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Little Steps for little feet!

Project by GaryK posted 436 days ago 845 views 1 time favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is the step stool I mentioned designing in another post.

I designed it for my daughter to reach the sink in the bathroom.

It’s made from Santos Mahogany and Peruvian Walnut. No fancy joinery just 24 1 3/4” long screws
with the heads plugged the the opposite colored wood. I didn’t ever want this to work loose, so glued
and screwed.

The steps are both 6” heigh. The only part I was worried about was it breaking at the inside corner at the first step, right in the middle. The third picture shows my solution so that it will never break. I added a spline lengthwise. I cut this by clamping the completed stool to the tablesaw fence and raising the blade up to the depth I wanted. Then cut the spline by setting my compass to 5” (the radius of my 10” blade) and marked the spline and cut it out.

Total time about 4 hours over two days.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.


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trifern

7890 posts in 646 days


posted 435 days ago

Nice looking and very functional step stool. Enjoy her, they grow up way too fast. Thanks for sharing Gary.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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brianinpa

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posted 435 days ago

That is some beautyful wood and I like the use of the opposing colored plugs. Great stool.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Scott Bryan

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posted 435 days ago

This is another well designed project. The contrasting woods add some nice details to the piece. I am sure you daughter will get a lot of use out of it before she gets big enough to reach the faucet on her own (which won’t be long.)

Now that you have given her this independence it won’t be long before she realizes that she can fill the sink and play in the water without help!! :)

Have fun and enjoy.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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CharlieM1958

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posted 435 days ago

I really like the wood colors and the opposing-color plugs.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Napaman

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posted 435 days ago

these woods are beautiful together…i love the “plugs”...

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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TomK

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posted 435 days ago

Looks great, Gary!

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

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Tony

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posted 435 days ago

Simple and effective, A good tip for the spline.

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

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thetimberkid

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posted 435 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Pathpounder

49 posts in 772 days


posted 435 days ago

Really nice. I bet your daughter loves doing for herself.

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Seer

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posted 435 days ago

Very Nice Gary

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Bradford

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posted 435 days ago

Excellent down to the splines.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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Dusty56

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posted 434 days ago

great stool for the little Princess to step on ….. thanks for the tip on the spline , Gary : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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DAN

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posted 434 days ago

nice work and good design detail

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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sharad

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posted 428 days ago

In keeping with your skills and ideas you have constructed a beautiful step stool for your princess. She will love it. It will be useful for the next one!
Sharad

-- patanjali

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Greg3G

770 posts in 964 days


posted 349 days ago

I don’t know how I missed this one, but I did. (my head must have been somewhere else that day.) I like the design. Very elegant and I expect it will be around for a long time.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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