| Project by KnotCurser | posted 01-23-2014 11:19 PM | 1782 views | 5 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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This was created as a commissioned piece for a very good friend of ours.
A couple of years ago I made her a milking stool that looked ancient – she gave it to a friend for the holidays.
Now she wants a larger one for her own house. :-)
The wood is all solid white oak, with the exception of the walnut wedges I used to secure the upright tenons.
The seat started out at 1 3/4 inches thick – after carving, sanding and distressing it averages around 1 1/2 inches.
It stands two feet high.
Pic four is a view of the bench right after hammering in the wedges – uncarved and perfect…. I always feel a tad bit of remorse right before I start distressing a piece I worked SO hard on getting so square and true.
Pic five is what I had to do to get all the angles correct in my head prior to cutting the oak – all four legs lean in towards the center on a double, five degree angle. It made it a bloody nightmare fitting the top to the legs!
Finish was three coats of a Tinted Danish Oil/Poly Mix that I came up with to enhance distressed pieces.
Cheers!
-bob
-- Robert Rhoades WoodWorks / Email: [email protected] / www.rhoadesclan.com
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Dusty56
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#1 posted 01-24-2014 12:09 AM
The top looks great …really like the color as well : )
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#2 posted 01-24-2014 09:34 AM
Very nice stool and the distressing is so well done that it looks genuinely aged. Nice work!
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#3 posted 01-24-2014 08:33 PM
Looks good and it certainly looks like plenty of buns have sat on this stool. Nice carving.
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rance
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#4 posted 01-25-2014 03:21 AM
Nicely done. Is this the 5th one of a set? I seem to see a mark near the leg that has 5 marks + 1. I don’t know how to say that in words.
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KnotCurser
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#5 posted 01-25-2014 02:36 PM
Rance,
Nope – this is a single. I like to put marks like that when making items look old – one could imagine a person marking the stool to count something in the distant past.
Sounds corny, but it works to better give the illusion of antiquity.
Good eyes, by the way!
Cheers!
-bob
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#6 posted 01-25-2014 04:40 PM
This is a wonderful practical project. Very nicely done.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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johnhutchinson
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#7 posted 01-25-2014 07:35 PM
Far out !!! The notion of distressing always distressed me until I saw this. It really completes the piece.
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Roger
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#8 posted 01-26-2014 11:34 PM
Wow! Nice n stout.
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#9 posted 01-27-2014 02:49 AM
Fantastic piece. Nicely done.
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#10 posted 08-17-2015 06:52 PM
Very nice! This may be my next project!
Thanks for sharing!
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