High Chair Pictures? OK, I've got them.


Here's a close up of the base of the assembled stand. You can see how the sections of electrical metallic conduit (EMC)are attached with 1/4" bolts
through the 2x4s to brace the ladder units.



Here's a view of the back ladder unit. Those EMC corner braces are nailed to the unit.



Here's the ladder unit. Those little 10" corner braces under each step are not really necessary. I put them on
because I had a lot of short pieces of EMC from an Electrician neighbor. You really only need them on one step
near the bottom, one step about halfway up, and one step near the top. The ends of the steps are cut at a 7 degree
angle, and each step is 2" longer than the one above it. As I recall, the top step is 20" long, the next one down is 22",
the next one is 24", etc. etc. The steps are about 12" apart. They are attached to the ladder uprights with three #20
galvanized nails, with a little Liquid Nail in the joint. I predrilled the holes in the upright section.



Here's the whole thing assembled in a laid down position. I can stand it up by myself, but it's whole lot
easier with two people.




Here's the top/seat unit. The part that makes the arm rest is one unit nailed and glued together (another picture further down) and gets
bolted on to connect the tops of theladder unit and back frame unit. The seat unit is made from the angle iron from an old bed frame.
It's bolted on 8" below the top of the arm rest. Also, there are two pieces of bed frame angle iron to hold the floor unit. They are bolted
on 16" below the seat unit. I use 3/4" plywood for the seat and floor, but the plywood is set in place inthe angle iron after theunit is
stood upright.



Another view of the arm rest, seat unit, floor unit.




Here are the arm rest units used to connect the ladder and back frame. Each section (one left side & one right side) ismade from three
pieces of 2x4 and one piece of 1x6. They are put together with galvanized nails and Liquid Nail glue. As I recall, the horizontal section is
about 30" long and the two vertical sections that bolt to the ladder are 12". The vertical unit on the ladder side is at a 7 degree angle. The
vertical for the back frame side is at 5 degrees.




Here's a close up of the seat unit.




Here's the whole thing standing in my yard with the seat and floor boards in place.



That's my 12 year old grand daughter sitting in it. It's rock solid. As I recall, it cost me something
like $75 to build, but I scrounged some of the EMT and the paint. If I were to build another one I would
make it 14 ft. instead of 16, just to make it easier to transport and set up.



HOW'S THAT FOR A FULL REPORT???

Semisane, please post more info on that sky chair. My big butt would feel safe in that thing. Do you put a mono or bi pod for a rest? Do you run wire guides for stability off the sky chair? Those targets are great. I am waiting on my new flinter a Lyman 50 caliber deer stalker. I'm thinking the brown truck should show today.

LOL LOL you new we was gonna ask for them photo's, you beat me to the ask!!

Thanks for the pics. Maybe before season next year I'll get something built.
Art

I don't use a mono or bi pod. Take a look at that last picture with my granddaughter sitting in the chair. You can see that she's using the top step as a foot rest (real comfortable). When I do that my knees are bent so that I can rest my gun on my knee when shooting out of the front of the stand. If I'm shooting to the left or right side, I can rest my left elbow on the arm rest.

As far as guy wires, none are needed. You could dance a boogie in that chair and it wouldhardly move at all. Very, very stable.