Stools by Stuart
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Stands by Stuart
Every stand (every stool) has a story.

I began work on this stool in March 2010. I t was still too cold in my garage/workshop spend much time so I did most of the sanding and finish work at a friend's HEATED wood-shop.

The first stool was a protype - proof of concept - and I made it out of some old pine board (actually it was the sides of an old waterbed.)

The pine board was a 2X8 which I sawed down to 7 inches (plus). I glued two of these together to make a 14 X 14 inch piece (blank) for the top.
I designed and built a simple fixture to cut the eight-sided top.
I designed and built a simple taper fixture to cut the tapered legs.
And I built a fixture to attach the trapezoid pieces to each leg.

It all went together alright but the legs were a nightmare to glue together and screw into the top. How do you hold everything straight and even while I clamped it together for gluing?