Documented Progress of My Chair

My design for my chair was that it kinda looked like a throne meeting a bridge. When I made my second model it had to more ergonomic because it was too straight on the back, so I had to give it more of an angle. I also gave it a half circle in the back so that it had a similar design to the side of the chair.

First Model Side View

I got some of my inspiration from my Pinterest design board. It helped me because it had so many different and unique things that I could see. Below is the URL to my Pinterest design board.

 http://pinterest.com/purplelitza/furniture-design-board/

Second Model Side View

 Google sketchup really helped me with making my model. I found the measure tape tool helped me the most by getting the lines straight and really helped me line up my mortises and tendons. If they were not lined up right the entire chair would not work at all, it would just be a bunch of cut wood.

First Model Front View

While creating my chair i had to make some reality checks to make sure that people would be comfortable and to make sure that the chair fit design standards. I had to make it more stable from side to side because it is really stable forwards and backwards, I also had to make the back on more of an angle so it would be more comfortable for people to sit on.

Second Model Front View

My Second Design in Sketchup

Final Wikiseat Blog Post

While making the wikiseat there were some successes and some struggles. Some struggles I encountered while making the wikiseat were getting started, I procrastinated more than I should have. I held off doing it until the last few days of building. Another struggle was trying to get the seat to be flat and level on the legs. My mom and I tried our hardest to do it but we did not succeed, but it still looks good and can hold me up. A success I had with the project was getting it done and having it be strong enough to hold me up, now I know it can hold my mom up.

My Wikiseat

If I could do anything differently I would start it earlier and not procrastinate. If I did that I could have out more work into it and made it look nicer. We could have took more time to make the seat sit evenly o the legs, added paint for a nice look and maybe even fabric and cushion on the seat. I think it looks bland and boring now but if I took more time to work on it I could have made it look more awesome than it already is.

Me Cutting Wood In My Front Yard

I learned about the design process in this project. I learned how to use the process and ask people about what they wanted in a seat. Other than that I already knew how to woodwork somewhat, so it just helped me get better at it.I am most proud about how the seat got finished and it doesn't look half bad for being made out of scrounged materials. Since i found all the materials in my basement I thought that it would look ugly and it looks like I was wrong. 

  

Just Finished Cutting Wood

My mom had seen the wikiseat, when she did she liked it she said it looked good for the materials that I used to make it. The materials I used were not very good looking. I had a feeling of completion when I finished the project and a good feeling because I made it for someone to help fix a problem that they had. When I just finished it I though "OMG I'm done it, now I can watch Netflix again" and I had a big relief because I did not have to work on it anymore. I liked the feeling of having it done, like any other type of work. I also was proud because it looked good and could actually hold a person up. Now my mom gets a seat to rest her old body in.

Me And My Finished Wikiseat