I forgot to mention my parameters for this project. Besides the ones set out by the build-off itself (build in one day), I imposed some of my own limits:
- I want to use only lumber I already have on hand.
- I want to use only tools I already have (no new tools just for this).
- The stool should have a small-ish footprint to avoid being more trouble than it is worth, as my shop is only about 100 square feet in size. I'll call it a bonus if this stool fulfills multiple functions to earn it's real estate in my shop. Bonus #2 is if it happens to look nice.
It should be easy enough. Right?
I settled on a rough shape similar to a bar stool I saw at work. Except, instead of being engineered to be mass produced cheaply, mine will essentially be a Windsor chair. At least, it will have a solid seat that the legs bore into.
If this is what I want, I need to make the ends of my legs round.
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A triangle to keep the legs in order. |
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I'll attempt to find the center of this 8-sided shape, so I can draw a circle. |
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Close enough. |
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This is a temporary shoulder. It is square, and once the leg is installed, it will need to be trimmed to whatever angle the leg happens to be at. |
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Ready to make the end a dowel. I'm sure there are some great tools to do this with. I don't have them, so I'll use a chisel, a rasp, and whatever else I can find to do this the old-fashioned way. |
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So far, so good! |
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It fits in my test piece! |
Next up:
Fitting the legs to the seat.
View the rest of my build
here.
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