another chair project and a new tool...

[Ajcoholic]

The past two days I had a set of bar stools to make from oak. They are fairly large, and heavy duty and will sit on a 36" base.

The seats of course were cut and carved on the Shopbot, with the mortises done as well for the 8mm loose tenons (Festool Dominos).

I cut the 6 pcs of 1.25" thick red oak on the bot as well, and the mortices on them.

I was also trying out my new Lamello LK5 pressurized glue pot, with various tips. I used am 8mm dowel tip to apply glue to the 8mm mortices. Works excellent - if you are not familiar with the Lamello LK system of tips & tanks etc it is a really slick set up for gluing.

Heres some pics..

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[Ajcoholic]

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[Ajcoholic]

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The size I bought holds a standard gallon jug of glue.

[Bob Eustace]

Beautiful work as usual Andrew! Hows the new dog coming along?

[bobmoore]

Looks great as usual. Do you route the festool mortises that are in the seat carving with a metric end mill or is there a bit from festool that goes in the bot? Bob

[Ajcoholic]

Beautiful work as usual Andrew! Hows the new dog coming along?

Bob, after I lost Gibson in February we havent gotten another dog yet. Im going to keep my eye open for another rescue Vizsla. Right now with the baby and Joseph just turned 4 yrs old we are quite busy anyhow. I miss Gibson a whole lot.

[Ajcoholic]

Looks great as usual. Do you route the festool mortises that are in the seat carving with a metric end mill or is there a bit from festool that goes in the bot? Bob

Nope, I just use a 1/4" end mill - just measured the domino with my calipers and drew it up in Aspire and it worked great without any tweaking. I use a spiral ramp to cut it out, about an inch deep.

Just to clarify my post about the arms - there are 6 pcs in each arm/back assembly as you can see I cut each set from one plank 48" by about 7 1/2". I tacked on a strip of wood on each end, with raptor nails, and held them down as one unit on the vac table - cut out the pcs using some tabs as the boards werent perfectly flat. But as a whole they were held fast to the table.. Worked great.

The arm assembly was glued together using epoxy resin and Domino tenons. Then just rough shaped on the band saw before sanding.

[Brady Watson]

Looks fantastic!

How do we place an order? :cool:

-B

[dmidkiff]

I always enjoy seeing your work. You do excellent work. Thank you for posting your process.

[paul_z]

Awesome!!!

[Joe Porter]

Really nice work...just an excellent example of combining hi-tech tooling and software with hand crafted skills to put your business over the top.....joe

[scottp55]

Andrew,
"36 inch base" ? Existing swivel base, or are you doing that as well?
Hope it's a bar in a private home as you could kill someone with one of those/repair the scratches/and they'd still be good for another decade of bar fights.
VERY rugged and good looking, although I'm still partial to your graceful lines:)

[Ajcoholic]

Andrew,
"36 inch base" ? Existing swivel base, or are you doing that as well?
Hope it's a bar in a private home as you could kill someone with one of those/repair the scratches/and they'd still be good for another decade of bar fights.
VERY rugged and good looking, although I'm still partial to your graceful lines:)

Sorry that should read 30" base. For a standard 42" bar height.

We used to run a few lines of stools regularly in my old shop. A few my father designed that are lighter in appearance but this style was quite popular as well. It's pretty traditional but mine has slats vs more common spindles.

The bases will be square legs tapered downwards, with a skirt up top and rectangular stretchers near the bottom where your feet will rest on. Just simple and sturdy.

The customer wanted a heavier looking stool to go with their bar.

[nat_wheatley]

Looks great Andrew. Thanks for posting, I always like seeing your work.

[Simops]

Andrew....Always enjoy watching your methods, numerous pics and text explaining your process.

Cheers

[Ajcoholic]

Here are some we did along with the kitchen a few years before I got the Bot'. Similar style but in hard maple with a white wash stain.

I used to shape the seats all by hand. Haven't done one like that since I took delivery of the Buddy... :) DOnt miss it much, lol. Just so much easier to make them, and also to get them uniform to one another.

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[myxpykalix]

Have you started slipping sawdust into Joe's oatmeal yet? You know he has to continue the family tradition of fine woodworking! Beautiful stuff Andrew...

[scottp55]

Andrew,
Now that I see the base, I see the slats look more appropriate...Kind of a "As Above.....So Below." Harmony going on. :)
Excellent! Your Blue apprentice trained up nicely in only a couple of years!:)
What/whose swivel mechanism do you use? I can think of a couple places in house/shop where a rugged swivel would make life easier.
Are those your Fathers brass planes and saws in third pic, or do you collect?
Once again, thank you for all the posts of your projects!!!
I always look forward to them.
scott

[David Iannone]

Great job Andrew, thanks for posting.

Dave

[Ajcoholic]

[QUOTE=scottp55;179367
What/whose swivel mechanism do you use?[/QUOTE]

Not sure of the brand, but they are a heavy steel plate stool swivel we buy from one of the hardware dealers. They have an offset plate to tilt the seat back about 1/2". Gives the stool even more comfort when sitting in it for an extended period.

I find without any lean back on a tall stool, you feel like you will slide out of it. More so on stools with smaller seats.

[Ajcoholic]

Have you started slipping sawdust into Joe's oatmeal yet? You know he has to continue the family tradition of fine woodworking! Beautiful stuff Andrew...

Lol not yet Jack. Like my father before me, I think I will let Joseph get the wood working bug first on his own. He just turned 4 - and I think it will be probably another 2 years before he will want to go to the shop and try and build stuff with me.

If they dont want to persue it as a career that will be fine with me. But at the least I hope both my boys will gain some hands on experience with wood/metal/mechanical stuff. Good things to know in life. I have some friends that cant tighten a loose screw (seriously), they are very intelligent people but are completely lost when it comes to being handy.

[scottp55]

Thanks anyway Andrew,
Tilt no good for what I was thinking of(drill press/mortiser/wet grinder, back to back and swiveled).
Got me thinking and just knew you like good hardware.
scott

[Ajcoholic]

Thanks anyway Andrew,
Tilt no good for what I was thinking of(drill press/mortiser/wet grinder, back to back and swiveled).
Got me thinking and just knew you like good hardware.
scott

Scott - like this. pretty standard in the furniture industry for chairs and stools.

http://www.richelieu.com/ca/en/category/furniture-hardware/swivel-suspension-lift-systems/swivel-platforms/swivel-plate/1015140?s=swivel

[scottp55]

Thanks Andrew,
Tempted to stick one on the wheelchair:)
scott

[genek]

Bob, after I lost Gibson in February we havent gotten another dog yet. Im going to keep my eye open for another rescue Vizsla. Right now with the baby and Joseph just turned 4 yrs old we are quite busy anyhow. I miss Gibson a whole lot.
Andrew Tried to send you a PM but your box is too full says you have to clear some off...to get more mail. What I was trying to send to you was send me a private e-mail to eking1953@yahoo.com with your mail to address. I will make you a tribute for your wall for Gibson... just remind me the dog's name and breed.

[jamesburrus]

I like it some body is having fun

[jamesburrus]

It is amazing what you do on a small bot