Paint bucket chair - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Fran1942 · 05-25-2009, 06:41 PM

Didn't know where to post this, since not much is done with a scrollsaw. We were talking in chat last night, and I mentioned about making some in the past and it was requested that I post a picture etc.
Not the best picture but does show how I cut it. I used a hand held jig saw. A round piece of plywood makes the seat, which is padded with foam and vynal covered. Put legs on the seat to make sit inside the bucket. I covered the edges with vynal to match the seat, and put a decal on the back. The vynal has come off the cut edges after about 6 years as you can see in the picture. Makes a cute chair for the little ones. I left the bail on the bucket for easy moving around.
Fran

miniwoodworker · 05-25-2009, 07:30 PM

What a neat idea. Bet these would be good items at a crafts show. With today's plastic paints, it would be easy to coordinate bucket with upholstery fabric and completing with a couple of stencils. Perhaps stenciled with a toddler's name.

jim_mex · 05-25-2009, 09:39 PM

Thanks Fran - that's really neat and so simple and the handle is a great touch.
I can see what I'll be doing this weekend - LOL!

lucky788scroller · 05-26-2009, 01:02 AM

I'm having a hard time visualizing it from your photo, but a few years ago my son made a bucket chair in 4H naturespace he called a ice fishin chair .It consisted of a plywood circle that fit inside the top, and one about an inch bigger than the top, some padding and a little piece of material.It was pretty ingenious idea I thought, and they carried their ice fishing supplies inside the bucket, and had a chair to sit on while freezing their butts off out on the lake!

Fran1942 · 05-26-2009, 01:54 AM

Dale, The picture is more or less a side view. Cut down the sides then across about as high as a child's knee. Make the seat to be even with the cut across the bucket. The padding will bring it up from the cut just a little. I put three legs on the bottom of the seat to keep it from slidding into the bucket. Kinda like the ice fishing seat, except the seat fits down in the bucket.
Fran

lucky788scroller · 05-27-2009, 01:02 AM

DUH me! Ok, Thank you Fran, now I see it!It is a very ingenius idea!

will8989 · 05-27-2009, 01:47 AM

So that's what I can do with all the buckets I have from the detergent I buy from Costco.

Betty

Fran1942 · 05-27-2009, 03:25 AM

Guess we will have to have a bucket challenge. lol
Betty when you mentioned the detergent containers, I immediately thought of those large Tidy Cat buckets the kitty litter comes in. We have a few of those around here. They may make a doll chair. lol
Fran

05-25-2009, 07:30 PM	#2
miniwoodworker Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 496	What a neat idea. Bet these would be good items at a crafts show. With today's plastic paints, it would be easy to coordinate bucket with upholstery fabric and completing with a couple of stencils. Perhaps stenciled with a toddler's name. __________________ Lee in NC Als Ik Kan DW788 1975 Dremel (labeled Craftsman) Scroll saw w/3" pin blades

05-25-2009, 09:39 PM	#3
jim_mex 'Senior' member - no way! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pachuca, Mexico Posts: 2,384	Thanks Fran - that's really neat and so simple and the handle is a great touch. I can see what I'll be doing this weekend - LOL! __________________ Jim in Mexico “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” -Albert Einstein

05-26-2009, 01:02 AM	#4
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,354	I'm having a hard time visualizing it from your photo, but a few years ago my son made a bucket chair in 4H naturespace he called a ice fishin chair .It consisted of a plywood circle that fit inside the top, and one about an inch bigger than the top, some padding and a little piece of material.It was pretty ingenious idea I thought, and they carried their ice fishing supplies inside the bucket, and had a chair to sit on while freezing their butts off out on the lake! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

05-27-2009, 01:02 AM	#6
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,354	DUH me! Ok, Thank you Fran, now I see it!It is a very ingenius idea! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

05-27-2009, 01:47 AM	#7
will8989 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 1,255	So that's what I can do with all the buckets I have from the detergent I buy from Costco. Betty __________________ A woodworker never has too many clamps!!

05-26-2009, 01:54 AM	#5
Fran1942 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 548	Dale, The picture is more or less a side view. Cut down the sides then across about as high as a child's knee. Make the seat to be even with the cut across the bucket. The padding will bring it up from the cut just a little. I put three legs on the bottom of the seat to keep it from slidding into the bucket. Kinda like the ice fishing seat, except the seat fits down in the bucket. Fran

05-27-2009, 03:25 AM	#8
Fran1942 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 548	Guess we will have to have a bucket challenge. lol Betty when you mentioned the detergent containers, I immediately thought of those large Tidy Cat buckets the kitty litter comes in. We have a few of those around here. They may make a doll chair. lol Fran

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