Assembling A Bar Stool

A popular bar stool with a very American feel

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Bar stools, which are popular for their American feel, are sold by various manufacturers, but we also hear that they are difficult to assemble.
In fact, bar stools are not as precisely made as furniture made by Japanese manufacturers, and some parts have to be assembled with brute force. This is the American way!

There are minor differences depending on the manufacturer, but the basic structure is the same.
So, I would like to explain how to assemble it.

This is the pipe and seat.
In most cases at this point, the pipe that will become the legs is bent inwards. It needs to be straightened out, but I'll come to that later.

These are the screws and nuts that come with the product. There are slight differences depending on the manufacturer, but in most cases there are three types of screw in a set of four.

This is a part for fixing the seat. It is divided into upper and lower parts, and when you turn it,

It looks like this. I think there was a Pokémon like this.

Instruction manual. In most cases, a single sheet of paper like this is included.

STEP 1: Assembling the legs

The overlapping part of the leg pipe is indented as shown below.

When the indentations are aligned, it looks like this.

Then, the ring-shaped pipe is attached.

Yes, it's stuck here and won't go in.
So what do we do?

Stand the pipe up and bend it slightly as shown in the image.
After bending both legs slightly inward

The rest is brute force. Push down and align it with the screw hole.

I aligned it to the screw hole position, but as you can see in the picture, there is always a gap.
This product came with a cylindrical female screw like the one below, so it was relatively easy to screw in.

Use the shortest screw and female screw to secure it in place.

The key here is to only lightly screw the screws in at first, and not tighten them. If you tighten them in one place at a time, the positions of the other holes will no longer match.
Lightly screwing in the screws to align them, and then tightening them to fix them in place is the basis of various types of assembled products.

Depending on the product, the screws in this part may be ordinary screws and nuts.

If the leg pipe is bent too much, the screw and nut may not be able to reach. In that case, as shown below

Please spread it out with force. If it is difficult to put force into it, please remove the ring and spread it out.
This feeling of assembling with power, this is American!

After lightly screwing in the screws at all four locations, tighten them.

I think the legs are crossed. If you try standing it on a flat surface,

It will definitely be a bit rough. I will fix it later, so for now, please don't worry about it.

STEP 2: Attaching the seat

Place the seat fixing parts on the legs

Insert the four screws and nuts.

After lightly fitting the screw and nut, tighten them.

Turn this over

Just attach the screws to the holes on the underside of the seat and you're done!?

STEP 3: Adjusting the rattling

You may think it's finished, but it's not.

As I mentioned earlier, it will definitely rattle.

Depending on the product, a plastic ring may be included to adjust this.

Pull the elastic on the lower leg to remove it

You can adjust the height by inserting a plastic ring inside.

Please adjust the rattling by inserting and removing it.

It's finally finished! It's American and cool!

If the plastic ring is loose even after adjusting it, or if the product does not come with a plastic ring, please spread the raised legs apart with force to eliminate the looseness.

In the end, it's all about power! This is AMERICA!!

When I look at products from different countries, I sometimes find that they are made in a way that is unique to that country.
For example, electric guitars are mostly designed with large foreign people in mind, so I sometimes hear that Japanese people prefer guitars that are a little smaller.
I remember that when I tried holding a medium-scale Stratocaster that FENDER JAPAN had released in the past, it felt surprisingly comfortable.

I've heard that cars made in Germany for the German market have heavier accelerators and brakes than those made for the Japanese market. (I don't know if this is true or not.)

When we think about it like that, we might not be able to get the rock groove right unless we have an American heart when playing rock 'n' roll.
If you try to develop an American heart by using American products, your rock groove might improve!

So I hope you can assemble it well.