Stool Build

No cherry but walnut and maple in almost any thickness if needed. This is an incredible build thread!!!!!!!!
 
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Here is the last of the construction. I wanted to make a swivel seat. I made some rings of Mike's persimmon, as the bearing surfaces.
I routed a recess for it; 100_2383.webp
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It didn't seem slick enough (in hindsight I think it may have been rubbing somewhere else) so I put these tabs of PTFE (similar to UHMW; slick plastic) in notches on the base ring, did some tweaking, and it spins pretty good. The center peg is also persimmon and is retained by a clip underneath; 100_2384.webp

This thing was a pain to sand, my fingers are still sore... Finished with Poly, rubbed out with 4/0 steel wool and waxed. I dropped it off yesterday for the display and judging.
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That's a blue ribbon build Barry. I know that was much more difficult than it looks - and it looks difficult.

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Barry that is absolutely stunning! It looks like a royal PITA, but you should be damn proud, that is something else! Tony
 
Yeah, what Kevin said. Hope the judges know just how difficult it is to do what you did. Everyone else is playing for runner-up status.
 
I know it was a pita to sand but the outcome is very well worth it. All of the rounded surfaces and smooth flowing joints just look very nice to the eye. It is one of those pieces that I would just have to touch and run my hands along the smooth rounded surfaces. Very well done Barry!:ok::good::drinks:
 
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Thanks everyone! I understand they are putting the stools in a gallery, and whoever comes in for a period of a few days is asked to chose their favorite, few if any will be woodworkers, just the general public so to speak. I am familiar with the gallery, it's kind of a hipster-starbucks crowd kind of place, they are probably more into "turd on a stick" kind of art:sarcastic:
 
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Ajctg2 said:
Great job Barry! How'd you like using the Auriou rasp?
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Thanks Andy, they were great! I borrowed them for this project, but if I do much more of this kind of stuff, I'm definitely buying my own...
 
Are those rasp still available? I thought they quit making them, I hope I am wrong on that.
 
Yep, still being handmade. Two main makers now-a-days: Auriou available through Lie-Nielsen and Liogier via their website. Both very nice. It's amazing the range of work that you can do with a good rasp.
Both makers have times of low/no availability, but they're worth the wait.
 
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I agree that certainly anyone that has some familiarity with wood working would look at that and really admire the tremendous effort and skill to make this. Let alone, to make the darn thing and then do a swivel top! This is the kind of piece that one hopes survives through the years so people will look at it and say "wow look what this 21st century craftsman did".

Well done.

Neil
 
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