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RWW 200 The Campaign Stool

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9 years ago
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This project is a fun one because it involves very little stock and can be completed in a few hours, even when turning on a spring pole lathe! I should really call this stool “I get by with a little help from my friends” because so much of it is outsourced. All is did was rive and turn 3 legs then put it together with specialized hardware and a stunning leather seat that were both purchased from others.

As an introductory project for woodturning, this can’t be beat because it touches on some fundamental skills and forces you to duplicate them for 3 legs. I had a lot of fun with this and my plan to make a 3rd stool for myself just turned into the need to make a 4th as well since my wife wants one too! Thanks to Christoper Schwarz for revitalizing this form and to Lee Valley and TX Heritage Woodworks for stepping up with the accessories to make this stool that much easier to realize.

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campaign stool carrying strapAlso I asked the question at the end of the video about where to attach the carrying strap and Jason at TX Heritage came through with his solution to attach the strap just below the cups of the seat. That makes the most sense as it is inconspicuous yet also makes for efficient carrying as the loop around the feet makes a shoulder strap.

So go make a stool! I plan to throw this over my shoulder next time I go fishing.

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Bill K

200th video – congrats! I don’t have a lathe but looks like a fun project if I ever get one.

    Shannon

    You can always make a lathe!

      Bill K

      If only there was a place online that could teach me how to build a foot-powered one step-by-step! 😉 Seriously though, at times I look at lathes and say “never gonna try that” and other times I say “hmmm, that could be fun!”

Dave Beynon

I would think you would want to put that strap around the bottom to help stop the legs from spreading out more with excess weight.

    Shannon

    That’s not a concern with this design since the fulcrum is in the middle. Also the strap makes a should carry strap

Derrick Russ

Do you know about how heavy the entire stool is once completed legs, hardware leather seat and all?

Looks great BTW.

Theodore Scott

I also have mixed emotions about lathes, so I made my campaign stool with the tools I have already – drawknife, spoke shaveshaves, curved scrapers. It wasn’t hard, and I encourage people to give it a try.

Joshua

I think I heard you say on woodtalk that your about 6’4″. That puts you fairly close to my size I think, I’m a little taller and burlier than you, but close enough. Did you make the legs any thicker or longer than Schwartz calls for, in order to accommodate being a bigger guy, of did you just follow the sizing exactly?