Bench-transformer: three designs for making by hand. Videos and drawings

When preparing material about the manufacture of benches (recently posted), I came across an interesting example of a transformer bench. A bench that is easy even with female hands to spread out into two benches and a table. But a single design is preserved. I think for a summer residence it is just a godsend: it is both a place to relax and a table for sitting outdoors with the whole family or with friends.

There are two options for a transforming bench: on a metal frame and completely made of wood. First, consider the metal option:

One of the options for a comfortable bench with drawings. If you do not know that the bench can be opened, then you might think that it is quite ordinary. Whoever came up with such a design deserves praise and respect. An engineer with a capital letter.

The principle of unfolding this structure is animation in order to understand that everything is simple and convenient. The structure is stable after unfolding.

Another example. The design principle is the same, but the profile of the legs is made differently. This is an offer from a Ukrainian manufacturer of such products. According to the exchange rate, the cost in the ad is about

11 thous. rub. But you can do it yourself for a few thousand rubles, having a grinder, a drill and a welding machine (from the main tools).

Bench-transformer from a Russian manufacturer. The price is slightly higher: RUB 14,500 The design is similar. If there is no possibility or desire to make it yourself, order a metal frame. And you can paint and install wooden boards in your country house. You can save, I think, half the price.

Let's move on to the dimensional drawings:

Some of the easiest manufacturing options: drawings without bent pipes. Perhaps the look of the bench made from these drawings will not be the same as with a curved pipe. But not everyone has a pipe bender.

But if there is still a pipe bender, then this is the version of the transforming bench for you. There is a minimum of welded work, because due to the bending of the pipes, the structure is simple and at the same time has an attractive aesthetic appearance. Not a collective farm, as some would say... I did not find drawings for the manufacture of just such a bench, but I came across a video made on the basis of photographs - with a phased assembly and dimensions of the product:

At the end of the video, the author gave drawings made by hand. But this did not make them less informative.

A similar structure can be made from wood:

Such a bench looks more attractive. But it will be necessary to take a more responsible attitude to the reliability of the attachment points in such a design.

We managed to find a simple drawing of this transformer bench made of wood, look:

Another, more visual version of the drawings for the manufacture of such a bench is proposed in this short video:

Whoever wants to make it exactly according to this design - take screenshots from the video frames or use an open video in a mobile phone to transfer the dimensions.

This item is listed for manufacturing. Very necessary furniture for the sauna terrace.

The engineering thought in the field of transformer benches for summer cottages and suburban areas does not stop there. I got another way: how to make a comfortable and beautiful resting place. Not as roomy as the examples above, but more attractive due to its technological design:

Pipe frame. Wooden elements made of plywood are put on the horizontal part of the pipe. You can turn them over in segments, turning the street bench into a table. Moreover, with the alternation of these zones (table width and seating position). Ingenious design!

Even in the interior, inside the house in the country, such a design will look both unusual and attractive.

If there is no plywood of the required thickness, then the sheets (elements) can be spliced ​​by hiding the screws inside. In a sitting position, the support should not be on the upper pipe, but on the lower part of the plywood element (a special cut is visible in the photographs).

The process of making such a bench-transformer in photographs. There is also nothing complicated in manufacturing. Having made such a structure, you can please the family and surprise the guests.

I hope this information will be useful to someone and he will be able to make the atmosphere at his dacha or site more comfortable and adapted for recreation.

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Photos are taken from open sources, from Yandex. Pictures

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