How was it made? Moulding a seat for Marcel Breuer’s Short Chair

This film shows a contemporary version of Marcel Breuer’s Short Chair being made at the Isokon Plus workshop, London. A two part (concave and convex) mould is used to form the chair’s seat. Glued, cross-grained veneers are laid between the two parts which are then held together under pressure in a press. Once the glue has set, the seat is removed from the mould, ready for trimming and finishing.
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[@JoseGToyos]

This is one of the best things I've ever seen about woodworking.....awesome!

[@ConorCoghlan]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing

[@mattgifford2809]

Fantastic build, good planning and great execution

[@trevorl8516]

Would have been really interested to see how it was cut.

[@megsman4749]

Gorgeous.

[@mohamadzulkfdcxxifley8338]

Beautiful art

[@haroonikhan1201]

Amazing work

[@irayanti9786]

AWESOME CHAIR

[@georgekramer5262]

I love how low-tech this is, with the auto scissors jacks to lower the top half of the mould!

[@coreymcniel3390]

Do it yourself, go to woodprix instructions and learn how to make it.

[@nannettebattista6224]

@Raji Kanufa Agree

[@diyamr1225]

plz can you send the link

[@nannettebattista6224]

@@diyamr1225 Check on google bro!

[@ericareis7331]

Um espetáculo de competência Parabéns

[@alexxenaosas2416]

superb chair m8 , well done !

[@hussienalshmary]

Amazing.

[@teejanmachineshope7692]

Great Art .....thanks to you

[@Robert.E.Edmondson]

When it was finished, I freeze-framed the video in several places to study it. A very elegant chair.

[@Asfia74]

marvelous! :)

[@americanwoodworkingtrickss6543]

So good job!

[@hadiwali8011]

This style of working is too old

[@Anen_Aier]

Wowww.... Love it

[@orlando1a1]

Fantastic, timeless design. A chair I see and want to sit in!

[@donaldasayers]

Actually it looks really uncomfortable, like many "designer" chairs are. Just look at it, the seat is too long where are your knees supposed to bend, so you end up slouching with no lumbar support and it slippery so you will slide into an uncomfortable position. Do an image search, there is not one picture of someone sitting in it. Pretty to look at, bought to make a statement, but not for actually sitting in.

[@anodyne57]

Your neck won't be happy at all.

[@djturbine7565]

@@donaldasayers I can confirm the long version of this chair is incredibly comfortable to sit in. Most are used with a cushion that fits the entire length of the chair, and allows the body to fall into a natural shape, no lumbar support needed.

[@donaldasayers]

@@djturbine7565 Sow me one picture of someone actually sitting in it. The one pictured.

[@djturbine7565]

@@donaldasayers I’m not sure why you are assuming there is some correlation between photos of people sitting in the chair and how comfortable it is. Most photographs of iconic furniture design do not show somebody using them, as this would obscure the piece completely.

[@raitasorin]

wooow you are The Best in our Blue Planet !

[@maxtorjoe]

wow you are my hero!!!

[@KhoaleSkpAbf]

Amazing good job

[@rojeriooliveira9457]

Trabalho maravilhoso.

[@Charlie-oz4pz]

Cool chair Marcel

[@armandocasasconcosas9651]

Hermosa pieza 🎖🎖🎖🎖

[@mariaemilianegron]

I am speechless

[@renatomarcondes8220]

Muito bom , pena que vocês mostraram poucos detalhes, mas valeu...

[@moslemmirhaji6090]

the chair is very nice

[@leonardovalverde4808]

hi, congratulations for the work. May I ask what "varnish" you use to finish?

[@royalmemmedov9468]

Super

[@andyjackygordon]

Great work, which glue did you use

[@luisfelipe7096]

Olá bom dia grande profissional, primeiramente é com muita satisfação que quero lhes falar,que trabalho lindo

[@josealtagraciamercedesmart7897]

Se encuentran de las cosas bellas para asel y de las personas articuladas extraordinarias que saben y asen cosas bellísimas

[@linguatonica9782]

lots of designers few unforgotten very few geniuses

[@slavomirguess8514]

What type of glue did you used ?

[@DjoTiger]

nice , where i can find this Wood husks ?

[@jfbaquero]

Nice video. What type of glue is used on the veneer?

[@marcoslevi9040]

Muito bommmmmmm

[@mahendravarma6964]

k great. i like this type of chairs. but, i need to know how to make frame. can u send the details of frame making for this chair

[@schnitzgmbh2457]

What kind of glue do you use for laminting?

[@Howto-fw7gq]

Gajab.

[@sergionascimento5553]

Belo trabalho parabéns Que madeira você Uza??

[@joshuafields9754]

Haha the chair is assembled and it’s finished. Would like to see how the side pieces are made.

[@nevyn38]

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[@neidivan1295]

Muito legal, parabéns

[@walrus7814]

Timber is my favourite

[@stephenbernard4675]

What is the weight capacity on that? Good job btw

[@samyhaddad4552]

Please what Kind of plywood diameter you have used

[@el3xg373]

how is the mold made?

[@alinoorali745]

I like ...

[@Harryjackable]

Nice how did it cost

[@jamesbond9873]

That is so cool where can I buy one?

[@tinku1990able]

For buy mail us , [e-mail]

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[@vijaygajjar9482]

Wonderful bro, I do extra ordinary wood work.if you have same more video than share it. I like it and I want to make this.

[@lisalee3977]

Dear sir,what's your daily output?

[@carlosfelipecuyaagapito1606]

Hola que tipo de madera es ?

[@miguellima599]

Hola amigo Qué madera es la que usas es contrachapado

[@AVoyagerCouple]

How do you bend the frame or hand rest etc

[@kezhameyase7360]

Thats the intriguing part

[@0mkar419]

Your product is awesome and i see that good market available in india for that. Please export it in india love from mumbai If any help then reply here

[@momokokochuchuchu]

Really beautiful chair, but i feel like i would break it if i sat on it wrong lol

[@djebbfati9223]

💓💓💓👍

[@samuderainteriorfurniture1367]

Dimana saya dapat membeli table saw sliding martin t75?

[@tiler_filimonov73]

👍👍👍

[@user-up4qj1zx2e]

каким клеем клеите фанеру ? дякую !

[@attilaszigethy8363]

What is the name of glue?

[@barkebaat]

Gary

[@DuNguyen-my4rq]

How much ?

[@lamtran2993]

I wonder how they cut the chair to its shape.

[@walrus7814]

I like timber

[@Martin1519]

How sturdy is it? It looks like if a heavy person sat in it, it might break!

[@davidmitchell5638]

Any plans?

[@user-ec7lq7kz8o]

Зачёт

[@irmameynar2389]

Woah its so easy.. lol

[@srikantamaharana1508]

How moulding bad sleeping worked

[@luisfelipe7096]

Que tipo de madeira é essa que você,usa

[@Avenlock]

Birch

[@sultanmunsani8891]

Subhanallah...you are smart...

[@es-uw6jt]

Аригинально

[@Chestni_montash54]

Что за материал чем покрывали для склейки?Что за клей????

[@ankhaa8681]

Oh my god this how much ???

[@sleepib]

Considering how long it occupies the press, probably a couple thousand dollars each.

[@rizkyajalahrizkyajalah524]

Like

[@samuderainteriorfurniture1367]

What is your country?

[@madeiraemetal]

Messi do Barcelona ?

[@thanhtaiphan2039]

Đỉnh của đỉnh.

[@congthanhnguyen8517]

Pro

[@RaGalya7880]

Вещь выглядит шикарно ! А вес пьяного бати "вывезет"?

[@olegsigal]

Кор Д , а хуле там, он же во сне танцевать не будет!

[@natalineizwesnaya5917]

инструмент хороший материал хороший но у творца с головой поблемы

[@yousuffurniture8680]

This chair can be made with teak wood.

[@barkebaat]

no shit. you must be a proper genius

[@keliweisgerber3896]

Mine works too. I used woodprix plans and build it without any problems.

[@kezhameyase7360]

Need a mutiple compressor rather than a single one to make it commercialised.

[@anodyne57]

Crap ergodynamics. Lovely object though.

[@peterbonapace7124]

I see Lionel Messi has given up soccer and is now in the woodworking business... : )

[@haroonikhan1201]

Sorry but I thing your tongue not work which wood u use

[@MrZOMBIE170]

0:16 no safety glasses on a table saw

[@hurrikanegaming4410]

Think you might have skipped a few steps

[@jrAndThings]

rest of the fucking owl

[@daisycorta3340]

Bukkame

[@romanaangersbach1176]

This time I'll use woodprix instructions to make it by my hand :)

[@callihanhopwood6255]

I bought Woodprix once and now I have lifetime access to thousands of woodworking projects.

[@shantahsieh2877]

This time I will do it manually with the help of Woodglut designs.

[@yurakovalec7292]

I did it with the Woodglut plans.

[@shantelfullerton9865]

This time I will use Stodoys plans for this.

[@ducaschoenberg7156]

Just go to the Stodoys plans website if you want to do it yourself.