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Three legged stool
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:03 pm
by rpd
Last weekend I finally finished the Christmas for my daughter, a three legged staked stool.
First time I have tried this type of construction, tapered and wedged through tenons.
Made from a piece of pine 2x12 that I had in stock. All work done with the 10ER, SS bandsaw and hand tools.
Leveling the feet with the V-drum sander.
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Finished stool.
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Turned out okay, learned lots and the next one will be better.
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:07 pm
by algale
I think it looks great!
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:26 pm
by garys
It looks great, and you will find it really useful. Over the years, I've built a number of 3 and 4 leg stools for myself and other family members. They are very useful in the kitchen if you have high cabinets.
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:57 pm
by davebodner
What did you use to cut the tenons?
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:05 pm
by rpd
garys wrote:It looks great, and you will find it really useful. Over the years, I've built a number of 3 and 4 leg stools for myself and other family members. They are very useful in the kitchen if you have high cabinets.
This one is chair height, The plans I worked from are for a high stool but I made the legs shorter,
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2018/08/2 ... igh-stool/
My daughter wants it to sit on when sewing.
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Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:16 am
by masonsailor2
Looks great ! Nice job. What kind of finish ?
Paul
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:39 am
by rpd
masonsailor2 wrote:Looks great ! Nice job. What kind of finish ?
Paul
A couple of coats of Watco Oil, topped with a coat of Trewax paste wax. (can't find Johnson's locally)
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:12 am
by BuckeyeDennis
I really like it — especially the wedged tenons. Those should last a long, long time, and they look nice to boot. I need to build myself a shop stool, and will definitely incorporate those when I do.
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:26 am
by JPG
BuckeyeDennis wrote:I really like it — especially the wedged tenons. Those should last a long, long time, and they look nice to boot. I need to build myself a shop stool, and will definitely incorporate those when I do.
Agreed! However I like them when they are blind.
Re: Three legged stool
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:34 am
by rpd
davebodner wrote:What did you use to cut the tenons?
The tenons through the seat are tapered, I roughed them in on the lathe (10ER) and finished with a 5/8" tapered tenon cutter from Lee Valley.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.a ... 2288,54835
The tenons on the stretchers are straight 5/8" and I turned them on the lathe.
The mortises were drilled 5/8" and the ones in the seat were opened up to match the tenons with a large standard reamer from Lee Valley.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.a ... 3317,54864
The wedges are oak and I cut them on the bandsaw.
This is after the glue up (liquid hide glue), and before the tenons were trimmed flush.
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