Curved Stool

[Mr T]

Hi

Also just finished this:

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It's an exercise in veneering and laminating. Made in american black walnut and masur birch. I've managed to use formers I had around the workshop to shape the seat and legs but I had to make a number of jigs to hold the curved pieces for cutting and routing:

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The legs are housed into a curved groove in the bottom of the seat. The seat has solid 40mm wide lipping with a 1.8 ebony stringing:

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Now I am all jigged up I should be able to produce them fairly quickly!

Chris

 

[xy mosian]

I bet is was tricky to get that just right
Looks as if you got it spot on, Nice Job, Beautiful

xy

 

[Paul Chapman]

Excellent. I like the combination of woods.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Chris, really excellent...great combination of woods. Adding a curve or two to a project lifts it from the mundane to something much better - Rob

 

[wizer]

I too love the wood combo. Masur Birch is on my top list. I think perhaps the dimensions are a little wrong. Maybe the legs should be a little slimmer, in fact the whole thing maybe.

 

[gasman]

I think that is lovely - beautiful wood, nice inlays and great curves

 

[Blister]

Look great

And functional

needs to be some substance in case I sit on it one day :lol:

 

[Einari Rystykaemmen]

Very nice design and quality of work! 8)

 

[motownmartin]

Quality work.

At first I thought it was a bit over the top for a stool, but then thought thats why we do this, so we can attempt to make something that looks a million dollars instead of paying someone a million dollars.

Thats if you had a million dollars of course.

 

[Mr T]

Hi

Wizer said:

I too love the wood combo. Masur Birch is on my top list. I think perhaps the dimensions are a little wrong. Maybe the legs should be a little slimmer, in fact the whole thing maybe.

Yes you could be right Tom, although looking at it "in the flesh" it seems to sit right. The top has to have some thickness to allow the legs to be housed into it, unless I used through tenons, which were not an option with the laminated legs.

I laminated the legs and top using four layers of 5mm bendy ply with outer layers of 1.5mm birch ply. I think the thickness was determined a bit by by this, removing a layer would have made them too thin.

I'm not sure about bendy ply, it's a bit soft and I think it absorbs moisture from the adhesive which can lead to movement later. I'm thinking of going over to 3mm mdf instead.

Chris

 

[Steve Maskery]

Chris,
What do you do on the bottom? How do you protect the veneer from being damaged when the stool is dragged? I have a chair done this way (veneer over a curved panel) and I've had to repair it.

Nice, BTW.

S

 

[Mattty]

Thats lovely Chris. The propotions look right to me.

The coffee table? with all the jigs on looks lovely too.. more pics needed i think!

 

[wizer]

Chris, bad choice of words by me. I meant the width of the legs side to side and it's proportion to the top (width). i.e it looks a little square as opposed to rectangular as most stools would be? Just my inexperience first reaction.

Like Matty, I also like the table with the jigs on, can we have more info?

 

[OPJ]

Superb work again, Chris.

I'd be interested to hear how exactly you did the top - assuming you laminated the main panel using a former, did you then shape the lippings from thicker/wider stock using one of your router jigs? And these were then dominoed on?

 

[Mr T]

Hi

Yes Olly, I laminated and veneered the top using a curved former. Then I created the curved lipping from thicker stock, bandsawing first then shaping with a jig on the spindle moulder (this could also be done on a router table). The side lipping was then fitted to the top, locating with doinoes at each end. The ends were then trimmed on the sw bench and the end lipping fitted, again with dominoes.

Matty and Tom, my god! nothing gets past you two. That is a project that David is working on for a low cost dining table and benches in maple with cherry inlay. The jigs were photgrphed on the two benches put together. The tops and legs of both the benches and table are mitred and dominoed. As you can see we have gone domino crazy in this workshop!

We have for some time wanted a dining table in the gallery but not had time to make one. David saw an opportunity to "KNock this one off" using the domino before we start on the kitchen.

I'll ask him if I can post some pictures for you.

Steve, the bottoms of the legs have a 3mm lip are well arrised which I hope will prevent the problems you mention.

Chris

 

[wizer]

Looks interesting Chris. Interest to see more pics. At firs glance I thought there were grooves in the top. But not realise they are contrasting (cherry?) inlays.

I've wanted to make a similar stool for my bathroom for a while. Maybe it's a good excuse to buy a domino?? Pah, who needs food! :lol:

 

[Mattty]

Hi

Yes Olly, I laminated and veneered the top using a curved former. Then I created the curved lipping from thicker stock, bandsawing first then shaping with a jig on the spindle moulder (this could also be done on a router table). The side lipping was then fitted to the top, locating with doinoes at each end. The ends were then trimmed on the sw bench and the end lipping fitted, again with dominoes.

Matty and Tom, my god! nothing gets past you two. That is a project that David is working on for a low cost dining table and benches in maple with cherry inlay. The jigs were photgrphed on the two benches put together. The tops and legs of both the benches and table are mitred and dominoed. As you can see we have gone domino crazy in this workshop!

We have for some time wanted a dining table in the gallery but not had time to make one. David saw an opportunity to "KNock this one off" using the domino before we start on the kitchen.

I'll ask him if I can post some pictures for you.

Steve, the bottoms of the legs have a 3mm lip are well arrised which I hope will prevent the problems you mention.

Chris

I thought you were suffering from Domophobia! It's a great tool and really opens up design possibilities i think.

 

[Rknott2007]

I love it!! I'd have made the top in one go mind you trimmed back the centre panel then veneered on the trim, which then could have been possible short grain so the grain would flow up from the legs over and into the top.
But thats my two pence, it is a stunningg piece of furniture.

 

[jorgoz]

What a beaut, nice curves

I think i would try adding a curve on the side rails to take the curve from the legs through to the top.