I’m no carpenter but I needed a chair for me workshop so I made one out of a bit of scrap timber

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  1. That’ll do Donkey, that’ll do.
    No means any carpenter myself but love building stuff out of scrap wood, great feeling of accomplishment.

  2. Well, your observation about not being a carpenter is spot on..
    It’ll do the job tho.. long may you enjoy it and your hole be free of splinters

  3. Great job, looks v sturdy.
    But over time those legs will wobble, I’d suggest a brace between the legs, but I’m no carpenter either!

  4. Clever design. Looks solid. A three legged chair/stool won’t wobble.

    I remember junior cert woodwork we had to design and make a stool. I made a 4 legged one that had the *slightest* discrepancy in leg length and gave the smallest wobble. I got 97%. Second highest in class. Another lad got 98% because his was 3 legged, and couldn’t wobble.

    Our teacher was impressed.

  5. Right, off to a craft market in D4, wear a beret and grow a beard if you dont have one, scowl at everyone you see and if anyone enquires about the stool, you refer to it as a piece and ask for 500 euro.

  6. Put some flat strap from top planks down to the legs with nails.

    That way if you move while sitting with all your weight on it (you will) a leg won’t just pop off and put a nail into your nuts.

  7. Fair play! I used to have a small area of decking at the back of my house but after 3-4 years I got tired of slipping on it every time it was wet and pulled it up. I didn’t want to waste the wood planks so I made this out of it. Never hammered a nail before this (I paid a carpenter to fit the decking). Got the plans off the internet and borrowed a chop-saw, bought bolts and fittings from Homebase and made this with my son who was 7 or 8 years old at the time. Took us just one day. Made a little plaque with the date and our names and stuck it on the side. Still use it today, 10 years later. The parasol is from a garden table and chair set that we didn’t use.

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