Each fisherman will agree that, no matter how exciting the fishing, prolonged stay in one position causes considerable discomfort. Naturally, you can sit on a stump or on the ground, but in this position, your knees quickly numb. To be able to relax during fishing, you can independently make a fishing seat.
How to make a fishing chair with your own hands
A comfortable fishing chair is a workplace in its own way. Accordingly, it must be as convenient as possible.
Basic requirements for these seats:
- small dimensions;
- ease of construction;
- height adjustment;
- stability on various surfaces.
That is, the main condition is comfort and safety during operation. To catch captured fish, you often need to wait a very long time. Naturally, it is much more convenient to do this on a chair. If the backrest is adjustable, this will make it possible to choose a comfortable position and remove the load from the spine. If you go fishing on foot, then the chair must be lightweight and equipped with a strap for transportation.
Materials and necessary tools
The most commonly used materials are:
- Steel. The main advantage is durability and long operating time.
- It is undesirable to choose aluminum, since this material is unstable to mechanical damage. A folding plastic seat will also not be able to last a long time.
- Fiberboard and tree. The best option is wood.
Attention! For fastening the elements of the chair, nails and self-tapping screws will be necessary, and to give softness to the seat - leather or other material for decoration.
Design Varieties
Today there are many models of chair designs, but the most popular varieties are:
- a chair with a back. This model is characterized by convenience, helps to relieve stress from the spine, great for senior citizens;
- sunbed. Often, some fishermen do not have enough folding mechanism to lie down. This chair is used for lovers of white fish. This option is not suitable for catching a predator;
- a chair that resembles a cot. The simplest and most popular model, which is represented by a folding mechanism. It has low weight, this makes it possible to take a chair for any fishing;
- a chair that fits in with a fish box. Fishing is almost always accompanied by a catch of fish that needs to be stored somewhere. This product combines two functions in one.
Drawings and measurements
Problems in creating circuits should not appear. If something does not work out, then do not draw a real drawing, but simply draw all the elements by hand. Drawing up a scheme includes drawing a chair in various projections.
To make the drawing understandable, you need to mark the actual dimensions of all elements on it. Then, when all measurements are made and the materials are prepared, you can begin to independently assemble the fishing chair.
Your own fishing chair: step by step
The simplest construction can be made as follows:
- Select the required sizes.
- Draw a drawing.
- Take 2 closed square steel contours.
- Fasten them crosswise with a screw.
- Sew on top of the seat from a wide strip of dense material.
- Install a stopper in the form of a thin strip of leather at the bottom.
- Attach another one to one arc, it will be required as a back.
Attention! This is the easiest way to make a folding chair. But it must be borne in mind that the back in this case will be in the same position when disassembled.
Naturally, any angler has many things that you need to take on fishing. Because sometimes suspended equipment is used. This is quite convenient, since all that is needed is constantly nearby. Behind hooks and bait it is not necessary to bend down to the earth as they are on a rack. The body kit is also often fastened with a fishing rod or a throwback in the required position.
For a fishing chair with 3 legs, the following blanks will be required:
- a triangle made of thick leather or other thick material;
- 3 whetstones for legs (about 65 cm);
- 3 washers and 3 nuts;
- fixing bolts.
The preparation of the necessary elements and the manufacture of the seat is carried out in stages:
- pull back on the bars of 30 cm and make a hole, you also need to make holes on top of the slices to secure the seat;
- holes on a leather triangle in the corners;
- the third leg is fixed with a bolt, and its tension is controlled so that the chair folds easily;
- we attach a wide leather strip to the structure so that the tripod in the assembled state can be carried or fixed on the backpack.
Making a fishing chair with your own hands is very simple. Having picked up a specific model, you can start creating a drawing. With this in mind, the required materials are calculated. And then all the parts are assembled in a single design.
The choice of seat design and materials will depend on various parameters. The main thing is ease of manufacture, ease of use, overall dimensions and total weight of the chair. This combination depends on individual characteristics. If you drive a car for fishing, comfort is a priority, and you can neglect the lightness of the product. If fishing most often has to go on foot, it is better to choose light models.
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