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Thread: Salvage Timber Foot Stool
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23rd September 2012, 08:02 AM #1Novice
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Salvage Timber Foot Stool
Courtney Foot Stool.jpg
I had enough salvage and scrap timber in my shop to make something and I thought a foot stool for our daughter would make a good project. One problem was that my 1” thick white oak board was in pretty sad shape…it was really warped and looked like it was cut with a chainsaw at the mill and it was heavily weathered. I cut the oak down the center and flipped one of the pieces over then joined the two sections together. I then sawed the top and bottom for an overall thickness of 3/4” to eliminate the worst of the warp. The rest I had to take out with my plane and sander. I then added pine ends and sides as extensions to give it some more size. The rails under the top are joined to the legs with half-rabbet, the legs started out as solid pieces but the warp made it impossible to work on so I changed them to a square ‘U’ shape joined to the top with through mortises and tenons. I sculpted the top and the underside using my sander. I couldn’t get out all of the mill cut scars and my explanation is that they add character! All cuts and joints were made by hand.Last edited by Big Shed; 23rd September 2012 at 08:44 AM. Reason: Please use only standard font as per forum rules
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23rd September 2012, 03:42 PM #2Skwair2rownd
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Ah yes!! Nothing like the satisfaction to be had from takening something that appears worthless and getting such a fine result!!
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4th October 2012, 05:31 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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You made it look instantly old. Good.
I can still remember furniture in my grandparents' farm house like that.
Yeah, I could kick off my boots and put my feet up on that.
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