Rustic bar stool #4

Here's another stool I made.  Minus a table saw, planer, jointer, chop saw and band saw, this was done completely by hand.  I shaped the seat, legs, and cross members with spoke shaves.  The stool is quite comfortable and very light even though it's made from Oak.  I ebonized the wood with my vinegar/steel wool mixture which gives it the black tone.

Unfortunately this one doesn't 'match' the others so it's on to rustic bar stool #5...

Work stool

Stand-up desks are all the rage at work.  There's supposed to be all kinds of health benefits, you stay more alert, etc, etc.  I moved desks at work so I'm trying it for the time being.  We'll see how it goes.

Anyway, a co-worker uses a stand-up desk and his china made stool broke into pieces.  Fortunately no one was hurt.  The top part was still good so I made a new base.

The legs are made from a nice tuba-for.

The dowel cross members have a walnut wedge to hold the joint tight.  These are super strong.

Rustic bar stool #3

Well I finally finished rustic bar stool #3.  The legs are just cheap 2x4 material (not even sanded) and the top is oak.  It's very wide and quite comfortable.  The legs were stained dark then given one light coat of yellow-ish paint.

Collect the whole set.

Oh but wait, rustic bar stool #2 'tips over too easy'.  So it's back to the drawing board for the rustic bar stool collection.  Drew's reaction was the same as mine.

Rustic bar stool #2

The top of this one is made from the Ambrosia Maple I got for 50 cents a board foot.  I wish now I would have bought the whole pile.  It's very cool looking wood.

Two down, one to go...

Rustic, ant hole bar stool.

This is (was) first of 3 new bar stools I'm making.  Unfortunately this one is too narrow, has rungs too low, and full of holes that hurt ones butt.  The top is walnut stained honey locust and the bottom is painted/glazed poplar.

The holes don't hurt his butt.

Before I spend more time on this...

.... yay or nay on the ant hole locust seat??

Shop stool

I'm going to make new bar stools for the kitchen so I thought I would start with a prototype.  I made this from 2x4's and some very cheap pine.  I didn't sand it, wipe off any glue or apply any finish.  It's certainly nothing to look at but it is very light and sturdy and will work well for a shop stool.  I used no nails or screws, just dowel joinery and glue.