So I had some spare timber lying around the place and I decided it's been a while since I made a stool. As it happens the wife just got a new easel for her drawing and i thought it might make a good seat to pair with it. Anyway, i completed the stool based on a simple design i had in my head and as i was finishing applying the last coat of danish oil my parent dropped in and mentioned how much they liked the design and how it would be good if they could replace their old plastic cheapo set they have.....so off we go to the timber supply.
Here is the "prototype" one off that i made. Just simple 3/4in dowels with legs that are 5 degrees offset in each direction. The top is attached with through dowels as well.
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Since I will be making another four of these I thought it best to actually make a "jig" to hold the legs in place while i drill the dowel holes (needs to be done before i cut the 5 degree angles) since the last time i did this i kinda just held it in place and that wasn't super safe, you can imagine a 700mm piece of hardwood spinning at 500rpm when it grabs onto the forstner bit you are trying to retract.... oops.
So i cobbled together this jig below with some scrap. Worked quite well...and much safer. The poor cheapo forstner bit wasn't too happy about all the end grain it had to cut through though. Unfortunately I ordered a new tungsten tipped one a bit too late and i just couldn't wait to get started. More sharpening in my future i suspect to keep the cheapo HCS bit alive long enough to finish this project.
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Next it will be time to cut the angles on the legs and do some jointing on the blackwood pieces for the tops. The legs are recycled messmate (vic ash i think) from a piece of 170x40 that I ripped down to 40x40 on my bandsaw (since i don't have a tablesaw due to space restriction).
More soon.
Here is the "prototype" one off that i made. Just simple 3/4in dowels with legs that are 5 degrees offset in each direction. The top is attached with through dowels as well.
IMG_20140715_084225[1].jpg
Since I will be making another four of these I thought it best to actually make a "jig" to hold the legs in place while i drill the dowel holes (needs to be done before i cut the 5 degree angles) since the last time i did this i kinda just held it in place and that wasn't super safe, you can imagine a 700mm piece of hardwood spinning at 500rpm when it grabs onto the forstner bit you are trying to retract.... oops.
So i cobbled together this jig below with some scrap. Worked quite well...and much safer. The poor cheapo forstner bit wasn't too happy about all the end grain it had to cut through though. Unfortunately I ordered a new tungsten tipped one a bit too late and i just couldn't wait to get started. More sharpening in my future i suspect to keep the cheapo HCS bit alive long enough to finish this project.
IMG_20140716_174113.jpgIMG_20140716_174119.jpg
Next it will be time to cut the angles on the legs and do some jointing on the blackwood pieces for the tops. The legs are recycled messmate (vic ash i think) from a piece of 170x40 that I ripped down to 40x40 on my bandsaw (since i don't have a tablesaw due to space restriction).
More soon.
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