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Kris Koenig
07-31-2007, 9:17 AM
I have started to post this a couple of times, but I keep getting busy and forgetting about it. Here are a few picures of a reproduction of a faldstool derived from a manuscript image, as seen at the bottom. It is made of 1" maple slats and finished with a Honey Oak Poly finish for indoor and outdoor use. It is being used for a travelling stool for a harpist who does medieval recreations as well as classical Harp concerts.
Any comments or criticisms are welcome. This is the first of this style that I have made. I did build two models first, one at half and one at three quarter size.
Kris
Mike Cutler
07-31-2007, 9:23 AM
That's pretty cool. The original folding chair.
Nice work, it's just as pictured.
Kris Koenig
07-31-2007, 9:31 AM
Thanks. I must have accidentally put this in the Neanderthal section. I did not do it the neander way, though, so it may need to be moved.:o
Sorry for any confusion.
Kris
Mike K Wenzloff
07-31-2007, 9:35 AM
Thanks. I must have accidentally put this in the Neanderthal section. I did not do it the neander way, though, so it may need to be moved.:o
No worries, Kris--nice work is nice work wherever it gets placed in a forum structure.
Take care, Mike
Tyler Howell
07-31-2007, 9:40 AM
Nice work Kris. Is that what you are suppose to do when sitting in it:eek: .
Zahid Naqvi
07-31-2007, 11:35 AM
Kris, nice work. I was reading the AWWA newsletter and it seems you are doing a presentation this coming meeting. Hopefully I can attend one.
Kris Koenig
07-31-2007, 12:03 PM
Kris, nice work. I was reading the AWWA newsletter and it seems you are doing a presentation this coming meeting. Hopefully I can attend one.
I think I am on the schedule for October. I hope they didn't move me up.
Bob Smalser
07-31-2007, 12:26 PM
What hardware did you use on the folding joints of the legs? Rivets?
Kris Koenig
07-31-2007, 12:41 PM
What hardware did you use on the folding joints of the legs? Rivets?
There is nothing in the constuction but wood and a very little glue. The pivots are 3/8 dowels with 5/8 dowels glued on as caps. That and a little glue to hold the arms and feet on is all the glue used.
I drilled 3/8 holes through all of the pieces with a jig on the drill press. On the outermost members I driled 3/4 holes about 1/2 inch deep. I cut 3/4 inch sections of the 5/8 dowel after rounding the end, drilled a 3/8 hole in the center of the flat end, and glued one on each dowel. After it was all assembled, I cut the dowels flush with the outside edge of the legs and glued on the other cap.
I could have used a steel rod and peened the end like a rivit, but I wanted to stay with an all wood construction. On the two models I made, I used a wooden dowel for the pivots, and peened the end of them as if they were rivits. The 3/4 model is made from pine 1x6 ripped to the right width (~1.5 inches), and is assembled without even any glue, and I can stand in it without it even shifting. As a reference, I am 6'9" and around 300 lbs.
The 1/2 scale model was made from 1/2 plywood as a proof of concept for the pattern I drafted.
Kris
glenn bradley
07-31-2007, 1:22 PM
Very nicely done.
Bob Smalser
07-31-2007, 2:46 PM
Thanks, Kris. It looks terrific. I may copy yours some day.
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