A YouTuber decided to avoid the hefty price tag of a new chair and make his own.
The Fortune chair costs an eye-watering $1,175. But instead of forking out all that money, YouTuber Morley Kert decided to 3D print it.
Kert has built his following around 3D-printing furniture and has already produced some crazy designs like the Magis Spun Chair - which was a unique seat with a round, conical base that continuously rotates.
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But he decided to go a little further this time and, instead of relying on a printing farm like he did his last chair, he was going to print every single piece himself.
To design the expensive Fortune chair, Kert said he used an iPad app called Nomad Sculp, which he found to be easier for organic sculpting than traditional computer software. He explained that he picked up quickly after 'watching just a few YouTube tutorials.'
Without access to a large 3D printer, he took a segmented approach, splitting the chair into '21 large chunks' to make it printable.
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Although, some of the awkwardly shaped pieces had to be further divided to avoid the need for extra support material. For binding, Kert used dowels and glue, which almost acted as welding.
After 24 hours of assembly, the 3D-printed chair was complete and the content creator was surprised by how comfortable it turned out to be. All that he needed to do to finish off was clean up the patchwork and give the chair a solid colour coat.
And to be honest, the final product is pretty impressive.
"I hope that Heller Furniture sees this video for what it is, a fun experiment that is incredibly impractical to scale, not cost-effective and not a threat to their business," he explained.
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"I hope people end up seeing how cool this chair is and they end up buying a real one."
Regarding cost, Kert calculated that the 17 spools of filament multiplied by $13 per spool brought the 'running cost of the chair to $306', which is more than a third cheaper than the original retail price. Not a bad day's work!
Many viewers were blown away by Kert's effort in his DIY project.
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"That was the wildest and most fun reveal ive ever seen lol." said one viewer.
"Holy s***, how much work you put into this chair is crazy," wrote another.
Like Kert said, the final chair doesn't have much practicality outside of being a home project, but it showcases the potential of 3D printing. And it proves that sometimes, taking on an impractical challenge can be just as rewarding as buying the real thing.