Early Access Video: The 2x4 Stool
Added 2020-03-14 11:00:02 +0000 UTCFriends:
It's been in the works for a few weeks, but the 2x4 stool is here! You can build this project for next to nothing and it opens up a HUGE world of chair-making. There are so many new ideas and techniques in this build and the investment is so small. Grab a hunk of framing lumber and let's get going!
Just like usual, the plans will be posted for Patrons on Wednesday morning. Right now, I'm still drawing them.
Happy Saturday!
--Rex
Comments
Thanks Bill & Rex. Did a little research and have found ways to make them with power tools, but I'll need to come up with a jig to make them by hand, since the makerspace I belong to is closed for the duration. In the meantime, I've ordered some axe & maul handle wedges to get started.
John Appel
2020-03-18 15:29:37 +0000 UTCPine is a great choice; it's similar to the Doug Fir I used. Southern Yellow Pine is very hard and would be even better than the wood I chose. (The places by me don't stock SYP in 2x4.)
Rex Krueger
2020-03-18 15:23:01 +0000 UTCOh, no problem. I just made them from a scrap of walnut. Any hardwood will do the job. If you're short on hardwood, old tool/broom handles and cutting boards are usually hardwood. One of those will make you a million wedged.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-18 15:19:00 +0000 UTCI agree completely!
Rex Krueger
2020-03-18 15:17:24 +0000 UTCCheck the bins where they're building new homes in your area. You can generally find 2x6, 2x8, or 2x10 cut-offs long enough for this project. The larger dimensional lumber is generally better quality than 2x4s and it's free!
Bill Smithem
2020-03-18 13:03:48 +0000 UTCA piece of hardwood and a saw - make your own.
Bill Smithem
2020-03-18 12:53:41 +0000 UTCNewbie question here - my search-fu is failing me in trying to locate the kind of wedges used to secure the tenons. I'm sure I'm missing something simple but haven't located them on the websites of the big box stores or Amazon. Any recommendations for specific products I should be looking for, or better sources? Thanks!
John Appel
2020-03-18 12:18:23 +0000 UTCIts also called a Travisher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2SGOop9AzA this one looks doable!
Howard Tuckey
2020-03-17 19:40:51 +0000 UTCHere's one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQZiIA136E
Howard Tuckey
2020-03-17 19:35:23 +0000 UTCi love this stool :) would you think this would be to make out of pine?
Steve Parry
2020-03-17 18:40:26 +0000 UTCTruth!
Rex Krueger
2020-03-17 12:09:32 +0000 UTCFor those of you searching, the scorp is also known as an inshave.
Nic Beurskens
2020-03-16 19:52:11 +0000 UTCRuined no, just not adiquit for the original project. Will cedar work for tenon wedges? I was just gonna practice dovetails and make some small boxes or drawers
Bill Previte
2020-03-16 14:37:56 +0000 UTCI like to think no lumber is ruined, it's just stock prep for smaller and smaller projects! 😁. You're gonna need wedges for tenons...
Nic Beurskens
2020-03-16 12:49:30 +0000 UTCI think that's a great idea, too!
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:11:06 +0000 UTCThe plane iron doesn't flex at all. Honestly, it made a great scraper. Lots of people use thick ones that don't bend and this is no different.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:10:48 +0000 UTCYou're welcome!
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:09:02 +0000 UTCThat's true. They also call them "stickers." I just balance my boards on edge if I can.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:08:55 +0000 UTCNo argument from me.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:02:57 +0000 UTCI'm hoping this week will be a few little projects for the kids. We'll all get through this thing together.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:02:28 +0000 UTCThat's AWESOME! They're not so common, so you're lucky to have one.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 11:00:26 +0000 UTCI want one, but more importantly, I want to know how to MAKE one so that everyone can have one.
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 10:58:21 +0000 UTCI'm truly humbled by all the support I get. I mean it!
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 10:57:55 +0000 UTCThat sounds like a GREAT idea. I'll have a look!
Rex Krueger
2020-03-16 10:57:30 +0000 UTCThis page talks about making your own skorp from a fox wrench....
Paul Morin
2020-03-16 01:47:32 +0000 UTChttps://web.archive.org/web/20150318102400/http:/wkfinetools.com/contrib/jThompson/miniScorp/miniScorp1.asp
Paul Morin
2020-03-16 01:46:25 +0000 UTCOk, here is a good site describing, briefly, how to make your own Skorps out of old box wrenches.... what do you think Rex? Maybe a session you could do to combine your metal and woodworking skills and figure out a suitable way For us all to make some skorps and augment our stool workout?
Paul Morin
2020-03-16 01:46:16 +0000 UTC1000 patrons. Nice milestone
Paul Morin
2020-03-15 14:38:29 +0000 UTCI eat a lot of Gorp when hiking. But don’t have a Skorp. I’ll keep my eye out for one at swap meets...
Paul Morin
2020-03-15 14:36:10 +0000 UTCSo it turns out I have a super dull scorp. It doesn't even have a bevel over most of the edge... 90 degrees... seriously. My dad found it at a flee market and bought it just knowing that it was a cutting tool. Thought he might clean it up and put an edge on, but never got around to it. He passed it on to me when I got into hand woodworking (largely due to this channel and the influence of a recently passed uncle), and I just found out what it was called. I've got some sharpening to do before I get onto this project. Thanks again Rex.
Robert Storey
2020-03-15 02:35:02 +0000 UTCStay healthy Howard! Looking forward to your posts!
Nic Beurskens
2020-03-15 02:29:50 +0000 UTCA most welcome project addition! Like many oldsters, we've suddenly become shut-ins, and you've given me several projects now that I think I'll be able to mass produce, with an eye toward Christmas. I think there's gonna be a lot of "Grandpa made this!" under the tree this year. A sincere thank you for this one! Stay healthy, Rex! You've become a vital link to the "outside!"
Howard Tuckey
2020-03-15 01:44:21 +0000 UTCRight on Paul. I have seen just about every Pask video, but somehow that one slipped through the cracks! I am also firmly in the old screwdriver camp for burnishing.
Nic Beurskens
2020-03-14 20:16:11 +0000 UTCI’m not a big fan of CA glue and dust. It always dries a different color to the surrounding wood and cracks in load bearing joints because it’s so stiff. Personally I prefer to use wood glue and dust - it takes longer to cure, but I get a better finish with it.
A1BASE
2020-03-14 17:07:40 +0000 UTCI like this project too, thanks!
Mick King
2020-03-14 15:43:21 +0000 UTCLayed 1" boards on top of each other, no air movement (so I'm told) and they cupped super bad. I was told by a cabinet maker to use "spacers" in-between each piece to help air flow which should prevent this.
Bill Previte
2020-03-14 15:09:29 +0000 UTCI am a fan of stools, yet I don't have a single one. I think I will really like this project. It is a great gift idea, too. I hope maybe you will consider step stools down the temporal road.
Michael Ross
2020-03-14 15:08:18 +0000 UTCReally? How'd you do that?
Rex Krueger
2020-03-14 15:00:20 +0000 UTCIt's like Christmas morning! I woke up stoked for video. I bought my lumber and have been waiting all week for this to come out. Rex, a quick thought for future content.... Do's and donts for wood/lumber storage.... As a super newbie I ruined a few pieces already bc I don't have a single clue as to what I'm actually doing.
Bill Previte
2020-03-14 14:31:18 +0000 UTCThanks, Rex. I'm really drawn to this project. My workshop is still in disarray from rearranging, reorganizing, and construction, over this winter. A couple of more weeks is all, I hope, before I can dive into projects I want and need to build.
Paul Bucalo
2020-03-14 12:45:05 +0000 UTCI've got to make a card holder for mine. My fingers and hands cramp up easily. Some of the really popular YT video craftspeople have shown how to make simple-to-elegant-design cabinet scraper holders. The simplest designs can be made from a two-by cut-off. Here's a link to *Pask Makes'* version: https://youtu.be/guRM-hqoiQY You've reminded me: I have a small hatchet that needs to be sharpened for the first time, and that I need to add an adze and scorp to my list of 'must have or else' list. I bought a burnisher back when I ordered the card scrapers, but a large diameter quality screw driver can work if the shaft is hardened steel.
Paul Bucalo
2020-03-14 12:40:31 +0000 UTCAfter watching a dug-out canoe get made, an adse and a scorp have been on the wishlist! Brilliant move with the scrub iron turned scraper. I will say, I think I paid about $15 for the cheap 3 piece set at my local Woodcraft. They are actually not a bad set at all and cheaper than buying sandpaper all the time. I'm going to try rolling a bur on one of my own plane irons and see how they compare. I imagine the rigid plane iron would save your fingers quite a bit. I'm genuinely stoked on this video. I'll be making my stool and posting it asap!
Nic Beurskens
2020-03-14 11:21:22 +0000 UTC
