Staked Maple Stool

[Zuye Zheng]

Got around to making a simple staked stool after reading the Anarchist's Design Book. The tapered tenon was a little more involved than a normal tenon since you had to rough shape first, but the mortise was much faster as it was just drill and ream, especially in hard maple.
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With the angles, was a little hard to get the top of the mortise clean and the exact shape of the tenon, any tips?
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Dry fit.
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[Mel Fulks]

I like it. Kinda reminds me of the old type of saw horses ,but makes a nice modern table too. As for your complaint on the mortises ,I think it's just the contrast between perfectly acceptable work and modern furniture surface perfection. With a hand planed top I don't think you would find fault with the leg joints.

[Mike Holbrook]

Nice Zuye,

I made my legs upside down from yours. The tops are narrower and the bottoms wider. I did mine in a hurried class so my joinery isn't very good. Hope to finish another soon, not decided on how I will make the legs..

[Jim Koepke]

Very nice Zuye.

I am curious how you do the chamfers. Do you have any work in progress images to share?

jtk

[Zuye Zheng]

Thanks guys!

Unfortunately, forgot to take photos except for the dry fit since it was a pretty quick build.

The chamfers on the bottom of the seat were done with a pairing chisel (perpendicular or angled to the grain) and block plane (with the grain) after scribing with a marking gauge.

The large stopped chamfer on the top of the seat was done with a No 65 Kunz spokeshave. I got a "deal" on a set of Kunz and read about the 65 on a Chris Schwarz post a while ago, it gets the job done but it is not a pretty tool nor that functional out of the box.

[Luke Dupont]

Wow. Very sleek and angular.

I'm pretty terrible at describing things / putting impressions into words, but... If your stool were an animal, it would make for a pretty convincing cat.

...at least in my mind/eyes. If that doesn't make any sense, don't worry :D

The bevels/shaping are quite nice - very clean. That takes a considerable degree of control with your tools, in my experience.

[Jim Koepke]

...at least in my mind/eyes. If that doesn't make any sense, don't worry :D

As a lover of cats it makes perfect sense to me. :cool:

jtk

[Kevin Hampshire]

Zuye,

I don't have the book yet. Would you mind sharing some of the rough dimensions and the stock thickness used?

[Zuye Zheng]

Zuye,

I don't have the book yet. Would you mind sharing some of the rough dimensions and the stock thickness used?

Didn't use the dimensions from the book, this was actually from an offcut so dimensions were based on that (8.5"W x 22"L x 19"H). The book mentions that you need around 8/4 for the seat (or w/e you are staking into) for proper strength.

[Kevin Hampshire]

Zuye,

Thanks for the dimensions, that helps.

Interestingly, I would like to build the stool for a cat that needs to get up and down a little easier. Unfortunately, my best stock right now is more on the order of 5/4. So I may want to wait till the winter to build a more traditional Moravian stool.

[Mike Holbrook]

Kevin further along in the book Schwarz makes other staked furniture, like tables. Not wanting to build an entire table with 8/4, he glues wood to the table top where he wants thicker areas to support the legs. I am guessing you could go thinner for a cat stool. The 8/4 stool is built strong enough to stand on or support heavy projects.

[Mike Cherry]

Zuye, very cool. As an aside, I like your tool cabinet!

[Kevin Hampshire]

Mike, that's a good point. I think I may try and just knock out a quick all SYP one for the cat to use.

I know that it won't be for adult use, but I need to get a Windsor out of the kitchen. It's in the way and I'm tired of working around it (the Windsor chair) to spoil an already spoiled cat.

Unfortunately, this project would be about #10 on my "to do-list" and I never make the headway I would like to make.

[Megan Fitzpatrick]

Nice! And that looks a lot more comfortable than the "guest chair" in my office (i.e. the ADB sawbench, no chamfers).