Project Information
This is the first real woodworking project I did, back in May 2016 before joining Lumberjocks. I just realized I had never posted it, so here goes. Hard to believe I've learned so much in 18 months.
Started out cutting a piece of plywood, drilling a handle, and mitering some skirts for it.
Then I measured up the angle I wanted the legs to be at, keeping them just inside the edges of the stool, which would make them less likely to be tripped over. The second picture in the gallery shows how I held them while I eyeballed a vertical cut. They came out pretty good for the ad-hoc workholding.
Then I cut rabbets on the legs so they would nest into the aprons. Again, I held the leg at a funny angle so that I was making a vertical cut.
Once the legs were trimmed, I screwed them into the seat. Two screws through the top of the seat, and two screws through each apron. Those legs are solid.
Legs on, the last bit was a bit of trim on the top of the stool. I was planning to use this while painting the foundation of my garage, which I would probably do while wearing shorts, and I didn't want splinters in my legs. Mission accomplished!
The stool is 18" high, which means it gets used as a sawhorse as well as a stool. I painted it with a couple coats of paint, and after two summers of using it a lot, it needs another coat of paint already.
Started out cutting a piece of plywood, drilling a handle, and mitering some skirts for it.
Then I measured up the angle I wanted the legs to be at, keeping them just inside the edges of the stool, which would make them less likely to be tripped over. The second picture in the gallery shows how I held them while I eyeballed a vertical cut. They came out pretty good for the ad-hoc workholding.
Then I cut rabbets on the legs so they would nest into the aprons. Again, I held the leg at a funny angle so that I was making a vertical cut.
Once the legs were trimmed, I screwed them into the seat. Two screws through the top of the seat, and two screws through each apron. Those legs are solid.
Legs on, the last bit was a bit of trim on the top of the stool. I was planning to use this while painting the foundation of my garage, which I would probably do while wearing shorts, and I didn't want splinters in my legs. Mission accomplished!
The stool is 18" high, which means it gets used as a sawhorse as well as a stool. I painted it with a couple coats of paint, and after two summers of using it a lot, it needs another coat of paint already.