Thread: a simple stool I designed and worked

Nice one mate!

You just reminded me i was meant to start on a set of 4 bar stools for my kitchen bench.

Nice work anyhow. What sort of stain are you going with? (if any)

I like it a lot - stools shaped like that always look so much more comfortable than the traditional (here, at least) round ones.

How did you shape it? Do you use hand tools?

Simplicity of design wins every time. Very nice, particularly the use of tenons with contrasting timber wedges.

Nicely done!
Not meaning to be too critical, but I would have oriented the stretcher mortices in the legs vertically - you have chopped away a good deal of the cross section the way it is. It may not matter - Spruce is a very strong wood despite its low weight!

Keep up the good work - what's next?

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Sandow

Nice one mate!

You just reminded me i was meant to start on a set of 4 bar stools for my kitchen bench.

Nice work anyhow. What sort of stain are you going with? (if any)

thank you for your nice comment. I Had to think hard about the finish, first I thought I'd put an really rough finish to it, and sanded it like in the picture, but later I moved away from that idea. I then sanded it smooth with finer grit sandpapers. Then I had to think about the finish. The stool got quite light in the color, all most white, and i liked that, it matched the low weight of the stool. I ended up making a mix of varnish and boiled linsed oil on it. It came out quite nice. But I don't have any pictures here of the stool.

Originally Posted by jaspr

I like it a lot - stools shaped like that always look so much more comfortable than the traditional (here, at least) round ones.
I was going to make a traditional stool at first, but just wanted to do something my own way

How did you shape it? Do you use hand tools?

mostly hand tools.

Originally Posted by rat52

Simplicity of design wins every time. Very nice, particularly the use of tenons with contrasting timber wedges.

thanks

Originally Posted by IanW

Nicely done!
Not meaning to be too critical, but I would have oriented the stretcher mortices in the legs vertically - you have chopped away a good deal of the cross section the way it is. It may not matter - Spruce is a very strong wood despite its low weight!

Keep up the good work - what's next?

Cheers,

I was thinking of that, but the picure lies a bit about the angles.
And it is very strong, and very low weighted.
I have done different furniture since then, I'll have to try and post about those projects later.

Great stool!
Is it possible to get much further north than northern Norway without bumping into Santa?
Hope to see some of Norway next year.

Nice stool mate.
whats with the little triangles on the seat? are they just asthetic or is there some tradition there?

Originally Posted by forunna

Nice stool mate.
whats with the little triangles on the seat? are they just asthetic or is there some tradition there?

Thank you, very good I dont know how you could tell. They are common used symbols in the sami tradition. "Sami are the are the indigenous people living north in Norway, Sweden, Finland and north east Russia."

Well done Geir_A
The wood doesn't look old as I can see the grains on the top.
Looks like pine but I guess its something else.
All the legs looks like from the same piece of timber is that correct?
The good thing about the stool is you can use it to make other things because sitting on a low stool while doing bits and pieces also to put new bits in your router sand small bits of wood anything will give you a sense of satisfaction.