How to shorten a bar stool?

[Biraj_Shilin]

Hi everyone, 

I need help with shortening my bar stools by 7cm. It is 72cm at the moment, I need it to come down to 65cm.

If anyone could please suggest what is the best way to get this done. 

Thank you!

[EricL]

Hello @Biraj_Shilin 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about your bar stool.

I suggest removing the 7cm from the top section of the stool. Because the legs are turned in a lathe, if you were to cut it from the bottom you would need to turn the legs in a lathe machine in order to recover the angle to the brass tips. This will require a high level of carpentry and furniture knowledge. Especially if you wish to keep the look and feel of the bar stool. 

However, before attempting to cut the 7cm from the top section of the chair, I suggest removing the seat and having a good look at how the chair was assembled. I suspect that it was joined together using a form of tenon join which gives the chair rigidity. If so, you'll need to recreate that join if you wish to keep the chairs structure intact.  

Let me call on our experienced members @JoeAzza, @Dave-1 and @Nailbag for their recommendations.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

[Nailbag]

Hi @Biraj_Shilin 

1. First remove there screws securing the gold foot rest from the legs. Then pull each leg out from the top frame, unless there are screws to be removed first.

2, Being made of metal, the legs would need to be cut with either a metal cutting blade on an angle grinder or a hacksaw. They will need to be cut at exactly the same length to avoid any rocky footing. 

3. The top of the legs are recessed to fit into the top frame, so the easiest approach would be to cut the bottom of the legs on the gold to black line.

4. You could paint the lower section of the left with gold spray paint. Then fit a suitable rubber chair tip to the bottom of each leg and re-assemble.

Nailbag

[Noyade]

Hi @Biraj_Shilin 

To my eyes, it's all-metal leg construction. I think I can even see where the tubular legs fit into the steel 'X'  frame attached to the seat.

A magnet would confirm this.

The 'gold' steel square reinforcement is bolted to the steel legs.

I'm with @Nailbag - the 'gold' leg tips need to be removed.

Can you please photograph this area in more detail?

Cheers.

[Dave-1]

Good Morning @Biraj_Shilin 

The legs appear to be metal? I would also be removing the bottom 7cm ofexisting legs and then installing a rubber footing over the opening. I would paint the metal first tho before putting the rubber feet on.

I cant think of another way to shorten the legs so you can keep the fancy feet. I like @Nailbag's suggestion of gold paint to mimic the look.

When you sit on the seat does the top part work with the spacing for the foot rest? The legs wil be thin tubular steel and will cut very easily with a grinding disk, Id practice first on marking a line and then cutting some test pieces to make sure you are confident that you can cut where you wish. You could also use a hacksaw and that could potentally be easier to control but cutting a tappered leg you may end up with a non straight cut.

Dave