Furniture made of artificial rattan own hands

Our portal is frequently covered topic in the furniture joinery workshop. Also we were told that you need to make a beautiful and functional wood furniture.

Today there will be an artificial substitute rattan (it is called tehnorotang or polirotang), which is used for the manufacture of wicker furniture. This material is supplied as colored ribbons, filaments, segments of a circle, rolled into a bay. In contrast to his natural "colleagues", artificial rattan does not fade under the influence of ultraviolet light and is highly resistant to adverse weather events. Therefore from it often do outdoor furniture or wicker decorative objects that can be left outdoors all year round under the snow and rain.

Many owners of suburban areas would put the gazebo or sitting area of ​​this material furniture. But stops the high price of these products, which are considered "handmade" products. That is the money issue has pushed FORUMHOUSE user with the nickname Lulava master netting made of artificial rattan and all the wisdom of this craft, to equip the living room in his house near Moscow, a beautiful and functional furniture, which you can sit and relax during the long winter in the evenings.

Lulava (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Searching, I found the wicker furniture that I really liked. Inspired purchase, I saw the price tag on it, I have cooled down, but the desire to have something like that overpowered. Having studied the Internet, I made a firm decision - to beginmaking wicker furniture yourself.

But the furniture designs that have attracted users.

Now it sounded at the price tag: a chair worth 45 thousand. rubles, corner sofa - 124 thousand. rub. Not surprisingly, Lulava 26 kg ordered tehnorotanga - band width of 9 mm and a thickness of 1 mm.

The artificial rattan is carried out in kilograms. Such a ratio of width and thickness as specified above as a result give the maximum length of the bay, for a given weight, which saves.

Also, according to the user if the sofa or chair rattan with your hands to do with the platform, is used as a self-supporting, it is best to use polirotang more durable, as a circle segment, the thickness of 1.2-1.4 mm, although synthetic rattan 1 mm thick has a sufficient strength and load-bearing ability.

Work should begin with the selection of a framework that will entwine rattan strips. One such option may be a metal or aluminum karkasiz galvanized pipes. But Lulava focused on the most tech embodiment - wood, from the bar section of 4x4 cm, which is then processed antiseptic impregnations.

Wicker rattan for beginners: the nuances 

The most difficult thing in the manufacture of furniture made of artificial rattan - direct weaving process. Despite the many video tutorials on the Internet, they can not always discern the nuances of technology. Insufficient information. Therefore, many users had to comprehend the method of trial and error.

Begin to weave rattan furniture with the most simple products. This will not "burn out" ahead of time, as well as not to lose interest in the work. And only "stuffed hand" go to more responsible subjects.

Lulava:

Work on weaving I started with ottoman. Moreover, I had to redo it 3 times until I figured out how to do it right. Then I moved on to the production of carcass - the basis of the couch. For this took dimensions Swedish analogue - 2240 (length) x 660 (height) x 860 (width) mm.

The design of the wooden frame is shown in the next photo.

The assembly was conducted on the "75th", the so-called "Black" self-tapping screws. While such fastener is not the optimal one for the compound of critical structures (at the cap screws can be cut), the main thing to consider how to share the load.

The armrests of the sofa should not "hang" in the air. The part must rest directly on a frame structure, and it is redistributed to the main load. Screws only need to fix the armrest - for its connection with the base in the desired position and prevent shifting.

Weaving of artificial rattan own hands. Catching weaving of artificial rattan, it is important to remember that one wrong stitch in the beginning, will lead to marriage articles. Everything will have to start all over again. Manufacture of furniture polirotanga - the lot of thoughtful and patient.

Lulava:

The most convenient way to work, putting furniture on the stand. Even watching the video master classes on weaving, I have questions about the secrets of the work. Everything had to conceive on their own experience.

A tool for weaving, we need:

• Stapler - it is required for fixing clips to the wooden strips polirotanga base;
• Small pliers, use them to conveniently remove zagnuvshuyusya bracket;
• Hammer a small weight, need for finishing staples;
• Knife or cutter;
• Soldering or superglue.

Soldering is required for adhesion of the castle - in the place of connection strips.

Interesting practical tips for working with tehnorotangom. Frame collect maximum geometrical precision. Distortions or inaccuracies in size can lead to what is on one side need to do more stitches than the other, or remain gaps - gaps.

According toLulava,not important - the length of the couch, the width of the armrest, as step vertical strands can be changed.

But the most important - the height of the sofa, the armrest length and height of the sofa from the front side (from the back to the lower edge).

It goes without braiding are conducting shuttle because polirotang - a hard material and well prodorgivaetsya through the ranks. The use of the shuttle will only complicate the work of its threading between the bands.

Lulava:

Everybody had to learn in the course of manufacture of rattan furniture. A little gape, somewhere tightened stronger, and the line went to the millimeter, which is the value of the entire series will lead to a wave or skew. If "nakosyachit" with a skeleton - a basis of the whole structure, at least a few millimeters, then the problem may occur only at the end, to finish all the work. The most difficult thing - to do the corners so that the wooden frame is then not shone.

It is important to pay attention to the external rather than the internal angle which is closed with a pillow.

Another important point - the place or not as a base under the seat of the sofa plywood. This framework accelerates and simplifies the work of weaving. Lulava advises to mount the plywood if the sofa or chair designed for use indoors. Purely tape base, which is then threaded through the rattan, used in a street version of the sofa.

Also of interest, and the time required to manufacture such products. Based on the experience of the user - for the manufacture of wooden furniture carcass leaves a couple of days (take into account that the work is carried out not the whole day, and cut out an hour or two in the evening). Sofa can be woven about a week, and undue haste leads to marriage.

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