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Captain's Chair Build (startrek.website)
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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 :)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have any suggestions but I NEED you to post pictures whenever you're done

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I will be posting every step in my process in this thread so I will give you lots of pics :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

yessss

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

There's an episode of Enterprise about this. The first thing you're going to want to do is get a full detail 3D scan of your entire body

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No idea how you are with electronics, but it would be sweet to have a tablet with an LCARS layout built into a display for controlling your music and ~~tv~~ main viewscreen, as well as any smart home devices you might have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah thats a great idea. I think the arm rests are too narrow for a full tablet but Ill see if my old android phone will fit- would be super cool to have interactive controls that actually do things

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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 👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theres a keyboard that a dude scammed a bunch of people with called like the King's Assembly. Not sure how keen you are on fitting that in the arms for the full look of controls right there but that would be sweet. It never came out though, so sourcing the parts or parts like them will be difficult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh yeah I found it, thats neat however it looks more TOS era i think im going to go for touchscreen buttons like everything after TNG

King’s Assembly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, its probably too thin to seat an android tablet with the LCARS launcher in the arms. I tried searching for thin touch screens to no avail.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you seen Adam Savage's video on building his own?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

New update - the sign for behind my desk (and the future captain's chair) got installed today

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All setup and ready to start modifications.