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Sweeney Todd chair got bored of hiring and built one myself

#1 User is offline   WiLL 

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 04:37 PM

So I got bored of being told either " sorry our tipping barbers chair is on hire that week already" or "yes we have one but it doesn't tip or anything".
So I built one myself. Mostly 18mm ply construction with some ironwork for hinges and pivot rods etc. Designed to tip the victim feet first through a trapdoor in the floor. So far only tested on responsible people with success, yet to give it over to the dimwitted cast (gulp).
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 07:20 PM

Looks good to me :) :)
Looks good and well constructed.
Would be nice to see a video of it in action.
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 07:48 PM

as requested, some pretty shoddy video of the chair in rehearsals.

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Posted 11 December 2011 - 03:16 PM

Hi - very impressed with the chair! Are you hiring it out? Where are you based? We are putting on Sweeney Todd in February and whilst I would love to attempt to make my own, Time is short so hire is looking ever more likely!

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Posted 11 December 2011 - 05:31 PM

I agree - hire it out. It looks great and the videos show it working in a very performance manner.
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 06:15 PM

Very impressive!
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Posted 13 December 2011 - 09:12 AM

I'm not really looking to hire it out as I don't really have the time to commit to the admin involved or the space to house the chair on a permanent basis. I AM looking to sell it, either to a props hire company or anybody who gives me a decent offer.
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 03:07 PM

Wow, looking great!

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Posted 31 December 2011 - 02:24 PM

That's really amazing :D

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 10:48 AM

Lovely stuff!

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Posted 18 March 2012 - 11:50 PM

Looks superb. Good job on it kind sir!
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 01:26 PM

This chair is now being stored and hired out by Prop It. All enquiries should go via them.
www.propit.co.uk
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 11:56 PM

Do have any plans that you used to build this chair ?

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 10:21 AM

View PostBrumrigger, on 08 September 2012 - 11:56 PM, said:

Do have any plans that you used to build this chair ?

sorry to say it was mostly scribbled out on scraps. Used a scale ruler and compass to work out the required sizes of panels etc so it would flip from seat to slide smoothly. And an awful lot of 'try it and see' method come actual construction time.
I no longer haqve the scraps of paper.
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Posted 19 October 2012 - 03:36 PM

Unfortunately this chair is not available in November when we are after one - its very popular apparently!

Does anyone know of any other companies that hire one out?

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