| Project by DocT | posted 203 days ago | 628 views | 7 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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The seat of this stool was a study in capturing grain direction. I wanted a tall back and deep seat with an almost saddle effect. My goal was to select a forked log of black walnut so that I could capture continuous long grain fibers from front to back. The back (or cantle) veers into the limb, and the front (pommel) comes from the trunk. The curly figure in the seat was a pleasant surprise!
I built the tripod log base from Hedge (Bois D’Arc). It is through tenoned (and splined) at the seat. I selected the tripod mainly because I intend to keep this as shop furniture, and this keeps it from wobbling on an uneven floor or a pile of shavings.
I sculpted the seat initially with a chainsaw blade on the angle grinder then switched to a Kutzall wheel. Once the seat fit my ”hiney” pretty well, I faired the curves with sandpaper and finished the seat with sprayed lacquer.
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Blake
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posted 203 days ago
Wow, this is beautiful.
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jockmike2
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posted 203 days ago
That hump looks like it may hurt, me anyway. Beautiful grain though.
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Dusty56
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posted 203 days ago
Great idea and that Walnut is gorgeous !
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johnpoolesc
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posted 203 days ago
the design is almost a perfedt copy of pre 1950 tractors.. they were steel and you could sit them for 12 hours and still walk,
that is the best use of any piece of wood i’ve seen posted.. the seamed trapped inside that walnut, looks like you set if free..
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Spoontaneous
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posted 202 days ago
Yeah, I agree that this is a sharp piece. Great use of a great piece of wood. Where the comes through looks like a face to me. And it did remind me of a tractor seat also. Very nice work.
mmh
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posted 202 days ago
The seat is beautifully done. I’d like to see the legs in a similar style. Beautiful wood.
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Schwieb
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posted 201 days ago
This is nice shop furniture. I like it. I’ve always thought that shop fixtures and cabinets should be as nice as anything else we build. We live with it, work with it, and spend as much time with it as we do in our homes. I might fall into the category of spending more time in my shop than my house. My wife thinks so anyways. Very nice work.
Dr Ken Schwiebert
Williston, FL
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a1Jim
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posted 201 days ago
kind of a rustic Moser. I like it. especially the seat.
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