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Dimensions: 26”H x 14 1/4”W x 12”D
Wood: Birch & Walnut
Finish: N/A
Taking inspiration from Kaleo's stool, I built this prototype to evaluate dimensions, scale, proportions and joinery aesthetic. I used Birch because it’s cheap and the Walnut was what I had laying around. I milled the 8/4 Birch down to 1 1/4” for the legs, then tapered the parts on the bandsaw. Once tapered, I cut away the profile bevels on the tablesaw. Pre-glued the miters and then cut and installed keys for strength. I hand shaped the front edge of the seat slats with a heavier round-over in the center tapering out to less on the edges for entry/exit and sitting comfort. I am still toying around with several other options for the seat but this was what I came up with for this version of the prototype (others include slung industrial felt or tooling leather or a solid carved wood seatpan….). Because it’s a prototype I probably won’t put a finish on it. My original concept was to make a down and dirty version, tweak as necessary and then make a few out of all walnut but now that this version is finished, I like the mixed wood species….. we’ll see how the final version comes out.
-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)
12 comments so far
Ampeater
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posted 485 days ago
I like it. The only thing that I would change is contouring the seat slats similar to the solid seat on Kaleo’s stool. As I get older, I appreciate comfort more and more.
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bfd
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posted 485 days ago
yup, that looks as great as I thought it would. Nice Fritz. I agree with the recommendation that if you go this route with the wood slats or solid wood that you should contour the seat pan a bit. Cannot wait to see what the final version will have for the seat material. The shaping and taper on the legs is just awesome. I do like the mixed wood on this. If you did do it out of walnut you could also do the splines out of ebony or wenge for a subtle constrast.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 485 days ago
Wonderful design! I suppose a little contouring of the seat would make it perfect, but that’s really looking hard to find anything wrong with a great stool.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Joe Brumley
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posted 485 days ago
Nice job Fritz. For a prototype that looks amazing. I am totally inspired. That is an excellent design and I can’t wait to see the final product. I too agree that a contour to the seat would set this chair off. I love the lines of the legs though.
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FritzM
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posted 485 days ago
thanks for the comments guys. they motivated me to take some quick action. I blogged it here so I wouldn’t clog this up and piss martin off ;).
-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)
mdf
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posted 485 days ago
Really nice!
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 485 days ago
Hi Fritz;
This is really nice.
Great craftsmanship.
Lee
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EternalDesign
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posted 485 days ago
looks amazing fritz.
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trifern
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posted 485 days ago
Very nice build. Thank you for sharing.
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Dorje
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posted 485 days ago
Cool design. I like the contrast of the woods… I can see this in a hard maple/walnut combo. The all walnut with really dark keys would be really nice too…
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
thetimberkid
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posted 484 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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Sonny
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posted 455 days ago
looks good dude