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So I finally made a project from a plan. I saw this folding step stool in the June issue of Woodsmith. I’ve been wanting to make one for my wife, but never found a nice compact design. So my wife said I should make one for her mother (since she’s short too) and one for her.
This is the one for my mother-in-law. She looooooves butterflies. You should see her place . . . they’re everywhere. So I did an inlay out of some walnut and pen blank material. I saw a similar inlayed butterfly here on Lumberjocks. The antenna is epoxy tinted black. I happen to work for a company whose name begins and ends with the letter “X”. So I have access to as much tinting material as I want. I’m excited it worked, so I’ll be doing future inlays with various colors.
I tried Behlens Rock Hard Table top finish for the first time. I put too much on the first few coats and ran into some “running” issues. But it turned out ok.
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a1Jim
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posted 138 days ago
Very nice folding sttep stool wirh nice inlaytoo
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jockmike2
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posted 138 days ago
Nice looking stool. Love the inlays.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 138 days ago
Very nice. I’m planning on building one of those myself.
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patron
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posted 138 days ago
sweet !
im sure they are both happy .
well done .
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michaelray
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posted 138 days ago
Very nice. I was thinking about doing this one too. Nice detail with the inlay. Looks like you made the stool from maple, correct?
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ytsejamr
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posted 138 days ago
Yes . . maple. Totally forgot to mention that.
CharlieM1958
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posted 138 days ago
That is a beauty. Love the butterfly.
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reggiek
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posted 138 days ago
I have that issue also…saw the step stool but was not that impressed with their results…
yours is impressive…I might have to rethink the possibilities….
nicely done.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 138 days ago
That’s a nice project.Looks very very nice in fact.I alway fancied making one of those stools/tables which folds up into a kitchen chair.Alistair
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ytsejamr
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posted 138 days ago
It’s not that much different than the issue. I didn’t like the plugs they used, and I don’t really like oak . . . but other than that and the inlay . . . it’s exactly what the plan called for.
majeagle1
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posted 79 days ago
Don’t know how I missed this one…............. Really nice stool and you did a fantastic job on the butterfly inlay…
My wife is also a butterfly fanatic, this may be a project to do !!! I’ll get lot’s of points for doing it…..
Thanks for sharing.
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