As they say…”no good deed…”
Management decided that, since my Asymmetrical Footstool turned out “OK“, I needed to build another to be gifted as a Christmas present. You all know Christmas…that holiday that is only seven days away!! I explained all of the issues surrounding material and time. I made a compelling argument against the probability of getting a footstool completed. She listened, nodded in understanding of my points and told me…
“you had best get started then.”
I used up the last of my oak leg stock on the last footstool. So leg material was the first problem to solve. I scrounged around in the shop and turned up a chunk of oak that I had salvaged from a pallet many moons ago. It’s just big enough to generate four legs. Problem solved.
One of the goals of the last footstool was to create a double layer top design that could be made with a single sheet of 3/4″x24″x48″ piece of plywood. Just to keep things interesting, I decided to see what I could do with a 24″x24″ piece of ply. So I set out early this morning for the big box home center and picked up a piece of ply.
This will be a design on the fly kinda project. After working thru a couple of ideas, I hit upon using an equilateral triangle.
Revised 12/21/2016-added design drawing.
With the design worked out, I headed out to the shop to roughly cut the two pieces and get them glued together.
Next I needed to divide up the chunk of oak into leg stock.
After testing my layout method once again and a round on the shaving horse and a little wood burning, the legs were done.
Tomorrow I’ll shape the top and install the legs. I may actually be able to pull this thing off for Christmas.
Greg Merritt Part 2
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Three legged stools are a great idea. I can’t think of the number of times I’ve scrounged up enough wood for three of four legs and ended up purchasing a larger piece that I can get four from. Good luck.
My off-cut pile is huge, but pickn’s are slim. I did mange to squeeze four legs out of that block though. I figured a three leg stool would give me a spare. If I went with a four leg design I would for sure make an error and end up short. 😉
Nice legs. You have a good eye for what’s hiding in those rough pieces.
Sometimes I get lucky, sometimes I don’t. I’m always on the lookout for material. Its surprising how much wood you can find when your not too picky.
Some orders you just can’t refuse! Hah, I’m sure you’ll have it finished on time.
LOL…your not wrong! I’m off to a good start, but still have a 50hr work week ahead of me at my day job.
Management rules…. oh boy how I understand you :O 😛
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