Ive always had a hankering to make a decent foot stool for the lounge, i don't like these mass produced, plastic chip filled things you get at "chavmart" and the like, so i made my own.
The legs are from one piece of Ash that i cleaved into quarters and then cleaned up on the shave horse with my small draw knife, the stretchers are Hazel and i thought id leave the deep bronze bark on as it contrasted so well with the white Ash wood.
The seat covering is 6mm sisal rope and I've woven it in a four under, four over pattern which i think has worked really well, what is deceiving though is the amount of rope in this, in all there is approx 150ft of rope in that seat, I'm just glad i bought 300ft of it to begin with.
The frame is made using tenons and whilst the stretchers are made from dried wood, the legs are from fresh cut timber, meaning that as the Ash slowly dries it will grip the hazel stretchers and form superbly tight joints that wont need glue,
With a Mora 511 for scale
I've made a few mistakes along the way, but now I've made them i can learn from that and (hopefully) not make them next time, it's been a pleasurable experience making this all i need to do is just clean up the legs a bit as the are a bit grubby from the building process, but that wont take long to do.
Thanks for taking a peek
The legs are from one piece of Ash that i cleaved into quarters and then cleaned up on the shave horse with my small draw knife, the stretchers are Hazel and i thought id leave the deep bronze bark on as it contrasted so well with the white Ash wood.
The seat covering is 6mm sisal rope and I've woven it in a four under, four over pattern which i think has worked really well, what is deceiving though is the amount of rope in this, in all there is approx 150ft of rope in that seat, I'm just glad i bought 300ft of it to begin with.
The frame is made using tenons and whilst the stretchers are made from dried wood, the legs are from fresh cut timber, meaning that as the Ash slowly dries it will grip the hazel stretchers and form superbly tight joints that wont need glue,
With a Mora 511 for scale
I've made a few mistakes along the way, but now I've made them i can learn from that and (hopefully) not make them next time, it's been a pleasurable experience making this all i need to do is just clean up the legs a bit as the are a bit grubby from the building process, but that wont take long to do.
Thanks for taking a peek
Very inspirational
