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I made this maple step stool for my 16 month old daughter. It is based on the design presented by Marc Spagnuolo. I used red maple that I had milled in June using an Alaskan mill from a tree that was listed for free on Craigslist. The lumber air dried in the Austin summer heat for about 4 months, and then spent a couple more months in my 40% RH attic once it cooled off a bit. This was a nice learning project for me as it presented the chance to make angled tenons and has lots of curved surfaces. I applied a transtint dye in alcohol, and then sanded that mostly off to pop the figure a bit, and then finished with wipe on poly made by diluting brush on poly 50/50 with mineral spirits. I used poly on it because I think it may see moisture being used at the sink.

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I really like this Bob,you did a very fine job.
 

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Straight from the tree. That's great! Love the contours on the stool.
 

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Really nice job. Good job on lumber.
 

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Beautiful stool!

How do you like that chainsaw mill?
 

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It looks like your daughter will have a beautiful keepsake for her daughter…nice work
 
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