Project Information
This is a departure from my usual work; and is intended more as an exercise in utilizing shop-scraps. Perhaps the most expensive foot stools ever made.
I recently upgraded my shop's main equipment, and needed a non-commission focus for the get-acquainted period with my new equipment - I upgraded to a sliding table saw (from a Delta cabinet saw) and a jointer/planer combo (in lieu of my old 6" powermatic jointer and DeWalt 735 planer). A sliding and j/p combo requires very different methods of work.
A few years ago I built foot stools for both my daughter and wife - both of the stools were deemed 'too niece' to use for painting and rough duty work; so, I decided that scrap plywood and waste hardwood pieces would yield functional stools - both readily available within the shop.
The two sizes are meant for different end-users: the smaller one can easily support my daughter, and the larger one is for my frame and weight.
Construction is 3/4" plywood tops, Sapele legs on the smaller one; Ash on the larger, with Maloof/Taylor stopped-joints throughout - no dominos, screws of other hardware for the assembly. All sides are further supported by 1" stiffner.
So…, if you have the need for a functional project to utilize scrap wood - I'll offer this. My next work will be a contemporary end-table; and, my equipment is now ready for prime-time.
Everyone, Do Take Care.
MJCD
I recently upgraded my shop's main equipment, and needed a non-commission focus for the get-acquainted period with my new equipment - I upgraded to a sliding table saw (from a Delta cabinet saw) and a jointer/planer combo (in lieu of my old 6" powermatic jointer and DeWalt 735 planer). A sliding and j/p combo requires very different methods of work.
A few years ago I built foot stools for both my daughter and wife - both of the stools were deemed 'too niece' to use for painting and rough duty work; so, I decided that scrap plywood and waste hardwood pieces would yield functional stools - both readily available within the shop.
The two sizes are meant for different end-users: the smaller one can easily support my daughter, and the larger one is for my frame and weight.
Construction is 3/4" plywood tops, Sapele legs on the smaller one; Ash on the larger, with Maloof/Taylor stopped-joints throughout - no dominos, screws of other hardware for the assembly. All sides are further supported by 1" stiffner.
So…, if you have the need for a functional project to utilize scrap wood - I'll offer this. My next work will be a contemporary end-table; and, my equipment is now ready for prime-time.
Everyone, Do Take Care.
MJCD