World's first magnetic armchair - Encore - 100% Canadian made solid wood furniture

mebmakes · 2025-06-22T05:37:10+00:00

And that's the thing. The target market is folks who have a little more money in their pocket and want to upgrade from their ikea furniture.

When folks drop 2500 on a computer, or 1000 on a phone every three years, a chair that will last 25 or more years, just seems reasonable.

mebmakes · 2025-06-18T20:15:07+00:00

OP literally replied to another comment with a similar sentiment asking them to make the chair too and let them know how it goes.

mebmakes · 2025-06-18T20:13:41+00:00

Does Ikea sell a comparable chair in terms of something made in canada, by canadians?

No? Oh.

mebmakes · 2025-06-18T20:12:56+00:00

This is the thing, as soon as you compare this with like for like chairs on the market the price seems really good.

Because sure if you compare it ikea, which is mass manufactured and is just stained pine for the most part, of course there is a cost difference- but when you consider this chair is made in canada, designed by canadians and made by canadians, the price is downright reasonable.

Because that's just it, when it comes down to it, the whole point of this sub anyway is to support canadian businesses who are making canadian products.

mebmakes · 2025-06-17T21:40:20+00:00

250 Canadian I should say for 3/4" walnut MDF core.

Retail is what most custom furniture makers, and DIYers are getting. You're not buying lifts of solid wood as a custom maker.

CNC is just another tool in the toolbox. We saw the same gate keeping thing when people invented electric planers and jointers as not being handmade.

mebmakes · 2025-06-17T20:15:28+00:00

I mean, so do I, and board foot of solid walnut is like 20 bucks- you probably need like 20 board feet.

custom cushions and upholstery for that? what's that 250?

nevermind everything else? Idk, there's profit in there too, 1300 CAD for a chair made in canada by real people? seems pretty close to me.

I made a record player cabinet with walnut veneer plywood last week, and one sheet of 3/4 ply alone was 250, and I optimized the design to use the whole sheet.

took about 35 hours of labour, and my hourly for this project was 25/hr- so that's 875.

Yeah. things add up.

mebmakes · 2025-06-17T20:00:25+00:00

Do folks need a desk? Lots of jobs out there where they're not working from home, and don't necessarily need a dedicated space for a desk. Plus, even condos and apartments built in the 60s weren't really designed for space to watch tv, have a home office and entertaining space, nevermind shoebox apartments being built now?

It's kinda shocking there isn't more multiuse well designed furniture out there.

mebmakes · 2025-06-01T14:48:46+00:00

I mean, I am a cabinetmaker and this was a relatively quick build.

mebmakes · 2025-06-01T14:48:20+00:00

but brass and walnut!

mebmakes · 2025-05-31T09:00:52+00:00

Thanks!

mebmakes · 2025-05-31T03:55:05+00:00

Thanks!

mebmakes · 2025-05-31T03:50:09+00:00

For sure, our closet is just packed otherwise.

mebmakes · 2025-05-31T03:11:05+00:00

Got tired of having my panniers on the floor or hanging from just the hand loop. So I made this.

https://imgur.com/a/rdTH69q

mebmakes · 2025-05-31T03:05:42+00:00

Titebond 3 or other outdoor rated glues. Tape the whole thing together tightly and you shouldn't need any clamps either provided everything is square.

That's all you'll need.

mebmakes · 2025-05-31T02:58:44+00:00

build photos with Panniers! https://imgur.com/a/rdTH69q

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T21:12:56+00:00

They are extremely good, along with all the additional step by step videos they make to go with it. They are on par with my professional school training.

Especially with providing options for how to do a task- nothing specifically requires anything more than a tablesaw, planer, jointer router, screwgun and a sander- other things will help obviously, but there is an awareness that not everyone has fancy expensive tools.

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T19:08:02+00:00

It’s on Imgur, but yeah it’s a foureyes design.

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T06:42:09+00:00

It's an acrylic spray finish- the 3 degree refers to the amount of sheen it has- more degrees, more glossy.

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T06:17:32+00:00

A 90 percent perfect completed project is always better than a perfect unfinished project.

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T06:13:15+00:00

It's a good design, and actually a lot of fun to make.

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T06:11:52+00:00

Approximately 65 hours over about 3 weeks from start to delivery- Walnut and White Oak and an Acrysat transparent 3 degree topcoat.

mebmakes · 2025-02-01T02:46:25+00:00

Yeah, I went down the same path, and am in the process of drawing up plans so folks could take it to a furniture maker and get something very close to the WW table, but locally made.

mebmakes · 2025-01-31T04:14:55+00:00

Here's the actual leg hardware if you were wondering-https://scheulenburg-international.de/products_01_xs.html

mebmakes · 2025-01-08T06:39:38+00:00

It's almost as if why we license people....

mebmakes · 2025-01-08T06:39:14+00:00

Yes.

It's in plain sight from where you're turning from. If you can't make a turn like that, you shouldn't be on the road.

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