Anyone Ever Make A Wooden Toilet Seat?

Not me, but it sounds like a good challenge. Just be sure to sand it really well!

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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

Charlie – This is a perfect place to use Martins new toy.

This is what Charlie was talking about:

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

Hey

I haven’t made any seats, but I have broken a few.

I do believe your sister in-law may be correct though: I did thing the wooden seat was more comforatable that the plastic seats you can buy.

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

you can get one already made for cheaper than the wood costs at home depot or lowes. It would be a lot of shaping and carving to ge the ight shape on your own.

-- making sawdust....

With careful measurements however you could custom fit it as opposed to buying a one-size-fits-all from the box store.

Bill, I don’t think so… but thanks…

Chuck

-- Chuck [Elgin, IL]

Perhaps a picture is in order to get us started in Sketchup! <vbg>

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

FWIW I live at Lake Tahoe and as such there are lots of “rustic” style places here complete with wood toilet seats. In nearly every instance where I have seen one that failed it was one that used cross grain construction similar to that in the picture that GaryK posted. I have never seen one fail that was made up of a parallel glue up. I know that face frames are made up of cross grain (rail and stile) construction and they don’t fail in the same room so I have no explanation for why this might be. It is just an observation. Face frame construction seems to fail in this application and a tabletop like construction doesn’t. Interestingly enough the big boxes in Reno sell mostly the latter construction now.

I saw one with an adapter so the toilet seat could be put onto a trailer hitch, so you could have the seat out in the woods.

I hadn’t realised until just now that our throne was in the news. Thanks Charlie and Gary for the publicity! There are no signs of failure yet and I can honestly say it’s the most comfortable I’ve ever encountered, albeit a little on the heavy side.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

I made one once. It was made out of ash. Because of the moisture issue it separated at the joints. I have one now that I bought at HD and it is laminated and it has no problem.

-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.