11-02-2016, 11:32 AM
I started this project at least two years ago. I started a joint business with a person who had lots of reclaimed lumber and wanted some one to use his lumber to make projects. The joint business failed. He did however come through by dropping a bunch of old growth reclaimed lumber at my house. I built and delivered a pub height table and 4 stools pictured below.
I went out to where I had dropped off the project almost a year later and recovered the set and returned it to my garage where it has been since.
I didn't care for the original setup and wanted to change things a bit. One change was to lighten up the weight a bit. That was accomplished by cutting the legs of the stools down and also removing some of the surface of the seats. I did not take pictures of that but here is a series of how things have changed.
Miter jig set to 7 degrees
Saw set to 7 degrees and leg being cut.
Results of cutting.
I wanted to have a place for feet to rest rather then just hanging.
So here are the stool tops and legs ready for stain and finishing.
Now moving on to the top. I was watching some Y-tube videos of filling cracks in lumber so I decided this project could use some filling. The next three pictures show the epoxy as well as two different views of the back side of the top. These pictures show the back side of the top after the second application of epoxy. The epoxy was mixed per instructions then I added two drops of transtint dye to put a little color in the epoxy
I went out to where I had dropped off the project almost a year later and recovered the set and returned it to my garage where it has been since.
I didn't care for the original setup and wanted to change things a bit. One change was to lighten up the weight a bit. That was accomplished by cutting the legs of the stools down and also removing some of the surface of the seats. I did not take pictures of that but here is a series of how things have changed.
Miter jig set to 7 degrees
Saw set to 7 degrees and leg being cut.
Results of cutting.
I wanted to have a place for feet to rest rather then just hanging.
So here are the stool tops and legs ready for stain and finishing.
Now moving on to the top. I was watching some Y-tube videos of filling cracks in lumber so I decided this project could use some filling. The next three pictures show the epoxy as well as two different views of the back side of the top. These pictures show the back side of the top after the second application of epoxy. The epoxy was mixed per instructions then I added two drops of transtint dye to put a little color in the epoxy