Saddle Style Barstool - How do I do it?

Are you talking about stools that look like this?

If so, I’ve done this using a router sled, with the contour of the saddle.

-- Nicky

On lowes project center/shop class there’s a free tutorial on making bar stools/pub table like that very easily. You can make it as simple or a complicated as you want using that basic format to do it. I’ll see If I can find the link and post.

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/idea-library/projects/pub_table_0909.aspx#.URk7AWjF0Us.email

I emailed it to myself using that link, so I hope it works. Check it out.

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

Nicky, you are correct, I just learned what a saddle style seat was as well…
Wow, thanks for that BerBer, I didn’t think it would be so time consuming, is there any other way?

Thanks for your help…

-- Brian - www.dnrapparel.ca

When the question came up, my first thought, was of Trixi’s Bar in Ovando, MT where they mounted real
saddles on the stool posts and used them for seats. It would be expensive to make that type of saddle
stool.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

Just band saw the shape you want in the seat
boards before you glue them up. Glue it up,
then refine the shape cross-grain with a travisher,
scrape, then sand.