdf for all the details of construction for the High Chair/Rocker.

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[sharkcutup]

Progress Report 03/21/2020

Here is what I have assembled so far.

The lower section had a few minor adjustments that were required for proper functionality. The plans and drawings are in the works which I believe has been the most tedious due to the making/creating of it so that all can understand.

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[jerry carney]

Looks very nice, you have put a lot of work and dedication into
this project. Deserves to be put in a lot galleries. Keep it up JERRY

[mtylerfl]

Thank you for the update photo! It’s lookin’ so great!

[scottp55]

That was a long row to hoe!
She's coming along Great!!
(don't forget to include an extra nut in the package plans....
drive them crazy,but at least they'll check everything twice trying to figure where it goes:)
scott

[sharkcutup]

Progress Report 03/24/2020

As a Rocker

As a High Chair

Here is the High Chair Assembled all except the Serving Tray. It converts easily and is functional.

Details and plans are still in the works

A note here:This proto-type is mostly 3/4" thick pine except the seat and back support which are 1" thick pine Ideally the entire chair should be all 1" Thick except the foot rest and dowels!

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[mtylerfl]

YES!! This is amazing to watch come together.

[scottp55]

Congrats Michael!!!!
scott

[sharkcutup]

A little trivia for the forum members here:
There are two Items missing (not including the serving tray and its arms). They are critical parts (safety) to the assembly (which I had missed until now after reviewing photo of original High Chair). Can you find/spot them?

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[mtylerfl]

Spotted one. A very, very large child could swallow the chair. (Choking hazard)

[sharkcutup]

Good Try Michael but no Cigar!

I have installed the Serving tray along with serving tray arms so now the High Chair / Rocker is complete less the two items I had discovered earlier that are missing and are a critical safety feature especially for big toddler being chair. I will release that information in a couple of days. I am looking to see if anyone here spots the two items missing.

Here are the images/photos of the High Chair Rocker

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