Chair/step ladder new photos and download zip file

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Chair/step ladder new photos and download zip file

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Finished with teak/tung oil.
3d view.jpg
open side view.jpg
front view 2.jpg
open chair.jpg
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Here are three files for the chair/step ladder.

NOTE: Back and stretcher are thicker to accommodate 1/2" dowels.
NOTE: Check all tool paths for your material thickness.

After v-carving and cutting out the back and stretcher I ran the stretcher through the planer to make it 3/4" thick
The second file is the chair bottom for both left and right sides
The third file is the sides for the back/ladder. You will need to flip the left side horizontal and create the right side.
ladder chair left side 0.5 mill 12x36x0.75.zip
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Chair looks great Dale.
Thanks for sharing the file.
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Beautiful design & workmanship.

Thanks a lot for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing the files, unfortunately I don't have Aspire. I have V-carve so is there any way to convert this to work in VCP. Thanks for any input.

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Thanks for sharing your files.

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Dale,

Thanks for the new details. I currently have six chair/step ladders in progress. Building three for my granddaughters and three additional for friends grandchildren. The chairs will cost me a few bucks but a fun project to do between jobs.

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Great design. Had some students spot this and we've done a couple of prototypes with some minor changes of your design. Instead of doweling the back into place, we created pockets and lengthened the back to match the depth of the pockets. This eliminated the nessary drilling and positioning of the back. We also tipped the chair back an additional 5 or 6 degrees...my students thought the prototype was too steep.

To convert to VCPro, download the original .dxfs and then it's easy to create the profiles or pockets in VCPro.

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Sounds great
Would you mind sharing your improved design?

Thanks
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I don't want to hijack Dale's project or take over his thread. I had 2 students spot the original post in December and it took off from there. They made a prototype in mdf from Dale's .dxf files and then some very slight changes and a second mdf prototype. Here is some of their work done in Inventor.

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Thanks Gary and Dale -

Great Project -- Kudos to your students as well.......
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Here are the Aspire files that we used. Once again, Thanks Dale. Great work.
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Thanks guys!
Grabbed a copy for future use!
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thanks for all the work, grabed both, i like the pocket idea better, but might cut both
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Thank you both for sharing.

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