| Project by WoodWheeler | posted 03-06-2017 04:45 PM | 8050 views | 26 times favorited | 23 comments |  |
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Hi guys,
I’m new to the forum and pretty new to woodworking having started tinkering about two years ago in my spare time outside of work & semi-professional cycling.
I saw a video on youtube by the “samurai Carpenter” where he made a shop stool. I thought it looked really neat and that it would be a project that exposed me to a bunch of new techniques and allow me to start playing with hand tools. Unfortunately I don’t have a chisel mortiser so my mortises were done the old-fashioned way with a chisel and I tried to use japanese handsaws, hand planes etc wherever possible.
Here is the finished product (just finished yesterday). I can post some progress pics if anyone is interested (don’t have too many).
The stool is made from a mix of Black Walnut, Australian oak and maple. Proudly no screws or mechanical fasteners were harmed in the making of this stool.
It’s my first really hand-tool intensive project and I really, really, really enjoyed the whole process and learned a heap. The proportions could have been a little better (slightly too narrow) but I was too lazy to watch the video again and really copy the dimensions; I just wanted to start making!
-- Dom
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ShaneA
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#1 posted 03-06-2017 04:49 PM
Oh yeah, that is nice. Well done
waho6o9
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#2 posted 03-06-2017 04:57 PM
Impressive first project Dom and welcome to Lumberjocks!
david38
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#3 posted 03-06-2017 05:00 PM
beautiful stool
Ivan
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#4 posted 03-06-2017 05:02 PM
Wow! That’s real art work! Not to mention incredible design and craftmanship.
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Dreggy
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#5 posted 03-06-2017 05:13 PM
Beautiful work!
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#6 posted 03-06-2017 05:15 PM
Killer looking stool! I might have to make one of these. Or 3.
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#7 posted 03-06-2017 06:21 PM
That’s really nice. You may have inspired me to make one for myself … perhaps as a gift for someone special. But who?
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JanKrompan1
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#8 posted 03-06-2017 07:21 PM
Not the ordinary stool. Well done and welcome to Lumber Jocks.
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helluvawreck
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#9 posted 03-06-2017 08:30 PM
It’s a nice design and you did a good job on it.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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woodshaver Tony C
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#10 posted 03-06-2017 08:45 PM
Welcome to Lumberjocks! Beautiful stool Love the design! ... Are you really going to put this in your shop? It’s just so nice!
-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!
Bill_Steele
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#11 posted 03-06-2017 09:32 PM
Nice job on this project! I like the design. It has elements that remind me of Hank Gilpin’s work.
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#12 posted 03-06-2017 11:05 PM
Fantastic designed stool, shop? I would say home.. very nice.
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#13 posted 03-06-2017 11:28 PM
great design
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NAILHEAD
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#14 posted 03-06-2017 11:36 PM
Looks Great also looks very close to Samurai Carpenters
I’ve been asking Jesse (Samurai Carpenter) since he created his if he would offer the plans, but i dont believe he has the time, for his age he is a woodworking savant.
WoodWheeler
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#15 posted 03-06-2017 11:56 PM
Thanks guys I really appreciate all of the positive comments. Obviously I can’t take any credit for the design but happy to take some credit for execution
-- Dom
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