wizer
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One of the most influential pieces I have seen on this forum was a Japanese Stool created by Adam a few years back. I love Japanese art and furniture and I liked Adam's modern take on a classic design. Since carving a walnut bowl with Waterhead37 a couple of years back, I have been desperate to do some more carvey shapey work. The workshop is at the stage now that I can get on an actually do some woodworking, so I gave myself a kick up the butt and made a start.
So here is my take on Adam's stool:
Yep, it's fairly similar. The seat is Ash and the legs will be Ash and either Walnut or Yellow Balau. I am going to have a play with the LN Dowel plate for the slats.
To shape the seat I would have preferred to use the bandsaw but it doesn't cut that deep. I considered carving it from square but got nervous. So I used Adam's idea of graduating saw kerfs.
My only tweak was to make a cut every 5mm which resulted in thinner material to chisel away.
I left 10mm of wood at either end to support the board later when I turn it over to work.
One half done, so I turn it round, re-clamp it and go again.
After I removed the bulk of the wood, I used a block plane and sur-form to remove the very high spots. My spokeshave is a bit too small for this work so I used chisels to work away at the raised sections.
I moved on to cabinet scrapers and after a bit of practise started to get some good results. I need to remind myself the methods of sharpening scrapers. But I was getting some shavings towards the end. The seat top has a fair bit of work to go yet.
I finished up by working out the angle of the legs. In the end I used the angle of a softwood dovetail marker. It seems to work well. I haven't fully worked out the joinery of the legs. I am considering through mortices, but not sure if I should drill out the mortices now while the underside is flat, or wait until it is fully shaped.
...and that's it for now. I can't do any of the leg work until my new P/T arrives in a couple of weeks. I will slowly work away at the seat shaping.
Adam: I hope you don't mind me stealing your idea
So here is my take on Adam's stool:
Yep, it's fairly similar. The seat is Ash and the legs will be Ash and either Walnut or Yellow Balau. I am going to have a play with the LN Dowel plate for the slats.
To shape the seat I would have preferred to use the bandsaw but it doesn't cut that deep. I considered carving it from square but got nervous. So I used Adam's idea of graduating saw kerfs.
My only tweak was to make a cut every 5mm which resulted in thinner material to chisel away.
I left 10mm of wood at either end to support the board later when I turn it over to work.
One half done, so I turn it round, re-clamp it and go again.
After I removed the bulk of the wood, I used a block plane and sur-form to remove the very high spots. My spokeshave is a bit too small for this work so I used chisels to work away at the raised sections.
I moved on to cabinet scrapers and after a bit of practise started to get some good results. I need to remind myself the methods of sharpening scrapers. But I was getting some shavings towards the end. The seat top has a fair bit of work to go yet.
I finished up by working out the angle of the legs. In the end I used the angle of a softwood dovetail marker. It seems to work well. I haven't fully worked out the joinery of the legs. I am considering through mortices, but not sure if I should drill out the mortices now while the underside is flat, or wait until it is fully shaped.
...and that's it for now. I can't do any of the leg work until my new P/T arrives in a couple of weeks. I will slowly work away at the seat shaping.
Adam: I hope you don't mind me stealing your idea
