Showing posts with label woodworking stools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodworking stools. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

MilesR: My First Quarantine Project: Gaming Stool 157,482.31 Quatloos

My wargaming club, Army Group York has a wonderful clubhouse but there is one tragic flaw - wobbely stools.  Now, I'm not talking the lightly creeking a bit or a slight sway.  No, these terror inducers put the seator on a roller coaster ride of gyrations and gravity defying movement.  Something had to be done, and I'm just the pompous ass who thinks he should do it.

So here is the first test stool.  Now that I've refined the build process (in other words screwed up a lot), I will set about building 5 more for the club.

The seat is 14 inches square with round corners and edging (for comfort) and stands 30 inches tall.

 The seat panel was made by glueing up three 1" think planks and then flattening is with a hand plane.
I'm using lap joinery to ensure the framework is stable and will not wear free into the dreaded wobble sate.
Glueing up the top.  One can never have enough clamps.
 Finally attaching the seat.

Obligatory selfie made while sanding the thing.  There was a lot of sanding.
 I'm told by the various marketing people in companies that I invest in that nothing sells better than sex appeal.  With my lovely yet fierce wife treating COVID-19 patients and the quarantine, all we left with is me as a super model - so here I am in all my alluring glory - grrrrrr

After reviewing the rules of the quarantine challenge, I award myself 157,482.31 Quatloos.