| Project by Julian | posted 208 days ago | 464 views | 0 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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I’ve been really getting into using hand tools lately, and the worn out garbage scored stool I was using was beat, not to mention about 4 inches too high. I decided to give chair making a try, and this is what I came up with. I had an ipe 2×6 left over from a pair of adirondak chairs I built a while back, and a piece of maple that was just lying around, so this is what I set out to use for the stool. All of the joinery was done by hand. Getting the 5.5 degree mortises just right was a challenge, but it was a fun one. I used ebony wedges in the top of the legs where they stick through the top for extra strength. I finished the stool with a few wash coats of amber shellac cut 50/50 with DNA, then sprayed a few coats of satin laquer over that. I now have a sturdy stool to use in the shop that is at the perfect height for me. I’m hooked on chairs now, and would love to get into building some nice ones.
-- Julian, Park Forest, IL
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Junji
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posted 208 days ago
Simple but nice looking stool, I like it. No screw nor nail? Very good.
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Walt33
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posted 208 days ago
Nice work the stool looks good. I am trying my hand at making one as well. Did you use Dowel rods for the supports on the legs and if so what size were they.
-- Favorite saying to work by "It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!"
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 208 days ago
If you have the bug, let ‘er rip!! You have the hang of it, that’s for sure :-))
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Napaman
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posted 208 days ago
this needs to go in your house…not the shop!!! its tooooo nice…
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mmh
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posted 208 days ago
Very nice! I agree, it needs to go by the countertop or desk for all to see. But then, it looks sturdy and comfortable. It’s a very marketable style too. I’d love to see more versions of this.
-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 208 days ago
That looks great!
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
a1Jim
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posted 208 days ago
Hey Juilan
Very nice stool I will last a long time with Ipe.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Julian
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posted 207 days ago
Walt, there is no dowels used in the stool. All the joints are mortise and tennon.
-- Julian, Park Forest, IL
sIKE
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posted 207 days ago
Very nice stool! The Ipe finished out very nicely. I have a 4”x6”x5’ piece of Ipe I have been figuring out how to use.
-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"