Project by john2005 | posted 07-13-2014 12:36 AM | 8918 views | 11 times favorited | 13 comments | ![]() |
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These are a couple of booster seats I made for my son his friend. The woods are soft maple and walnut. The seats are carved by hand and eye. They are a 3 inch high booster or a 5 inch booster depending on which direction they are sitting. they are a 10 inch high stepstool when standing on the side and also a 12 inch hi step stool when standing on the back. This genius design is from so lj dan k. They’re perfectly capable of holding up a full grown adults. And to test this I jump on them they did not budge. I did manage to break one on assembly. That is where 1 has oak dowels holding it together. The torture test came after that to make sure it would hold. Thanks for looking.
A couple pics of the pieces.
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CFrye
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#1 posted 07-13-2014 02:48 AM
Great way to practice joinery and make something useful! Beautifully done, John. Thanks for sharing.
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john2005
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#2 posted 07-13-2014 03:57 AM
Thanks Candy! A learning experience it was.
I forgot to add this shot. I like it a lot
This shows the curve a little better too
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#3 posted 07-13-2014 04:07 AM
Matches your work bench top! Sweet!!
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#4 posted 07-13-2014 06:24 AM
Nice john..Lots joints on those..Will you be attaching those to your bench and teaching the kids to sand..” with the grain boys “
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#5 posted 07-13-2014 12:49 PM
These look great! Good display of joinery skills.
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#6 posted 07-13-2014 01:27 PM
Very cool. Every lil child will enjoy sitting at the big table with everyone else in one o these.
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#7 posted 07-13-2014 01:29 PM
Looks good, great design.
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john2005
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#8 posted 07-13-2014 05:35 PM
Haha you must be referring to the hard lesson I learned planing that stoopid thing. And yes, that is a planned event as soon as they can be trusted around sharp tools.
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#9 posted 07-13-2014 10:28 PM
Cool idea. Looks great.
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#10 posted 07-13-2014 11:01 PM
Very cool!
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#11 posted 07-14-2014 01:02 PM
Beautiful joints!Overal design is simple but just the way I like it!
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#12 posted 07-14-2014 03:48 PM
They are beautiful John. Well done. I really like them.
The booster seat/step stool is an ingenious design too.
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#13 posted 07-16-2014 03:00 PM
You sir are a master craftsman!
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