I have two chairs that I want to reupholster, the fabric and foam are the easy part.
The way the chair is made the seat frame can't be removed without taking the chair apart.
Here is the chair, and what I am dealing with.
Is it practical to get the chair apart? The chair is glued and very sturdy, it's not just a matter of tapping with a hammer. Maybe I need to reupholster in place and give up the idea of getting it apart?
I'm leaning towards cutting the mdf frame (horizontally in the bottom picture) then gluing/screwing a plate on later, rather than risking disassembly and making the chair weaker.
The missing gusset in the bottom picture (top right bracket) was removed for 'investigation', it's not missing or broken.