Ektorp jennylund chair swivel rocker base and hardware a 2 4 a 1 2 a piece of 3 4 plywood scissors wood screws description.
Turning a chair into a rocking chair.
Converting an ordinary chair into a rocking chair can be done in a few different ways depending on what type of rocker you want to create.
Yep very sentimental and so is my 41 yo son since i am looking for a new chair for my living room i thought ah ha why not have this old chair reupholstered and made into a regular non rocking chair.
Even if we were able to find one we liked for cheap it probably wouldn t fit in our itty bitty.
Let me break it down for you.
I found mine on ebay for.
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There is a lot of measuring involved that is time consuming.
This style of rockers is designed to attach to a chair that has four bottom legs like many dining chairs.
What makes the process difficult is measuring the wood correctly so that both rockers are identical.
Converting a regular chair into a rocker is a surprisingly tricky process.
We had searched tirelessly for a rocker or glider to put in our baby s room.
Secondly they are almost always huge.
Come to find out converting a chair into a rocking chair is pretty straight forward.
While conversion kits are available designing your own conversion kit is the most personally rewarding way to go.
First of all they are expensive.