Hello....Here's a project finished from a picture I saw some time ago.Making use of beef rawhide in a snow shoe weave and local wood around here steam bent.Nothing bought except for dowels and glue and that was very cheap.Those items a person can make themselves too.Elm[frame]/ash[braces]/and osage[runners].It's stronger than it looks.Very tough.Downward weight pressure while seated is where it is strongest.Lower joints on runners are doweled and glue in.I used smooth-on for the glueing of wood & epiphanes spar varnish on the rawhide for water proofing.Picture I saw they were all rawhide laced wrapped on.I dowel connected a number of joints on there.The connection between the 2 frames were just rawhide wrapped.
Fun project!!!!
If anyone is interested in making this here's a parts list:The process of putting it together is stated later in this post.
Frames- 2 strips of wood at least 74" long and at least 5/8" by 7/8".The center 13" is steamed and bent around 9.5" wide forms.
Cross braces- The back rest from bottom to top lengths are 18" long and attatched dead center 4.5" from bottom,next brace 17.5" long attatched at 6.5",next brace 17" long is attatched at 8.5".Final top brace is 6" down from top and is 10.5" long.Width against your back side will be 15" to 16" wide.Seat will be approximately 13" long to center bend of frame and the backrest is around 26" long from seat height.
The seat portion frame has no braces on it.
Backrest braces- are 27" long a piece and steam bent to the angle of the back rest.
Runners- 22" long a piece. Width of runners of chair after assembled are around 18.5" at the front and 23.75" at the back.
You will need at least 140' of good stout rawhide lace if used to be sure.That'll use up a good 2 square feet[ closer to 3 really[a person should have more than enough] or more of rawhide.
These measurements are not written in stone and can be modified to suit yourself.I'll leave the back rest carrying straps and belly strap to your own taste.
I figured it was a good item to use on long hunts doubling as a seat while hunting and back packing meat out.Total chair/pack weight is less than 5#'s.A person could pack out upwards of 80 to 90 pounds if needed.As much as a person can handle.Or I'll just use it at my camp at bow making gatherings.Chair height while seated is just right around a camp fire.
Years ago back in the Lewis and Clark days while exploring these items were made out in the bush.Used as canoe seats then too.