I have decided to build my own Captain's chair and would love to share my process with the community and hopefully get some trek-minded people with ideas to make it the best it can be!
I ordered a pricey salon chair because it has the look I am going for... the plan is to remove the foot rest portion, and spray the metal side panels to match the silver on the arm rests.
I currently work for a sign shop so Im going to take advantage of that by cutting out portions of the metal side panels and inlaying transparent LCARs displays on acrylic panels and backlighting them with LEDs.
Anyone else with ideas on how to trek this thing out would be most appreciated! It arrives in 2 weeks so Im hoping to have it all planned out so I can get to work when it arrives :)
Holy moly, I have a very similar chair but in red. I just got it so I could have a robust chair at bar-height.
My problem is that removing the footrest portion leaves mounting brackets poking out at whichever point you remove it. So I'm particularly interested in your process for chewing through any metal bits around there.
I don't have trek-thematic advice, but I can tell you that little chrome armrest bit is the perfect size to rest a normal-sized trackball.
I think I can get the guys in the shop at work to grind down any metal that might remain from the foot rest so fingers crossed there are no complications
Cool. I'd love it if you post the final product when you're done.
Seems like a cool project. It always felt like a captain's chair to me.
Not yet I will check it out though. I assume just a TOS chair? All I can seem to find online is people building the big boxy TOS chair out of plywood.
New update - the sign for behind my desk (and the future captain's chair) got installed today
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Before you chop off the footrest, make sure that you can touch the floor. Some of these chairs are built higher than usual, so the seat is higher too 👍
