Ski lift chair to garden chair

[MadReferee]

Ski lift chair to garden chair

Well, not everything that comes out of MadReferee's shop is tractor related. Last Christmas a friend got an old chair lift from a local ski resort (mt Sunapee in NH) as a present. I recently converted it into a permanent chair for his garden. He will be doing the painting and re-slatting of the chair. A little ivy around the top and it shold look just fine.

Construction wise, I used the plasma cutter to cut off the top hook and bracketry. The legs and supports are made of 1.5" x 3/16" square tubing. This thing is solid as a rock.

 

[MadReferee]

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The legs.

 

[MadReferee]

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Legs assembled.

 

[MadReferee]

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Closer view assembled.

 

[MadReferee]

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Side view.

 

[MadReferee]

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Final. You can't see the top section of the frame due to the shadow.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

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A lawn chair with an factory roll bar: how cool is that?

Cliff

 

[Egon]

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Nice Job. Spent many hours sitting in chairs of that type only they were in motion! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Where is the safety bar and foot rests? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon

 

[hazmat]

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Nice work. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

It would haved been cooler to build a lift tower or two & suspend the chair on a cable in the garden. But would probably take up too much real estate.

 

[MadReferee]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It would haved been cooler to build a lift tower or two & suspend the chair on a cable in the garden. But would probably take up too much real estate. )</font>

I suggested something similar to the owner and he insisted that his wife wanted a "stationary" chair. Oh well.