Bar stools

**Harry72** · 11th June 2006, 12:10 AM

Some stools I've made to match a bar(aussie leaning post... a search will find it)I made last year for a workmate.
All crapiarta pine, base's is all joined with through M&Ts except the foot rests witch have finger joints on the corners, they have heavy duty spindle/L'susan bearings(3mm steel!)seat is laminated 2 layers and tilted back about 4 degrees, seat back is M&T'd into the seat base and the spats are half lapped into the top rail.
The seat squabs are my fisrt attempt at upholstering furniture(... ex car audio head!).
They're very comfy with testing so far, the squabs have 30mm high density foam with a layer of 20mm low density foam on top, the upholsterer I got the gear from gave me some "slip foam" to put inbetween the 2 layers too facilitate movement. They're soft to touch then get harder once you put some body weight on them.
Finish is walnut oil base stain and poly.
All up they cost about $80ea to make

3 of them, tried taking the pic inside but turned out crap!

Outside in the sun light, can see colour much better

Some of the joinery...

All 6 of them

The bar they will be situated at

**NewLou** · 11th June 2006, 12:15 AM

Nice work HArry

Well executed design n like the finish you went with..................what did you find was the hardest part of the project?

.................HAve a greeny (When I'm allowed to give you one ................ wish those bloody (^($%@^(%(@$#(%^ didn't muck around with the previous rep system the new one Sucks with a capital S)

REgards Lou

**DJ’s Timber** · 11th June 2006, 12:23 AM

Nice stools Harry

Like the foot rest, nice job on the upholstery

Cheers DJ

**Harry72** · 11th June 2006, 12:42 AM

Hardest part, getting the half laps nice on the top rail as the spats are splayed slightly so the outside spats go into the rail less and at a different angle... took 3 separate router jigs to do this!

**NewLou** · 11th June 2006, 12:45 AM

Yikes........................I'll Bet

All the same for what its worth well done HArry you pulled off getting through all those PINA jobs to achieve the end result!!!

REGards Lou

**Ticky** · 11th June 2006, 12:57 AM

Harry, I remember the Leaning Post, great job, & The stools will set it off great as well. I Really like the colour you have gone with on the stools, can you give me a bit more detail. EG, Brand, No of coats etc.

steve

**Harry72** · 11th June 2006, 02:47 AM

Its wattyl walnut brown oil based stain and wattyl cheap ass poly unipac(terrible stuff, Cabots rule ok!), only 1 coat of stain brushed on evened with a rubbing rag(french polish rubber)then buffed off with a clean rag.
Finish is sprayed... I dont like brushing poly.
1st coat of poly was thinned 50/50 with turps denibbed with some 0000 steelwool then the second coat was tinted with some stain and thinned 80/20, denibbed again then final coat thinned 95/5 for a nice gloss.

Hint, to get stain this dark on crapiarta dont final sand any more than 180g, its the roughness of 180 that holds on to the solids of the stain... if you sand to 320 it will not stain as dark(end grain excluded) and if your not finishing with thick poly dont do it.

**damienhazo** · 11th June 2006, 03:25 AM

Elegant yet strong, modern yet rustic, artistic yet inviting. My hat's off to ya mate! A greeny's already been logged. And to prove one wasn't a fluke, you went and made another 5!

Damn show-off

Damien

**RufflyRustic** · 11th June 2006, 01:27 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk about impressive!!!!

Great Job! I think they match the bar beautifully!

Cheers
Wendy

**AlexS** · 11th June 2006, 02:20 PM

Nice result Harry, looks nice & robust, & eevn though it's only crapiata you've come up with a design that suits the material and where it will be used. Like the arrangement of the footrest. Well done.

**Harry72** · 11th June 2006, 05:30 PM

Yeah I thought Id try something different, I allways found the problem with bar stool foot rests is your feet end up squeezed between the legs of the stool... ok for the girls but can be uncomfortable for the blokes(you know what I mean!)
So by putting a chair leg in the middle your feet go each side no problems... and the girls can still sit like a lady so to speak

**Auld Bassoon** · 11th June 2006, 08:17 PM

Great stuff Harry! Some ingenious thinking that has paid off!

**Ticky** · 12th June 2006, 12:57 AM

Thanks for the tip Harry, now I know why I have not been able to achieve the darker colours.

Once again, well done.

Steve

**zenwood** · 12th June 2006, 09:26 AM

The design of these stools is sheer brilliance. The "open-air" footrests should make them really comfy. Very impressed with the thought put into them, the nice joinery, very smooth looking upholstery and beautiful looking finish.

Greeny on way.

**Studley 2436** · 12th June 2006, 09:50 AM

great stuff there Harry. Very impressive design and execution. Doing six of them is pretty big stuff.

You surely aren't still worried about working with Hardwoods? Considering how good the stuff you are putting out is.

Studley

greenies from me

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