Rustic stool

Simple rustic beauty well done Junji

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Very nice work !!

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

hi junji ,
everytime you do something new ,
it’s like opening a present for me .
your work is very natural ,
and yet very simple .
mucho zen !

if it keeps twisting over the years ,
just cut a little off the offending legs ,
and make it stop rocking .
if it gets to short ,
your grandchildren can use it on the table to hold the tea pot !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Jim,

Thanks for the comment.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

John,
Thanks you! And wow, I just checked your projects and the birdhouses are so beautiful.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Very nice rustic stool. Great work.
It would look more rustic with round legs, I supposed.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Fantastic work, Junji! I like the wedged tenons.

-- Frank, Mississippi, http://www.stoutwoodworks.com

david,
I am very glad that you feel that way, and it’s really good to know that I can do something for somebody here.

About the twisting and shorten the legs, you are right! Someday, someday! My kids are still so young, 7 and 3, but I know it’s not so long as I imagine.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

woodworm,
Ah, very good suggestion! Actually I wanted to use rustic logs for the legs, but just didn’t have enough materials for that, and legs really needed to be dried. Round legs, mmmm thank you.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Frank,
the wedged tenon is one of my favorite too.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

I really like the simplicity of it and the beautiful texture of the top surface, very natural, great job!

Fantastic job again! This is very simple yet Beautifull. Stool or childs desk? Either way it is fine workmanship.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Looks good from here!!

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

awe that looks great. like the through tennon with the ebony wedge. er thats what it looks like.

Ryan,
Thanks.
I believe that making thing simple is always so important and very difficult at the same time.
Well, I again learnt so much from this project about the difficulty…

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

scrappy,
Yes, it’s funny that others don’t use it as I thought they would. But there is something I can learn from it too. The best thing about this project is that my daughter is happy about it.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

TopamaxSurvivor,
Thank you, thank you!

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

CSlabon,
Thank you.
The wedge is made of rosewood.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

The fit of the round through tenons is amazing and you found the perfect spot in the top to put them, so they blend in. I think this is what makes it look so ‘simple’. The tenons are there but very subtle as only the wedge is visible. Very nice! I can see why you say simple can be very difficult. It’s clear there was a lot of planning in this piece.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Steve,
Thank you for your complements, well that’s a way too good comment on my project… BUt surely I feel GOOD!

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Hey Junji, very very cool table. I am always looking foward to your next projects. thanks for posting.

Tom

-- I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine - Johnny Rotten

tomakazi,
Thank you. My daughter is using this as a table, and I am using it as a chair.
It’s been so hot in my shop so I can’t do much woodworking in summer, but I am also looking forward to new projects too!

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Beautiful job Junji. I think making rustic things is much more difficult than making other things. Very nice work.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Mike,
Thanks. Yes, that’s right in a way, but on the other hand, some things are not so difficult than others, like making it straight, or square. Since you don’t have to care much about being precisely accurate, everything tend to be up to your sense! That’s what is really interesting about rustic works, I think.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/