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Topic Started: Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM (287 Views)
Rich
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About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.

I have tried assiduously as have my wife and son to upload an image but apparently it is too big and there is no URL attached to it and yet the caption competition images are the same size.

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Rich
Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM
About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.





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Edited by Steve K, Mar 12 2017, 11:58 PM.
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Norm Abraham ruined carpentry for me.
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Mar 12 2017, 08:28 PM
Rich
Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM
About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.





:thumbsup:

Steve, I am very much obliged to you, you are very accomplished when it comes to technical matters.

Thank you for the PM, I shall ask my eldest to investigate your suggestions in the PM and act accordingly. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Mar 12 2017, 11:43 PM
Norm Abraham ruined carpentry for me.
Strange indeed, conversely, 10 years ago whilst I took a week off of work to be here whilst the council "upgraded" my kitchen (it turned out to be 8 days) and was carried out by Laurel and Hardy, I digress, in between making copious cups of tea and coffee I tuned into the PSB channel from the USA and there was eight hours of Norm Abraham on and that is what got me going and enthusiastic about woodworking, in no way can it be said that I am anything more than just capable, but I just love diversifying after 40 odd years in engineering.

Most people would give an arm and a leg for a workshop like mine filled with every machine and power tool you could ever wish for.

I will never be bored in my retirement in 2019. !!===
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It's not the tools... It's space for me.

I suppose I could rent a garage across the road but I bet the tools wouldn't be there long :-(

The eyes aren't that good now for the small stuff.

I presume you're not ticking off months yet, eh?



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Mar 13 2017, 01:01 AM
It's not the tools... It's space for me.

I suppose I could rent a garage across the road but I bet the tools wouldn't be there long :-(

The eyes aren't that good now for the small stuff.

I presume you're not ticking off months yet, eh?



No Ranger, I enjoy my job and will consider carrying on beyond retirement if they want me to.

Now here is another thing, as of tomorrow I am taking a weeks annual leave to be here whilst the council upgrades my bathroom and WC, they (CLC, contractors) said it will be finished by friday next....we shall see, I made it quite plain that I did not want the same last two clowns to be here again.

I will keep the forum updated on a daily basis.
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Mar 12 2017, 11:43 PM
Norm Abraham ruined carpentry for me.
You mean "Naahm"...l

I've just seen what caskets and cremation urns sell for and I should start on my own, while I'm still young enough to make one. Just like Queequeg ...
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Mar 13 2017, 01:17 AM
. . I enjoy my job and will consider carrying on beyond retirement if they want me to. . . .
:thumbsup: a good plan
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Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM
About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.

I have tried assiduously as have my wife and son to upload an image but apparently it is too big and there is no URL attached to it and yet the caption competition images are the same size.

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I do admire people who can make stuff on the fly. Nice work Rich.👍
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Rich
Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM
About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.

I have tried assiduously as have my wife and son to upload an image but apparently it is too big and there is no URL attached to it and yet the caption competition images are the same size.

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Looks good! :thumbsup:

Can you knock me up an order for 500 by Friday?

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Mar 13 2017, 01:13 PM
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I can see why the chair is like that, just check out the cat flap in the background!
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Mar 13 2017, 01:17 AM
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Mar 13 2017, 01:01 AM
It's not the tools... It's space for me.

I suppose I could rent a garage across the road but I bet the tools wouldn't be there long :-(

The eyes aren't that good now for the small stuff.

I presume you're not ticking off months yet, eh?



No Ranger, I enjoy my job and will consider carrying on beyond retirement if they want me to.

Now here is another thing, as of tomorrow I am taking a weeks annual leave to be here whilst the council upgrades my bathroom and WC, they (CLC, contractors) said it will be finished by friday next....we shall see, I made it quite plain that I did not want the same last two clowns to be here again.

I will keep the forum updated on a daily basis.
Well, the crew of two arrived at 3 minutes to nine having travelled from Southampton (how can that be cost effective?)

Nonetheless, I moved my car to allow them to park right outside to save their legs, I put the kettle on whilst they set about their business and made them a cuppa accompanied with biscuits.

The next I heard from them was 1500 hours when they said that they were thirsty, so, more tea and biscuits and the same for me ;-)

They left at 1600 hours to travel back to S'ampton and they left everything neat and tidy, all the carpets had been covered with a clingfilm substance to protect them and the new bath was in situ and the pipework for the shower was chased into the wall and tiling had begun.

So far....10/10 for tradesmanship.....and I am all in favour of that, you know you have a goodun when they bring their own hoover and dustpan and brush. :thumbsup:

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I understood that I was on ignore??????
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When I reversed my car back up the road to let the contractors park their humungous van right outside of my abode I noticed that two doors down was getting rid of what she saw as rubbish.

I knew differently, in amongst the pile were 3x 5foot long by 24 inches wide and one inch thick solid pine boards.

My heart leapt, ode to joy...I knocked on the lady's door and asked if I could take them and she said I could, by the time they have been through my table saw and then thickness/planer they will look like brand new although probably only 3/4" thick....but that is plenty for most projects.

Once again, what other people throw away, I make use of, I allso picked up 3x 4ft length's of 1" square steel tubing, I have no idea what I will do with them yet but I am sure they will come in handy. ;-)

Total cost?.....zilch. :thumbsup:
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Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM
About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.

I have tried assiduously as have my wife and son to upload an image but apparently it is too big and there is no URL attached to it and yet the caption competition images are the same size.

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Nice job. Reminds me that my late wife, during her 'therapy days', made three good and sturdy stools, two of the shorter models and a taller one.
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I like the round spindles and the connections - very neat but I can't see if there are wedges in the ends. Are the legs upside down? or should they have boots? Load over area and all that.
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Mar 14 2017, 03:53 AM
Rich
Mar 12 2017, 08:05 PM
About 2 months ago, my work colleague (ex Gurkha) asked me if I could make a stool for his wife, she is suffering from arthritis and finds it very difficult to sit cross-legged on the floor to make her daily obeisance to "Bhudda as she needs help to get up afterwards.

So, of course, without a seconds thought I said of course, but, it has been too cold of late to be in my workshop and the timber needs to relax in neutral temps before milling it.

All the materials came fro a skip including the seat from a mobility scooter, the timber is Beech, as hard as rock and will outlive all of us.

I have never attempted a chair or stool before and the dilemma facing me was how to get 17mm holes drilled into round stock at 90 degrees and perpendicular to one another....well, I decided to make a "one off" jig to ensure the accuracy and it worked fine, but making this stool taught me one thing and that is that not only making a chair/stool is very complicated but so is the assembly.

it is all held together with dowelling and glue and will never come apart without destroying it.

I have tried assiduously as have my wife and son to upload an image but apparently it is too big and there is no URL attached to it and yet the caption competition images are the same size.

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Nice job. Reminds me that my late wife, during her 'therapy days', made three good and sturdy stools, two of the shorter models and a taller one.
Thanks Odders and others, the crucial thing here is the safety aspect, I am 100% certain that one could sit a saloon car on that stool without it collapsing due to the simple laws of perpendicularity and glued dowelling.

I have no doubt that my work colleague would not sue me if his arthritic wife suffered an accident whilst sat on the said stool.

So, you see, one has to make something to the same standards as would be required by the HSE, my only get out clause is that I gave it to him (for his wife to use) and he is not forced to use it if he has any doubts about it's integrity.

That scenario is not likely to happen as I tested it with my 15 stone son standing on it. ;-)
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Mar 14 2017, 08:58 AM
I like the round spindles and the connections - very neat but I can't see if there are wedges in the ends. Are the legs upside down? or should they have boots? Load over area and all that.
The spindles (rails) are dowelled with 8 mm dowels from the sides and the tops of the legs are also dowelled where they are glued into the square connections to the underside of the seat and those square connections are in turn connect to the underside by glue and screws....believe me mate, you would need a sledge hammer to destroy it......and yet it is as light as a feather (metaphorically speaking) but the method of construction and assembly ensures it's natural strength and sturdiness.

I love it when someone gives me a challenge, and this was a good one to conquer considering the small proportionality of the item and the usage thereof required of it. :)

I would add that my colleague's wife is no cynthia golightly, she is aged, short of stature but rather "heavy" and I say that in the nicest possible way.
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Mar 14 2017, 09:53 AM
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Mar 14 2017, 08:58 AM
I like the round spindles and the connections - very neat but I can't see if there are wedges in the ends. Are the legs upside down? or should they have boots? Load over area and all that.
The spindles (rails) are dowelled with 8 mm dowels from the sides and the tops of the legs are also dowelled where they are glued into the square connections to the underside of the seat and those square connections are in turn connect to the underside by glue and screws....believe me mate, you would need a sledge hammer to destroy it......and yet it is as light as a feather (metaphorically speaking) but the method of construction and assembly ensures it's natural strength and sturdiness.

I love it when someone gives me a challenge, and this was a good one to conquer considering the small proportionality of the item and the usage thereof required of it. :)

I would add that my colleague's wife is no cynthia golightly, she is aged, short of stature but rather "heavy" and I say that in the nicest possible way.
That's lovely Rich...you are a nice man... :thumbsup:
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Mar 13 2017, 07:59 PM
When I reversed my car back up the road to let the contractors park their humungous van right outside of my abode I noticed that two doors down was getting rid of what she saw as rubbish.

I knew differently, in amongst the pile were 3x 5foot long by 24 inches wide and one inch thick solid pine boards.

My heart leapt, ode to joy...I knocked on the lady's door and asked if I could take them and she said I could, by the time they have been through my table saw and then thickness/planer they will look like brand new although probably only 3/4" thick....but that is plenty for most projects.

Once again, what other people throw away, I make use of, I allso picked up 3x 4ft length's of 1" square steel tubing, I have no idea what I will do with them yet but I am sure they will come in handy. ;-)

Total cost?.....zilch. :thumbsup:
Womble alert!
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Mar 15 2017, 08:15 AM
Womble alert!
Nothing wrong with Wombling, it has over the years saved my wife and I a lot of money. Last year someone had thrown away £150 worth of leather motorcycle panniers in a rubbish bin. (Hardly Dangerous rider with more money than sense.) They only needed a repair, which I did using some horse harness leather strapping and buckles. Bit of work and £12 for bits.
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Mar 15 2017, 08:30 AM
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Mar 15 2017, 08:15 AM
Womble alert!
Nothing wrong with Wombling, it has over the years saved my wife and I a lot of money. Last year someone had thrown away £150 worth of leather motorcycle panniers in a rubbish bin. (Hardly Dangerous rider with more money than sense.) They only needed a repair, which I did using some horse harness leather strapping and buckles. Bit of work and £12 for bits.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a bit of a skip-rat myself.
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Rich
Mar 13 2017, 07:59 PM
When I reversed my car back up the road to let the contractors park their humungous van right outside of my abode I noticed that two doors down was getting rid of what she saw as rubbish.

I knew differently, in amongst the pile were 3x 5foot long by 24 inches wide and one inch thick solid pine boards.

My heart leapt, ode to joy...I knocked on the lady's door and asked if I could take them and she said I could, by the time they have been through my table saw and then thickness/planer they will look like brand new although probably only 3/4" thick....but that is plenty for most projects.

Once again, what other people throw away, I make use of, I allso picked up 3x 4ft length's of 1" square steel tubing, I have no idea what I will do with them yet but I am sure they will come in handy. ;-)

Total cost?.....zilch. :thumbsup:
Womble alert!
Skip divers rule....yeah :thumbsup:
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