KD kids chair revised to "Happy Chair"
I noticed all the posts with the knock down kids chairs and revised the design a little bit. I had some extra MDO left over from a previous job so I figured I'd make one and see how it turned out.
I made the size of the slots and tabs to fit 1/2 inch MDO plywood, and to make it a "Happy" looking chair - literally and figuratively!
The first attempt had the slots for the eyes centered relative to the face however when the seat tabs were pushed into position, the eyes were then out of position. So in the second revision I moved the slots for the eyes so that the tabs would be centered in the face when assembled.
I still don't like how the back of the chair can be lifted upwards in the slots when the chair is picked up - and reversing the position of the tab openings would then make it possible for the back of the chair to be pushed downwards instead - possibly pinching a child's fingers between the bottom of the back and the seat, so I didn't make that change.
Either way has it's drawbacks...
How I cut it:
I used a 1/8 inch 2 flute downshear spiral and stepped it down .15 in 4 passes.
Router speed was 13,000 and move speed was 1.5 IPS on a PRT Shopbot.
I had 2-3 tabs on each part holding things in place.
Screws held my scrap MDO down to the spoilboard.
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