Alan Peter's music stool...Dun

[Mattty]

Thats really lovely Rob. Very good work.

 

[Alex]

Very cool. 8) I'm really liking the dished seat. Is it a good fit for the derriere!

 

[wizer]

Excellent Smithers! When my wife saw me staring at it earlier she said "That's like the stool you was going to make...........but never did!" :roll: :lol:

 

[gasman]

It looks lovely Rob - beautiful craftsmanship and taste
I am interested to know how comfortable it is to sit on - the edge against the back of your knees looks like it might be uncomfortable??
Cheers

 

[woodbloke]

Thanks for the nice words chaps...appreciated. Nothing is ever perfick and there are faults in it. In an ideal world each of the pieces would have been bookmatched, but my lump of oak was around 30mm ish and full of knots and splits so I had to mix and match as well as I could...only the thinner central rail is bookmatched.
Having had a quick park of the derriere on it just now, it's quite comfy so the dished seat works well...using the curved sole jack is something that I'll probably incorporate in some other pieces later on.

Chisel prepping next... - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Rob =D> Good to see you got the wedges sorted - doesn't really show unless you know about it.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[OPJ]

That looks fantastic, Rob. Well worth the effort of making your own plane! A great finish. :wink:

I think the top is fine the way it is. My eyes, at least, are drawn to the wedged through tenons. I would fear that these would only detract the viewer's eyes away from a book-matched top (plus, there's that beautiful curve to admire! ).

The only thing that concerns me is the the shaping at the bottom of the legs or ends. To me, they look a little dainty, with oak being all open-grained and perhaps liable to flake off, if dragged fiercely along a hard floor... ?

Are you back on the TV cabinet now then?

 

[woodbloke]

The only thing that concerns me is the the shaping at the bottom of the legs or ends. To me, they look a little dainty, with oak being all open-grained and perhaps liable to flake off, if dragged fiercely along a hard floor... ?

Are you back on the TV cabinet now then?

Olly - 'praps this makes the detailing at the bottom of the legs a little clearer?

You can see there's a wagon bevel at each 'foot' that tapers to nowt (or a very small chamfer in the middle) and this is on both the inside and outside of the legs

Chisels first and then it's back onto the Media Unit... - Rob

 

[jhwbigley]

Nice work rob, I really like it. The rosewood wedges go with it well.

i'm glued to my Alan Peters book, some bloody good stuff in it.

Edward Barnsley liked to have his craftsmen finish straight from the plane or shave, but admitted on felling it, "it was a bit rough"

:lol:

Cant wait to see the TV unit.

JH

 

[Chris Knight]

Looks superb! The exposed joinery is very neat .

 

[TrimTheKing]

Very nice Rob =D>

 

[Benchwayze]

Very nice Rob.. Clean and crisp work.

I am a fan of finishing straight from the plane too.
I love to feel the slight ripple from the cut of a rounded iron.

(I like Thompson's work too, but the adze leaves a slighty 'too-rippled' surface for me. Still very tactile furniture mind.)

If I made one of these full-size, (assuming I could) I wonder if it would accommodate my posterior?


Thumbs up from me.

John

 

[woodbloke]

Very nice Rob.. Clean and crisp work.

I am a fan of finishing straight from the plane too.
I love to feel the slight ripple from the cut of a rounded iron.

(I like Thompson's work too, but the adze leaves a slighty 'too-rippled' surface for me. Still very tactile furniture mind.)

If I made one of these full-size, (assuming I could) I wonder if it would accommodate my posterior?


Thumbs up from me.

John

John, this one's about 3/4 size...a full sized version is quite big when you start to measure up the timber.

Whether the seat curvature will fit your curvature is another matter entirely :wink: :lol: :lol: - Rob

 

[Ironballs]

Excellent job Rob, nice tip about the softwood inserts in your mortices to protect the edges whilst planing. I'll remember that one

 

[Benchwayze]

Rob,

I just took an impression from my PC chair. Yes I think I could fit the 3/4 size seat! :lol:



Regards
John

 

[Harbo]

Nice one Rob - how comfy is it - may need a cushion for my aged posterior?

Rod

 

[woodbloke]

Nice one Rob - how comfy is it - may need a cushion for my aged posterior?

Rod

Surprisingly comfy...fits the contours quite well :wink: :lol: It's also the right height for putting me feet up on (with a cushion underneath) when SWIMBO's got the leather poof (sp 8-[ ) if we're watching a bit of telly of an evening - Rob

 

[eoinsgaff]

Hey Rob,

I've had this stool in mind for a while now but put it on hold to see how you got on. It looks positively noble. Wonderful work.

Looking at Alan Peters design it appears that the stretcher tenon's are not through tenon's. Am I correct in this?How do you think this element turned out?

Just considering how I might approach it.

Regards

Eoin

 

[woodbloke]

Hey Rob,

I've had this stool in mind for a while now but put it on hold to see how you got on. It looks positively noble. Wonderful work.

Looking at Alan Peters design it appears that the stretcher tenon's are not through tenon's. Am I correct in this?How do you think this element turned out?

Just considering how I might approach it.

Regards

Eoin

True enough, the stretcher tenon's are housed into the ends...not too clear in the book how it's done. I decided to go for three through tenons that were wedged and exposed, I've done a few of them now so they don't present a huge problem.
I think they turned out quite well and certainly draw the eye to that part of the piece.
If you want to go down this route of exposed jointing, then a practice piece is recommended as once you've got all the niggles ironed out it becomes much easier - Rob

 

[Benchwayze]

My feelings exactly Rob.
I have some Parana Pine I could use for a prototype. it would get it out of the way too!

I was just wondering how a piece like this would live with a Hay-rake occasional table mind!

Regards
John