A little stool for the granddaughters

[Al Navas]

Cherry with three coats of Waterlox Sealer/Finish, and one topcoat of Waterlox Satin. Not slippery at all with the satin finish when wet.

Used pocket hole joinery throughout.


Al

[Jay Knoll]

Al, that is one great job -- and exactly what SWMBO wants for her office! Do you have plans or did you just wing it?

Jay

[Al Navas]

Thanks, Jay. I based this one on a little old stool we found at a garage sale. I came up with a lager surface area, to provide better balance for larger feet and full-sized people .

The legs are at 10° from vertical, and the ends on the bottom stretcher (under the top) are also cut at 10° - this piece keeps the legs from splaying open. The whole thing is reinforced with 1-1/2" strips with the ends beveled at 10°, with the longest edge on the bottom - these prevent racking side-to-side ands provide some "balance" to the design.

Although I used cherry, just about any hardwood should be OK.

Everything is pretty much 3/4" milled stock all the way around; I started with 4/4 cherry, and did not even bother with the little sap wood that found its way in the legs, since the Waterlox evened tones a bunch.

A nice little project for pocket hole joinery.


Al

[Jim Becker]

That's a kewel little stool!! Nice project.

[Brian Buckley]

Al, this is the exact stool I want to build for my Grandson. It is the same stool I built in Junior High shop class some 100 years ago. Thanks for the specs.

Brian

[Jay Knoll]

Al

Thanks, I think I've got it in my mind's eye, except for your comment:

The whole thing is reinforced with 1-1/2" strips with the ends beveled at 10°, with the longest edge on the bottom - these prevent racking side-to-side ands provide some "balance" to the design.

Do you have a pic from the side, or can you expand on this?

Are these strips "tucked under" the top and butt up against the inside of the legs where the top and leg intersects?

Thanks

Jay

[Al Navas]

Al

Thanks, I think I've got it in my mind's eye, except for your comment:
The whole thing is reinforced with 1-1/2" strips with the ends beveled at 10°, with the longest edge on the bottom - these prevent racking side-to-side ands provide some "balance" to the design.

Do you have a pic from the side, or can you expand on this?

Are these strips "tucked under" the top and butt up against the inside of the legs where the top and leg intersects?

Thanks

Jay

Here you go, Jay: A shot of the aprons, or "reinforcing" strips (I was totally blank on this term - NOW I can attribute it to age...) to control racking. These are screwed in place; keeping with the pocket hole joinery of the project, I did not cover up these screws.

In this shot you can also see that I placed the pocket holes above the stretcher, so that you cannot see them when looking at the underside of the stool. Just my little design thing.

Enjoy!

Al

[Jay Knoll]

Al

Got it! Thanks so much, that puts things "in perspective"

I appreciate the effort you made for the other picture

Jay

[Al Navas]

Glad that you liked this little project, Jim, Brian and Jay! My daughter loves it now that her girls have easier access to the sink in the bathroom - and it helps make things a little less messy, too .


Al