See how to make a cool office/gaming chair from a car seat. Ideal for computer work or playing games.
In this video you will see how to convert a car seat into an office chair.
I always wanted a good office chair to edit my videos. But office chairs can be expensive if you want some extra adjustments and comfort which comes in handy when editing videos for a long time.
I was looking at car ads when I noticed that someone was selling a wrecked 2015 Volkswagen Golf in parts. I immediately called and bought a co-driver seat for 100 euros. You could also get the seats at a local car junkyard. I decided to convert this car seat in my office chair.
Car seats are very comfortable and highly adjustable. This seat had height, tilt and lumbar support adjustment.
STEP BY STEP HOW-TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THIS CHAIR: www.instructables.com/id/Conv...
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IMPORTANT!!!
The seat also has built-in airbag. If your seat has airbag built in - the yellow connector below the seat is usually for pyrotechnics like the airbag and the little flag on the backrest on the outboard side also informs you of the airbag inside.
You should take the seat to a professional to remove the airbag. The
airbag can deploy just from static electricity. And the airbag is like a big bomb. You don't want that to blow up in your office. Take the seat to a professional and they will happily remove the airbag.
When you have the airbag removed, fill the gap with a hard piece of foam, so that the sidebolster of the backrest doesn't get too soft there.
Then I got an old broken office chair for free, from which I salvaged the base mechanism and wheels.
Then it was only needed to weld a bracket which would join car seat and office chair base together. Plus some minor modifications in standard DIY fashion.
At the end I got a fairly inexpensive but mighty good office seat. We could call it the best in its class :) Car seats are very sturdy and durable and very comfortable comparing to office chairs in this range.
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24 ноя 2019
