I originally made this video for my "Scrap bin" channel: ruclips.net/user/IBuildItScrapBin But felt it was good enough to post here. What do you think? Rebuild this with a proper wooden frame, of scrap it down for the parts? Interesting thing to do with the motor and lead screw mechanism is to make a TV lift, but I don't need one of those. Could just leave it as it is as a piece of kinetic art, just run it in a continuous loop. Just watch your fingers in those pinch points!
John Heisz - I Build It please rebuild it the way a woodworrker would. I have a leather version of this and the motor died on me so I’m looking at projects for the internals too.
Build a new 2 piece(removable back for door clearance), smooth contoured see through chair with Plexiglas, wood and epoxy resin so you can see the inner full workings of the electrical and mechanical.
My deceased father would have definitely repurpose that mechanism for something. I like the idea of an outdoor lounger that sits under a large umbrella. Built in beer cooler,optional .Cheers bud...
It's a standard linear actuator. I scavenged one from a bed thrown out in the curb. I just used it a few days ago to push back a heavy closet into its place, after I moved it and it somehow got stuck. Took 10 seconds!
David Lowe it's the earrings my wife had. For YEARS she had one earring and had lost the other of the pair. Finally she got tired of the one that she still had reminding her that she had lost one, so she threw it out. The NEXT DAY (after the garbage had been picked up, of course) she found the missing one.
Great idea John. My 20+ year old chair got dirty and worn out but the mechanism was still very good, just manual. I stripped out the mechanism and built a cherry Morris Chair frame, installed the mechanism, had a new cushion made and I reupholstered the rest using the same material as the cushion. I'm loving it, so go for it.
You got 6 years from a $400 chair? Wow! I'm impressed! I got only 2 years from a $1000 La-z-boy... I couldn't believe how cheap and unstable they are now!
Earlier this year I got my grandmas old lift chair and harvested 2 linear actuators from it.... still working what cool thing I'm going to make with them.
Outtake: A daily scene in my shop! LMAO!!! Definitely do a rebuild!!!! Minimal to keep the skeleton showing for sure. Something I've used on a number of seating projects that give the performance of leather with even easier cleaning is motorcycle seat/saddle upholstery. 1-2" closed cell, dense foam or neoprene for a low profile modernist/industrial look. Now ur gonna get my eye-balling every recliner I see at the side of the road...... thanks a lot!!
Definitely make a hardwood frame...maybe even a motorized deck chair or something...or add wheels and another motor and make a miniature bobcat kinda thing!
Exactly what I was thinking ! How do we know these chairs weren't sent from the future by the robot overlords for the bots to recline in for their oil changes?
Please... Rebuild! I'd love to see your take on it. Especially since I don't imagine you (like most of us males), have sewing skills. I've researched the idea of making couches and recliners for years now, the sewing has always been the real obstacle... And no one really has presented an alternative that looks good.
I used one of these a few years back and made a motorised router table . Was pretty good just didn't have a way to adjust height in really small increments.
Loved the video, especially when I thought you were going to attack the chair with an angle grinder. My vote would be for you to build a new chair. Can't wait to see all the comments from the safety trolls about getting sensitive parts of your anatomy getting trapped in the mechanism!
Hi John. A young child was strangled by a reclining chair in Australia a few years back so safety needs to be taken into account. I enjoy your videos thank you.
"Like cutting up chicken" is where you got me. It was at that point that I subbed while laughing out loud. The naked frame vaguely reminds me of the pods in 2001 a Space Odyssey. I guess it's the outstretched arms that look a bit a pod to me.
I have one that I need to pick up today, I am planning on using a drill press table lift, (my table is very heavy especially when I have a vise on it).
Me, too. My wife actually wants me to do that to two old La-Z-boys. Now I know how to begin the project, but am lost from there. If anyone can figure it out, it would be John. Go for it!
“Strip off all this shit right here”, was exactly what I said to my ex wife the night we met... in retrospect, her all to eager compliance should have been a sign.
Hard wood frame and slats to leave that beautiful mechanism exposed. Add cushions with zip-off covers for cleaning. LED lighting below like some custom cards ;-)
This might be the funniest video of yours. Lol. Especially the outtakes at the end. The exasperation is pretty damn funny. We all know how that feels. Go with it.
I wish that I had seen this 3 months ago. The wooden frame (left side and back) for my power lift recliner broke and dumped me off while punching a big hole in the drywall behind it. Like yours, the frame was OSB and little bit of solid wood plus a box of staples. OSB doesn't hold staples well at all. I was too pissed at the chair to rebuild it but I might have tried if I had seen a video like this.
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Awesome "disassembly"... For the up-cycling I'd definitely call Matthias W.
A recliner for the garden? Or do you have, as my Texan relatives do a garden only used for watching hurricanes sweep by. Reusing the motor can come later after reclining in the garden thinking about it, in comfort. Regards
Hey I love your humorous video. What would keep a Wurstrow Power Recliner from coming to a fully closed position? The footrest and back of the chair do not come fully flush closed like they're supposed to. It's brand new. The leglrest sticks out about 4 to 5 inches and the back doesn't close fully upright staying back a little. Any ideas on how to fix that and or what part is the problem? The motor was replaced but it still didn't fix the issue. Thank you.
Not sure what kind of hobbies you are into but my old roommate used a frame like this to make the ultimate PC racing simulator that could go from upright (rally car) to reclined F1 style race car.
I would love to see what you finely ended up doing with the mechanism of the recliner. I have a brand new electric recliner that l feel like putting a hacksaw too 😅 it just doesn't recline far enough and it's so uncomfortable, l regret buying it
I couldn't help but start giggling as you started destroying the chair, haha!! I am, however, going to try to figure out the hardware placement, and *repair* mine (several fasteners have either come out or broke. Now I have to figure out where they were....)
As a mechanic, it never ceases to amaze me how people can look at a couch or an arm chair (at least this one has a few moving parts, but a lounge chair has not a single moving part) and say things like "what are you gonna get for $400?". You can buy an entire working registerable CAR for $400!!!! Clearly I'm in the wrong game.
"That's the wing." Great video and I'm voting for a minimalist recliner build. I also have to say I am worried about the pressure of fame becoming too much for Focus as it would seem he is having a hard time staying away from the corn liquor.
I think that would be an awesome build video to turn that into a wooden chair. It would also be a very interesting piece once done as you were saying being able to see the bare mechanism. It would certainly be an eye catcher and conventional piece if nothing else.
Well John I subscribed years ago but only came across this when I started looking for 'how to build a motorized recliner. I have always been interested in building a motorised recliner for myself - so to answer your question I would love to see what you would come up with to see if I could incorporate any of your ideas.
When I first got my garage, eager to start making, and for free mind you, I was quick to jump on thrown away recliners so that I could diss assemble them and use the mechanisms, however, I have yet to find a use for the them, 3 years later they still take up valuable shop space. I suspect they are the same way with you if you have not thrown them
I have returned, because while i threw away the three mechanisms i had, i have just scrapped another recliner. This time, i was quick to dismantle everything to its most basic parts. Im using the stuffing for budget insulation i am adding into the garage attic space, while the rest goes into the pile of prepared steel for the scrapyard. The copper yield from the two small motors was pathetic to say the least, but the cord was hefty enough. Id say it was worth it. Have you used yours yet lol
Looks and moves like Arnie at the end of The Terminator. The skeleton of Chairinator. Looking forward to see how John turns it back into something to sit on.
Seeing you come up with a chair design would be really cool to watch. You come up with so many cool things, though, anything you decide to do will be fun to watch. Great video!
I worry the mechanisms might fail but I dont think ive seen a video like this. Bell hit!!! I really want to see this progress to its final conclusion... good or bad
I used to sell La-z-boy recliners and there is one big difference with their power chairs, well two, but the first affects the second. The first is an actual four-sided box for the chair to sit on. Instead of just a bottom rail connecting the two front feet, they connect with a full side parallel to the back. Basically, the mechanism sits inside the box. There are holes for the mechanism to operate, but the box provides rigidity. If you build a "minimalist" chair, look at some historical chairs from La-z-boy. Oh, the second difference is the price. They're definitely more than $400.
I originally made this video for my "Scrap bin" channel:
ruclips.net/user/IBuildItScrapBin
But felt it was good enough to post here.
What do you think? Rebuild this with a proper wooden frame, of scrap it down for the parts? Interesting thing to do with the motor and lead screw mechanism is to make a TV lift, but I don't need one of those.
Could just leave it as it is as a piece of kinetic art, just run it in a continuous loop. Just watch your fingers in those pinch points!
John Heisz - I Build It please rebuild it the way a woodworrker would. I have a leather version of this and the motor died on me so I’m looking at projects for the internals too.
You should totally make it into a chair! I
Build a new 2 piece(removable back for door clearance), smooth contoured see through chair with Plexiglas, wood and epoxy resin so you can see the inner full workings of the electrical and mechanical.
My deceased father would have definitely repurpose that mechanism for something. I like the idea of an outdoor lounger that sits under a large umbrella. Built in beer cooler,optional .Cheers bud...
Can we get more John Heisz After Dark vids too? Definitely build a new chair, or use the mechanism to upgrade your camera gantry!
You'll take the motor out and store it for 20 years, falling over it daily. Eventually you'll take it to the dump, then you'll need it immediately.
It's a standard linear actuator. I scavenged one from a bed thrown out in the curb. I just used it a few days ago to push back a heavy closet into its place, after I moved it and it somehow got stuck. Took 10 seconds!
But the mechanism that attaches to the linear actuator, is very cool.
In those same 20 years people will be saying, 'they just don't build 'em like this anymore.'
David Lowe it's the earrings my wife had. For YEARS she had one earring and had lost the other of the pair. Finally she got tired of the one that she still had reminding her that she had lost one, so she threw it out. The NEXT DAY (after the garbage had been picked up, of course) she found the missing one.
Today on I Build it, We demonstrate how to field dress the big game chair you just shot :p
Definitely rebuild it but you have to add the Steve Austin bionic sound effects.
This looks like the start of a terrifying Halloween animatronic nightmare
Insectoid... footrest hardware looks like a praying mantis
My brain instantly went to using something like this for a large scale animated Halloween prop.
I loved this video John! And yes, I think that an elegant high quality wooden chair (with no cushions) would be awesome!
Exactly!
Great idea John. My 20+ year old chair got dirty and worn out but the mechanism was still very good, just manual. I stripped out the mechanism and built a cherry Morris Chair frame, installed the mechanism, had a new cushion made and I reupholstered the rest using the same material as the cushion. I'm loving it, so go for it.
Photos?
I would love to see this!
John losing his cool and giving focus the business was pure gold
John, you're much more entertaining when you're half drunk :)
I was gonna say he seems half cut, haha
Try playing it at x 0.75 speed! 😀....now where's those munchies!!
Yes! Angry, drunken John is hilarious. I think he might actually be my spirit animal.
Much more cursing. I love it.
The violent cold open and the ending bit looping back to it chronologically, might be acid.
You got 6 years from a $400 chair? Wow! I'm impressed! I got only 2 years from a $1000 La-z-boy... I couldn't believe how cheap and unstable they are now!
Though John didn't admit it that OSB was pretty darn tough to take bust apart.
Definitely chair build. A wooden recliner would look awesome.
Earlier this year I got my grandmas old lift chair and harvested 2 linear actuators from it.... still working what cool thing I'm going to make with them.
Ohh ya and make a new wood chair from the old one, would be interesting to see
I used the mechanism to open and shut my shed window, practically identical chair in Scotland !
Stone lift for building pyramids
lmao
Outtake: A daily scene in my shop! LMAO!!! Definitely do a rebuild!!!! Minimal to keep the skeleton showing for sure. Something I've used on a number of seating projects that give the performance of leather with even easier cleaning is motorcycle seat/saddle upholstery. 1-2" closed cell, dense foam or neoprene for a low profile modernist/industrial look. Now ur gonna get my eye-balling every recliner I see at the side of the road...... thanks a lot!!
Definitely make a hardwood frame...maybe even a motorized deck chair or something...or add wheels and another motor and make a miniature bobcat kinda thing!
Animatronic dinosaur.
I love how REAL you are in this video!
My girlfriend had a sofa made like that. I cut it in half with recip saw inside 30 seconds. It was quite therapeutic.
It looks like the Terminator T-800 with its flesh removed.
Exactly what I was thinking ! How do we know these chairs weren't sent from the future by the robot overlords for the bots to recline in for their oil changes?
Reprogram it and send it back in time to yourself
Please... Rebuild! I'd love to see your take on it. Especially since I don't imagine you (like most of us males), have sewing skills.
I've researched the idea of making couches and recliners for years now, the sewing has always been the real obstacle... And no one really has presented an alternative that looks good.
Lmao that's the first time I've ever heard you swear on here and it was only 30 seconds in.
Keep up the good work.
Watch the one where he's connecting his floor heating system on the home reno channel - I learned a few new swearwords myself on that one!
Build a wooden chair around it! That would be the coolest project ;-)
You could always build a small workbench that lowers/raises for comfortable working height!
Can you use the motor assembly to make a router lift or something for the shop?
This video lowered my stress level. Thank you.
This is the BEST unboxing video I’ve ever seen.
New chair! I cant even picture a wood recliner
me either. I just sounds horribly uncomfortable
I used one of these a few years back and made a motorised router table . Was pretty good just didn't have a way to adjust height in really small increments.
Loved the video, especially when I thought you were going to attack the chair with an angle grinder. My vote would be for you to build a new chair. Can't wait to see all the comments from the safety trolls about getting sensitive parts of your anatomy getting trapped in the mechanism!
Hi John. A young child was strangled by a reclining chair in Australia a few years back so safety needs to be taken into account. I enjoy your videos thank you.
"Like cutting up chicken" is where you got me. It was at that point that I subbed while laughing out loud.
The naked frame vaguely reminds me of the pods in 2001 a Space Odyssey. I guess it's the outstretched arms that look a bit a pod to me.
I have one that I need to pick up today, I am planning on using a drill press table lift, (my table is very heavy especially when I have a vise on it).
I would vote for a Morris Chair style, possible incorporate a foot stool into the design to use the full mechanism.
Me, too. My wife actually wants me to do that to two old La-Z-boys. Now I know how to begin the project, but am lost from there. If anyone can figure it out, it would be John. Go for it!
Two words: seat beads. That's how you beat the sticky, sweaty, leather chair. They are are gift from the gods.
John Heisz - uncensored, uncut and uncaring. I love these honest videos.
“Strip off all this shit right here”, was exactly what I said to my ex wife the night we met... in retrospect, her all to eager compliance should have been a sign.
How about a lift table one that adjust different high's for your work shop.
"It's like cutting chicken"
"here is the wing"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hard wood frame and slats to leave that beautiful mechanism exposed. Add cushions with zip-off covers for cleaning. LED lighting below like some custom cards ;-)
I like the wooden chair idea but wonder if the motor can handle the weight.
The chair idea is cool. The motor, and lead screw, might also make for the basis of an interesting vice build.
This might be the funniest video of yours. Lol. Especially the outtakes at the end. The exasperation is pretty damn funny. We all know how that feels. Go with it.
John, get a nice throw blanket to cover the leather chair in summer. Cool to the touch n washable. They do slide a bit though but I love mine.
A hardwood recliner sounds Awesome!
Rebuilt chair would be amazing!
That would be a cool project and you'd solve your chair problem. Build it how u want it.
I can't wait to see where this goes!!
I wish that I had seen this 3 months ago. The wooden frame (left side and back) for my power lift recliner broke and dumped me off while punching a big hole in the drywall behind it. Like yours, the frame was OSB and little bit of solid wood plus a box of staples. OSB doesn't hold staples well at all. I was too pissed at the chair to rebuild it but I might have tried if I had seen a video like this.
Awesome "disassembly"... For the up-cycling I'd definitely call Matthias W.
An Amish Barrington Style Recliner but with an Electronic Drive! That would be A Great build!
Great video! I really appreciate your use of the word "shit." Very funny.
Oh yes, I'd really like to see you build a new chair around this mechanism
Now it looks like an Alien Ant.
Cool.
Thumbs up.
Willy from Belgium
A recliner for the garden? Or do you have, as my Texan relatives do a garden only used for watching hurricanes sweep by. Reusing the motor can come later after reclining in the garden thinking about it, in comfort. Regards
Hey I love your humorous video. What would keep a Wurstrow Power Recliner from coming to a fully closed position? The footrest and back of the chair do not come fully flush closed like they're supposed to. It's brand new. The leglrest sticks out about 4 to 5 inches and the back doesn't close fully upright staying back a little. Any ideas on how to fix that and or what part is the problem? The motor was replaced but it still didn't fix the issue. Thank you.
Not sure what kind of hobbies you are into but my old roommate used a frame like this to make the ultimate PC racing simulator that could go from upright (rally car) to reclined F1 style race car.
Yes, rebuild it! I'm thinking of doing the same thing to an old recliner and have no idea where to start.
got to do it the heisz woodinator chair
This maybe your best video yet. I think you need to make a chair and add speakers to it too. Cause... Why not
The mech looks like two praying mantis reaching out.
Alien horror movie prop.
My thought too.
Could make a ceiling mount for a TV. It is flat up against the ceiling when not in use or folds down when you want to use it.
"like cutting up a chicken!" True.😆 Go for the build! Pretty neat to watch the articulating, if sloppy, mechanism.
With a bit of playing about, that would make an excellent sim racing setup! Cheers for the inspiration.
I like where this is going! 😃 ..... So glad you found those screws on the control plate in time! 😁👍🏻👊🏻
I used the motor & controls, simple up & down, to power a bead roller. I made a simple frame for the control to operate as a foot switch.
I would love to see what you finely ended up doing with the mechanism of the recliner. I have a brand new electric recliner that l feel like putting a hacksaw too 😅 it just doesn't recline far enough and it's so uncomfortable, l regret buying it
I couldn't help but start giggling as you started destroying the chair, haha!! I am, however, going to try to figure out the hardware placement, and *repair* mine (several fasteners have either come out or broke. Now I have to figure out where they were....)
As a mechanic, it never ceases to amaze me how people can look at a couch or an arm chair (at least this one has a few moving parts, but a lounge chair has not a single moving part) and say things like "what are you gonna get for $400?".
You can buy an entire working registerable CAR for $400!!!!
Clearly I'm in the wrong game.
Yes! A hardwood chair with removable cushions would look cool.
"That's the wing." Great video and I'm voting for a minimalist recliner build. I also have to say I am worried about the pressure of fame becoming too much for Focus as it would seem he is having a hard time staying away from the corn liquor.
After watching this video I subbed! Funny, creative, and loved it
I think it might make an interesting snow shoveling machine
Best video yet! Not because I think You need to cuss, but because it seemed real. Like an everyday Guys Workshop!
That's the wing! I kinda want to see what you'd build all wood. But that motor, who knows what you would come up with.
You could try and use perspex, totally see through, and you can mould it to get different shapes so there's no sharp corners.
A hardwood chair with the mechanism exposed would be really cool.
Unless your pets have tails!
Oh I really wish you filmed and posted a video of a rebuild. I personally think it would have been a great build.
That's it! A body for Focus Master!
Cool indeed. Build the chair!
Ooh, that crunching sound....!
I think that would be an awesome build video to turn that into a wooden chair. It would also be a very interesting piece once done as you were saying being able to see the bare mechanism. It would certainly be an eye catcher and conventional piece if nothing else.
Hey John my leather chair has an annoying lump in the small of my back on the right side when the back is upright any ideas on how to put this right??
Are you able to use this to make a manual recliner an electrical one? Is it possible to swap the frame?
A wooden chair built on this mech would inspire us all.
Haha John you humour is brilliant 😂
Electric Reclining Morris chair!!! With spalted maple triangle details!!
That could be the coolest project EVER! would love to see that happend!
Well John I subscribed years ago but only came across this when I started looking for 'how to build a motorized recliner. I have always been interested in building a motorised recliner for myself - so to answer your question I would love to see what you would come up with to see if I could incorporate any of your ideas.
Rebuild! A reclining adirondak chair would be awesome
When I first got my garage, eager to start making, and for free mind you, I was quick to jump on thrown away recliners so that I could diss assemble them and use the mechanisms, however, I have yet to find a use for the them, 3 years later they still take up valuable shop space. I suspect they are the same way with you if you have not thrown them
I have returned, because while i threw away the three mechanisms i had, i have just scrapped another recliner. This time, i was quick to dismantle everything to its most basic parts. Im using the stuffing for budget insulation i am adding into the garage attic space, while the rest goes into the pile of prepared steel for the scrapyard. The copper yield from the two small motors was pathetic to say the least, but the cord was hefty enough. Id say it was worth it. Have you used yours yet lol
I think that would make a cool fold away work station.
Looks and moves like Arnie at the end of The Terminator. The skeleton of Chairinator.
Looking forward to see how John turns it back into something to sit on.
Your skelechair idea is awesome...so would an automatic outfeed support for the tablesaw lol
Seeing you come up with a chair design would be really cool to watch. You come up with so many cool things, though, anything you decide to do will be fun to watch. Great video!
My grandmother passed a week ago and I saved her recliner… looking for ideas to repurpose the mech…. Maybe motorized shelving and workbench in my van
I worry the mechanisms might fail but I dont think ive seen a video like this. Bell hit!!! I really want to see this progress to its final conclusion... good or bad
Rebuild it based on your own design. Very simple and awesome.
Quite entertaining! Looks like you were having lots of fun.
I used to sell La-z-boy recliners and there is one big difference with their power chairs, well two, but the first affects the second. The first is an actual four-sided box for the chair to sit on. Instead of just a bottom rail connecting the two front feet, they connect with a full side parallel to the back. Basically, the mechanism sits inside the box. There are holes for the mechanism to operate, but the box provides rigidity.
If you build a "minimalist" chair, look at some historical chairs from La-z-boy.
Oh, the second difference is the price. They're definitely more than $400.
How about a motorised sun lounger? Made from some nice hardwood? That's will still show off the mechanism