![]() Here are the basic details in case you decide to go in for a lawn chair rescue as the weather warms up. ![]() A few months later, it’s still holding up. I followed the basic instructions from Lawnchair USA, pushing the metal clips through the cotton tape just like I would have the nylon. After weaving one seat and not loving it, I tucked the chair into the closet for a few months and busied myself with other projects, but in February I pulled it out and tried again, this time using cotton twill tape and a new set of lawn chair clips. My original plan was to recreate a basketweave seat out of cotton clothesline, but I found the weave to be too bulky to feel comfortable. I scoured sidewalks for a cast-off folding chair to spruce up all summer, and put out a call on our local Buy Nothing Group, but it wasn’t until we moved in September that I found what I’d been searching for: a lightweight aluminum folding chair with nylon webbing that had started to fray. ![]() We’d bring colored chalk and balls and send up small blessings for a nearby spot to get out late-day wiggles. We still lived in our old apartment, four flights up without a patch of outdoor space to call our own and so in the afternoons we’d walk the kids around the block to a stretch of wide sidewalk in front a shuttered school building. I know you will always miss your husband and he is proud of you for taking on this project.Last spring, when the weather warmed but the virus still raged out of control and playgrounds and parks were closed, I dreamed of a folding lawn chair. Put your screws in, flip the chair over and sit down and relax. Put your chair back up on the workbench on top of the arms, fish around with your long sharp thing until you find the first hole. You can put a little masking tape flag on the drill so you know when to stop! Sometimes the package will tell you what size pilot holes to use or ask at the hardware store.ĭon’t go too deep. Take the arms off the chair and drill small pilot holes for your screws. Stick something long and skinny (skewer, knitting needle! awl?)straight down through the old rivet holes and mark the locations. You can add more holes but that’s another story. ![]() Clamp or get someone to help you hold the arms in place while you mark the hole locations. Put the chair upside down on a table or workbench. You might be able to hollow out your wood arms a little on the bottom to fit the tubing better but it’s not necessary. Make sure they’re long enough to go through the tubing and go at least half-way through the wood. Aluminum tubing is soft and you want to spread the load. Look for round-head screws and washers to match. Get stainless or brass so they won’t rust. If you don’t know how to use an electric drill get help or you can easily use a hand-drill on this project.Īttach your new wood arms with screws. Sand and stain or paint before you attach them.īe careful with power tools. The store will cut it for you and there might even be free scraps. The 1x4 wood suggested above would be nice but also check the “molding and millwork” aisle. I’m guessing you have pulled (“Pop”), not driven, so I looked a round for some simple instructions. ![]()
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