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Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
 

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#2 ·
Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
Nice blog. I really like this stool a lot.
 

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#3 ·
Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
Great writeup, and awesome stool. Looking forward to building something similar!
 

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#4 ·
Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
Only glad it was usefull!
Jake: Let us know when you do!
 

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#5 ·
Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
So nice!
I love to see your workshop full of light now!
The stool became beautiful and I love your finish with the soap.
Plane maker too now, this blog raised the bar, way to go.
Love the picture where you use the new plane.
Best thoughts my friend,
Mads
 

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#6 ·
Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks Mads!
Things just look better in the summer..
 

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#7 ·
Shop Stool #2 (and curve soled plane)

This is a blog on creating this project.

After making my Shop stool I have gotten a lot of interest and questions like "can you make me one as well?" and "is it possible to make it from a light wood?"

Inspired from several people here that talk about making money on their woodwork I thought it would be usefull to make another stool experimenting with methods to potentially make it more production friendly.

Other than that i set up 3 goals:
- It should be made from a light colored and not too expencive wood that is easy to obtain. Choose larch for this project as it planes so nicely and smells great.
- In order to improve on my planing skills it should be made without any sanding. Only planes and card scarper allowed!
- I dont care much for yellow/orange colored woods and lighter colored woods does get quite orange when oiled or warnished. So i wanted to experiment with traditional soap finish that does not color the wood much.

First move was making a accurate, full scale template in order to get the angles right:
Wood Grass Composite material Font Roof


Last time I used excessive amounts of time on the seat curve and this time, inspired from this blog series, wanted to make a special, curved plane. Used the method and iron from this project:
Rectangle Wood Table Floor Wood stain


Wood Flooring Hardwood Musical instrument Guitar accessory


Cutting to the depth on the table saw and chiseling away the bulk:
Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Tool


And then the curve was leveled easily with the plane and a scraper:
Wood Tableware Hand tool Hardwood Wood stain


Cutting tennons:
Wood Gas Engineering Machine tool Automotive tire


Made a series of oak dowels using a dowelmaker seen here. The blade is from an old jointer plane that i was given. It was in too bad a shape to restore and note how worn down the blade is..
Wood Gas Plank Lumber Tool


And all the parts, ready to assemble:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


First glue up. Note that the dowels are angled to follow the lines in the legs:
Wood Outdoor furniture Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


Final glue up. Nice light in the ewening this time of the year:
Wood Gas Cone Plant Machine


Then on to the finish. Read about my initial experiments wit soap in my blog post here.
The soap is applyed with a sponge in thin layers and left to dry for at least a few hours. Applyed 4 layers of soap and left it to dry totally overnight before handling and sitting on it:The surface can then be buffed or a new layer applyed.
Food Plant Table Wood Tableware


In the corners the soap tend to make lumps. These are easily removed with an old tooth brush:
Wood Chair Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


After buffing the result is nearly invisible with a little low shine to it:
Rectangle Wood Wood stain Grass Natural material


And the final result in nice, low summer evening sun:
Stool Wood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table Grass


The plane, that I at first thought of as a quick´n dirty disposable turned out so nice that it got a few layers of my homemade Danish Oil. Think it is a keeper..
Tableware Wood Natural material Table Hardwood


This was a fun and rewarding project. Hope it can inspire others to experiment.
Let me know what you think!
Smile
 

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