Sit a Spell

[dustypilot]

Maple & Walnut stool. Saw it on Youtube and what attracted me was the dovetail mount and aluminum keys to hold the legs in place. So I drew something up, made the top as a 2-sided carve (3D inverted dome top and multiple pocket bottom), the keys SLOWLY out of 1/4" aluminum plate and the rotary attachment for the legs. I used to make GREAT legs on the lathe - but none of them matched. These sat in the grooves and were level the FIRST time (10 deg cut). Danish Oil as a finish.

[Bob]

DP,
Yup, I really like that nifty stool!

"I used to make GREAT legs on the lathe - but none of them matched. " That sounds a lot like me...

Someday I'll get brave enough to try aluminum.

Thanks for sharing the pictures and description.
Bob

[grossmsj]

"I used to make GREAT legs on the lathe - but none of them matched. " That sounds a lot like me...


This is where the 4th axis rotary attachment really becomes valuable. Doing the legs is tedious for sure. With the rotary attachment, I went from solid stock, to 36 inch spindle blanks, to ten darn near perfect legs in a day. The Axiom just plowed through them. They fit well and just needed a little touch up sanding.

Since I had a model of the leg from Aspire, it was a simple matter to make a 'negative' for holding the spindles for drilling.



I find I can spend the 'artistic' time working on the spindle shapes I want, and let the 4th axis do the grunt work. I still like to do the seats on the lathe, because that's just fun.