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I made this stool as a practice piece for having legs splayed out at 5 degrees and making a formed seat. It was made from mahogany that was originally pool table frame that a friend rescued and delivered to me. I was working around holes left from its previous use. I wanted to make it narrow like the old Chinese stools which gave me the idea making one.
After I made it, my wife thought that it could function as her stool when she is sewing in the pull out cabinet in our hallway.
It was a good learning experience and a second one would go more smoothly. It was stained with ebony and followed up with early american with a wipe on poly finish.
-- Al Holstein "I wood do it"
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Prplhrtjarhead
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#1 posted 257 days ago
Sheesh! Nice piece for just a practice run.
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woodshaver
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#2 posted 257 days ago
Great job on your stool! I was wondering how you made the saddle in the seat top?
-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!
inchanga
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#3 posted 257 days ago
Really nice piece. I would be interested in knowing how you shaped the seat as well.
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helluvawreck
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#4 posted 257 days ago
That stool turned out nicely. Good work.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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#5 posted 257 days ago
Neat and smooth built and finish.
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#6 posted 257 days ago
A darn nice job. Love it and its a beauty too!
-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!
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#7 posted 257 days ago
It does look very comfortable – I am sure you wife will get many hours of use. So, I guess that means you need to make another one for yourself? And yes, I third or fourth a request for a description of how you shaped the seat.
-- Kay - Just a girl who loves wood.
Roger
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#8 posted 257 days ago
Looks like a super comfy stool for sure. Beautiful way to recycle a probably awesome pool table.
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woodshaver
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#9 posted 257 days ago
alholstein,
Thanks for the explaination on how you made the seat top. I put a link here incase anyone would like to see it.
Niice work! I’ll have to give that one a try someday.
http://lumberjocks.com/alholstein/blog/31889
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Loucarb
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#10 posted 255 days ago
Great looking stool Al.
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#11 posted 255 days ago
Nice handy bugger, good work.
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