Thread: Fourteen stools in a weekend

Last weekend I set about creating 14 wooden stools for my classroom, I already have 14 metal ones.

It means that I can provide small engaging chunks of theory in the prac room rather than going to a separate theory room and have the students disengage after about 15 minutes.

I used the Wolfenden doweling drill at work for the 900 holes which took less than two hours. At home I had 10 cramps to cramp the frames together, the frames consisted of two legs and two rails.

The frames were glued up every three hours starting at 6 pm on Friday and finishing at 6 am on Saturday morning. Getting up at 3 am was the hardest part of the whole process.

I used another two rails to join the frames together, this process was carried out every three hours starting at 2 pm, it and took until 11.00 pm on Saturday night to finish.

On Sunday morning I put a pencil round on the corners of the legs and seat and then glued and screwed the seat to the top rails. By 11.00 am Sunday morning the stools were finished.

I have did not apply a finish to the stools, but after a bit of use I might apply some shellac.

Daniel