DIY Modern Plywood Chair | How To Make Two Chairs From One Sheet |

[@modustrial]

First entry in the contest and it is a serious contender for the win!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Mike! I'm excited to see what everyone else comes up with. Having seen your design, I doubt that I would win!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Yeah, the pressure is on!

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

Such a sick project Jonny!

[@therealillumor]

Sir, you are not a carpenter, you are a designer, a very good one. I like your videos and your designs. Keep building art. Love from Spain ♡

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you for the very kind words!

[@amiec9912]

Really impressed with the design, keeping the veneer on the side and showing off the laminations!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@BronkBuilt]

Great build. I too really like the look of plywood edges.

[@squeekhobby4571]

Wonderful design.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

Very nice design!

[@steveno4871]

The chairs look fantastic and I marvel at the passion you put into your craft.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you Steven!

[@MichaelAlm]

Well done Jonny!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Michael!

[@WoodWorkLIFE]

What a great design Jonny, simple but I like it. Reminds me of Minimalist Maker's design.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, and that is a very flattering comparison. Her chair is beautiful!

[@gallarza76]

Excellent Job, Congrats 👊😎

[@philiptaylor9824]

Oh nice! Getting a JUMP on the rest of us and setting the bar high!! I like it!

[@JonnyBuilds]

That's the idea! Thank you.

[@Mikhandmaker]

Well done Jonny! Beautiful chairs

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@mariomuranaka9751]

Hello Jonny, very good job, a big hug from Amazon. Brasil !

[@DjmMik]

Looks great 👍🏻

[@LearningtheLines]

Such a cool project!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@craftedworkshop]

Great work man, looks awesome! Still trying to figure out what I want to make for my entry. So many possibilities!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Johnny! I'm excited to see what you come up with! Luckily I already had this build planned, otherwise I'd still be trying to figure out what to do.

[@ramchandrarai4087]

@@JonnyBuilds #z\

[@ihsanbabasayko853]

@@JonnyBuilds bok gibi lan bu

[@frankgarcia9350]

Very cool. I love the plywood look. great job.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@DaveBuildsIt]

Very nice design. Great job!

[@ZacJones]

Great looking chairs Johnny! Ply wood is awesome to work with!

[@cvh627]

Awesome build

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Chuck

[@RetroRimmer]

Very descriptive and informational Jonny, inspiring stuff!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@scottlward1]

Great entry to the challenge. I like how such a simple material like plywood can be turned into something so refined with the right touch. Well done!!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Scott!

[@adrianabshire]

Very nice! I may have to build these! Thanks for the cool idea and great video

[@BruceAUlrich]

Fantastic use of that whole sheet! On some things, I don’t like seeing all of the plys like this. However, it looks great on these chairs! Great video and project, Jonny!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks Bruce! I've been trying to sway you over to the exposed ply camp. Mission accomplished!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Jonny Builds although, I’m not doing that on my plywood challenge project. LOL

[@nicholaswright6892]

Looking great man!

[@obedmensah3932]

nice idea. ill try my hands on a similar design

[@shaunboydmadethis]

Nicely done, man! Got to love that layered plywood look.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Shaun! That's a good compliment coming from someone who knows a thing or two about sticking plywood together!

[@edwardchandler8541]

Dude these are awesome!!! Great job! Going to make me some just like them!!!!!

[@juancarrasco6247]

Buen trabajo y el diseño excelente.

[@robertolobato6859]

Perfect, including desing. Thanks for share.

[@michaelroberts4875]

That is absurdly cool. Subscribed.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@alanderos34]

Excelente diseño moderno y ergonomico. Great job. Congratulations !!!

[@forunlawfulcar-nalknowledg1081]

Gorgeous chairs. I might need to try making these.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Michael!

[@sknwong45]

Great job

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Awesome project, Jonny! The chairs look amazing. I was surprised you went with laminating the seat instead of a sheet, but it’s awesome!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks man, I’m super stoked with the way these turned out!

[@loola456]

Its beautiful but how strong can it be with just 3/4 inch of screw joining both joints

[@JonnyBuilds]

Its extremely strong.

[@samchiang4321]

The lines on the seat are 🔥🔥🔥. Great work.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Samuel!

[@jacoboalamea717]

Good job bro

[@robrobertson2235]

Very cool. Great work as always.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks Mr. Robertson!

[@hussainali9999]

Beautiful

[@MrCbayboyz]

awesome chairs from ply, hats off job

[@DakotaBusy]

very awesome work!

[@jmccomas2010]

Another awesome video, great job! Keep it up

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@Beevreeter]

Very nice use of plywood and a neat design but I suspect these chairs will fail at the point where the seat meets the back legs - four screws just do not have the shear strength to support what might be a 200Lb man. I would have used two vertically cut dominoes on each leg at that point, or even better dado the seat slightly into the back legs - then the screws would work because they would not be load-bearing.

[@kitchenscience324]

Looks very nice. Thank you for making it.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@TheJPhotos]

Nice one!!!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@RCW-Designs]

I definitely have to get my editing up to par for this challenge. I have a few really cool ideas so far. Trying to sway towards the modern side since I know that's where the guys taste is when judging it

[@rodneyviray6076]

So cool

[@thedistractedmaker]

These turned out amazing, great work!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@JolienBrebels]

Great use of the plys! Love the chairs, well done!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank, Jolien! You should do the challenge too!

[@JolienBrebels]

Jonny Builds I can't handle such a big sheet of plywood hahaha :)

[@rajeshwaranshanmugham3594]

Is this durable and water proof?

[@MySonTheAstronaut]

Awesome work! This really inspires me to try making some chairs myself

[@JonnyBuilds]

Yeah, go for it! I'll have the sketchup plans available soon.

[@NickDV007]

Nice build Jonny, they look great 👍👍👍

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Nick!

[@dennisdownes9319]

Beautiful chairs. Good Luck with the contest!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@DeeBeesvideochannel]

Sure would like to know where you got that nice birch plywood with those thick, even plys. Try as I might I am unable to find any with more than a 42nd of an inch of outside birch veneer and the inside plys with voids and unknown species even at my local hardwoods dealer. What you have in your video WAS the standard at lumberyards almost everywhere back in the 80's. But no more. I know your video was done 6 years ago. But, if you are still able to get Baltic birch like that please tell us where.

[@doriandecorbenic1409]

This is a great build! I've been thinking of how to build good looking plywood chairs. This is a serious contender. Also, I really like the explanation! I appreciate knowing what you're doing, helps keep the video interesting to me.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Dorian!

[@WorksbySolo]

These came out great! Nice work! Subscribed!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you, brother!

[@thedrizz1913]

Welp......Dude sick build!!! Reminds me a bit of Minimalist Maker's oak chairs. Love this and good luck!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks! You're the 2nd person to say that and I don't hate the comparison!

[@crucialjosh5951]

great build man, dope music too!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@ThePadraigmac]

How comfortable are they? They look great, btw.

[@user-hd8ej8yx9p]

how many plywood carrying contraptions do you have? i only have my hands

[@emilianopol31]

Nice

[@mike817fw]

Awesome video Johnny your channel is going to grow fast can’t wait to see you get to 100k

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@CraigandJoan]

I am building these and have a question, you said you measured 15 1/2 on back legs for seat, but then you said 15" for the height of the front leg, is the seat tipped forward a bit?

[@daphlavor]

Nice build Jonny, what the thickness size of your blade is on your bandsaw? And personally I would of used dowels and or loose tennons to do all of the joinery

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks! The bandsaw blade is 3/16ths. Also I only used screws where the flat section of the back legs mate up to the 6 degree seat back and lower stretcher. Those get plugged with dowels and everything else is loose tenons aka dominos.

[@daphlavor]

Thanks for the quick response, I have some experience repairing cheap foreign made chairs, that are thrown together with sketchy hardware, I disabled them and add glue and dowels everywhere I could, no more squeaky chairs and no screws either! Thanks

[@tomruth9487]

daphlavor, I'm with you on the joinery. Not sure just how strong screws are in end grain plywood, especially over time and hard use. This is another reason chairs are not easy.

[@usedcarsokinawa]

Curious why you used screws instead of dowels. Love the chairs.

[@sampennistonPWB]

Looks awesome dude! 👏🏼

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@zainjanan143]

From pakistan very nice work bro keep it up

[@davidmitchell2130]

I love the modern look of your chairs. Are you going to have plans available?

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, plans are up now.

[@kitsune_ss]

Amazing chairs! Good job ;)

[@mariohenriquez4339]

Hey, total newbie question, what do you call the things you're inserting at 7:43? Thanks.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Domino tenons.

[@mariohenriquez4339]

Jonny Builds Thanks.

[@muhammadfadli-hs7ef]

Nice tools...

[@xw6968]

Very nice.

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@carpintariacriativa5652]

Good

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@WatchMeDIYIt]

Nice, man! Best of luck! 👍🏼

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@sunil-vd7ys]

What is the machine that used to mortise

[@smnhpkns]

excellent as always thanks

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@TheEveryMaker]

Very nice project! I've been thinking of doing the plywood challenge too, so many options, not sure which to pick!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Nick! Its a great opportunity. I say go for it!

[@armankuzanbaev2085]

what are you spun on the ruler?

[@mattkessler7660]

wow, where do you score Baltic Birch in 4x8ft?

[@JonnyBuilds]

My local hardwood dealer (Phoenix Hardwood in OKC) usually has it. Its becoming more and more common.

[@tomruth9487]

Matt Kessler, Don't know where you are, but here's a link. www.appleply.com/

[@stuffsethmakes]

Looks awesome! You and I have a very similar approach to our plywood challenge builds....templates, dowels, modern style...are you my plywood brother from another mother?? 😂. I started editing my video yesterday. Hopefully be done in a few days 👍🏻

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Seth! Looking forward to your vid dropping. Your submission is way cool!

[@DIYHGP]

Jonny,, I found you on your plywood challenge build. good job. I tried to find your video intro and you don’t have one. I subbed anyway. look forward to more good quality work

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@christopherking2999]

Wow.

[@rajeshwaranshanmugham3594]

What is the name of the plywood brother?

[@BrianSargent]

The lamination effect looks beautiful, glad you showed it off at the end. It looked like the full sheet might have had some bow in it. Does the glueing take care of that or is it not really worth worrying t?

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks, Brian! Yeah, the sheet had a bow in it. Probably from sitting in my shop on its side for two months. Ripping the sheet down into small strips like I did makes this a non-issue for this build, though. Thanks for watching as always!

[@TheFritzTube]

Nice blog. New friends here

[@jasonmickley4835]

I need to get with you to learn how to make my videos look good like yours. Everything I've tried looks like doo doo butter. Nice work man!

[@JonnyBuilds]

For sure man! Hit me up sometime!

[@noconz0727]

Where do you find 4x8 Baltic birch? I've only seen it in 5x5

[@JonnyBuilds]

It’s becoming more and more common. My local hardwood/plywood dealer usually has it.

[@mr_jofo]

Can you/anyone give me a good local to pick up Baltic birch plywood? A lot of the online locations only sell half sheets. And doesn't seem like many of the box stores around me carry it either. Great looking chairs! Thanks much

[@juancjacob5563]

Love the chairs! I'll be cheking your channel a bit more. New subscriber allready

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!

[@youssefbelefqih]

You could have used dominos for the angled pieces too. You drill a deep Domino hole first, then you cut the angle.

[@StevenJamesPorter]

Super cool design. Another way for the front and back stretchers would possibly be to do the same method that you did for the seat and then cut them to length. This way all the lines run the same way from the different layers. More work but potentially worth it?

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks! I dig the contrast, though.

[@gabrieletruglio310]

Ma new favorite maker! Nice job Jonny! I tagged you last saturday on instagram whit my new fruit bowl, your channel is a very large pot of inspiration for me!

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you so much! Glad I can inspire others to make stuff!

[@daddywoofdawg]

Where do you find 4x8 BB ply? all I can find is 5x5

[@JonnyBuilds]

My local plywood/hardwood dealer always has it. It is becoming much more common.

[@mactriz5411]

Great job ;-)

[@andywyatt701]

Just found your channel...hopefully I can do some bing watching.....great entry !

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thanks!

[@shubhampatne703]

Weldone sir, I cant make chair coz i dont have that tools in my home.

[@boopadoop658]

How much did it cost though

[@JonnyBuilds]

One sheet of baltic birch plywood is $60 where I live.

[@masterofnone]

Heard about you and modern makers podcast And subscribed. Great build I really like the design

[@JonnyBuilds]

Thank you!