Day 3 - Seven Scrapwood Challenge videos in Seven Days. Check back tomorrow for the next episode or check out yesterdays if you haven't seen it already. I'll make some free plans for the stool as soon as I get chance. :)
Thank you so much Neil. I quite fell in love with that 'scrap wood challenge' : simple, quick to build, really useful land inexpensive. If you do, I'll be willing to build one or two with my son during holidays :)
I've seen stools like this where the seat is one piece, just folding to one side - never split in half. I like this one better, symmetrical and much more intricate. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve seen both, but prefer this one. The asymmetrical version needs something to hold the seat in place, whereas the symmetrical one has the two halves lock each other into place.
Just made one today with my students ( 14 year olds with autism, behavior disorder, language difficulties...) and they loved it! Finished a testmodel today and tomorrow they will be making their own! Thanks for the inspiration!
I'm a beginner woodworker. I have a "Woodworking" list that I save neat ideas to. You and Fisher's Shop occupy and exceptionally high percentage of the videos I've saved as projects to make. Set aside the very cool ideas, you both are very relaxing to listen to and inspire confidence in creation. Thanks so much!
My granpa used to make exacly this stoll here in Brazil, 20 yrs ago, when he was alive and i was a kid. It was nice to see you make them, thanks for the video. A hug from Brazil! =) Sry for the poor english btw
Beautiful end result. We made these at shop class in middle school, I'ts been 15 years now and I still regularly use that stool. One of the best and most useful beginner projects.
My parents have had a couple of these since the 80's. We used them as camp tables when I was growing up. They're absolutely fantastic and as good now as the day they were built.
Cool job! This video reminded me of the same stool that my grandfather once had. It was bought/made back in the days of the USSR and is possibly still stored somewhere in the closet. Thanks,sir!
Nice job! I made one of these in grade 7 shop class 30 years ago and I still use it today! Instead of bolts, dowels were used which also duplicated as a handle.
Lots of nostalgia for me. I immediately recognised the design as something we'd made in woodworking class in high school (Sydney) in year eight? Your's is way better of course. Also my father had a huge camphor laurel in his backyard which he cut down about 15 years ago ... and I never thought to save any. Lovely work as usual.
@@mass4552 check the below video. There are alot out there and this is one i recently viewed. I think this is Russian but you can clearly see the idea. ua-cam.com/video/7qrh3y0XGpQ/v-deo.html
I have fond memories of this style of stool - my grandparents use to have a small one I would sit on in their garden as a toddler. Cool project, great execution.
Love this! I made some of these for camping years ago - Scooping the seat is a nice idea, but I use mine for both stools and end tables so I left mine totally flat. Keep up the great work!
My wife has a table/TV tray that is this same split top design and we use it often when we need a small temporary work surface. I never would have thought to make a smaller version that could be a stool. great stuff!
Wow! No there is a bolt of lightening from my childhood! A great Uncle of mine made a folding stool very like this for ME when I was a child - for use in the bathroom, so i could reach the taps on the lavatory. I remember it HAD to be a folding stool, because there was no space for a regular stool.............................. I have to admire the way you consider each project a "complete work". What is essentially a utilitarian necessity is finessed and finished to "front room" quality. Thank you for sharing your talents, I look forward to each video, and I mark the Seven challenges in a row as a holiday treat!
Another absolutely great project. This one I really like, would make such an excellent, not too complicated gift to make for family and friends. BTW, really like the finish, it's just enough to really bring out and highlight the beautiful grain of the wood.
He visto muchos vídeos de estos taburetes, pero este sin duda es el mejor, por como lo hace, explica y su terminación. Perfecto. Un saludo desde España. 👍
It would also make a handy dandy portable patio table or T.V. table. Larger of course. Great karate performance btw. Very enjoyable, thanks for posting.
Funny, I made mine something like 8 years ago when I found plans on internet. These plans were meant as a sort of mobile workbench and I often use it as an addition to the table when we have many guests. It's the same height as the table. I made it with dowels that were glued on one side and it is really sturdy
We bought two stools just like this at an estate sale. Friends that have seen them are always asking to have a look so that they can recreate them. I'll send them this way too now. Great work!
My parents have a couple of these that they've had since the 80's. When I was growing up we used them as camping tables while sitting around the fire. They're as solid 30+ years later as the day they were made.
I've not seen the design before - the two halfs binding it together mean it becomes more stable the more force is applied, and it folds away in such an elegant manner. I think I'm going to modify our folding dinner tables to do this.
I made one of these about 20 years ago in a woodworking course and it really is a great project. Often thought about scaling it up to make a small little table or display stand. Thanks.
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
I've made a few of these seats, instead of bolts dowels work fine. The top bolts can be completely replaced by the handle dowel. The bolts in the middle of the legs can be replaced by dowels too.
Lovely stool Pask. It reminds me a lot of those Luban lock type tables I've seen Master Asian craftsmen make. The wax you use really brings out the beauty of the wood. I love it.
We have a taller set of four of these that my great uncle made. They are much thinner since they are tables and not stools you have to stand on. They are the best tables to use at a couch ever! Love this project and idea! Now I want one of these too! :D
you may have wanted to consider using nylon locking nuts (the ones with the blue ring on the inside) so that they wouldn't work themselves loose over time. great video and a simple but extraordinary result, I'll have to make one of these in the future.
Really cool! Finally looked up camper laurel and learned it’s camphor laurel. LOL! Nice grain though. We don’t have this in Massachusetts but apparently grows in the southern US.
we have a couple of similarly designed folding tables for camping - very adaptable and compact basic design - thanks for the How-To as I have been wanting to do just this - new tables.
I love the look of that wood you use. Beautiful color. I'm thinking about making a table like this, to go with a pair of wooden nesting chairs for a house-warming gift for friends.
We have a few fishing stools like this but a bit bigger. They are super light, easy to carry down to the waters edge, and it's better than sitting on a rock or stump.
I have a set of these for my boat as they stow away really easy, what we also have is a table made of the same design so you always have a table set available! Not as nice as yours though, fantastic video. Thank you!
As a Martial artist I totally endorse that karate chop!! Great work again Neil! I have to admit when I saw the thumbnail of the stool, I was like ok I knew it folded, but watching the video I was blown away by how it folded. I’m from Brooklyn and I have never seen a stool fold like that! Super efficient and sturdy. Another one I have to take a crack at over the spring/summer. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video
nice. when my grandfather passed away 15 years ago my dad found a pile of these stools in his shop and he hadn't done any wood work in over 10 years at that point. I have 2 of these, a tall one and a short one. all I have done is paint them. still as sturdy as ever and they are at least 25-30 years old. made out of 1/2" plywood too.
Thank you for a great project and video. I look forward to these plans. An easy enough project I can do with my minimal tools & workshop. Great dog too!
I would love one of these in Camphor Laurel - Radiata Pine just doesn't smell as good. Definitely a cool design. I've been making them with my students for the last 20-odd years and also made a picnic table sized version with slats on the top instead of solid panels. Cool use of scrap wood Neil
I love how you take something that exists in basic form and make it so much better and more beautiful! Watching you work is truly inspiring! On a side note: I tried the hand chopping thing on a piece of maple, and it didn't work.... Will try it on pine once my hand heals. :P
Awesome build, Its so simple and really nice that it seems only hand tools could be used for it with power tools speeding it up, inspired to try it myself!
Many years ago, my 6th grade woodshop class used this stool design to demonstrate production-line manufacturing of wooden stools. Each student set up and produced multiple copies of a part, and then we assembled them all. The class sold most of them for a fundraiser. I got to keep two of the stools, and they lasted many years, thank you for the memory!
I made these back in june during the height of the pandemic lockdown. my 2 sons 9 and 6 learned how to use power tools and had fun making their own stools. I originally made my first one in 8th grade shop class back in 1992. I used dowels for the hinges instead of bolts
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Day 3 - Seven Scrapwood Challenge videos in Seven Days. Check back tomorrow for the next episode or check out yesterdays if you haven't seen it already.
I'll make some free plans for the stool as soon as I get chance. :)
Yes please!
Thank you so much Neil.
I quite fell in love with that 'scrap wood challenge' : simple, quick to build, really useful land inexpensive.
If you do, I'll be willing to build one or two with my son during holidays :)
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That's a brilliant little stool. Such a great design, I've never seen one like that before,
I've seen stools like this where the seat is one piece, just folding to one side - never split in half. I like this one better, symmetrical and much more intricate. Thanks for sharing!
And better balanced too.
I’ve seen both, but prefer this one. The asymmetrical version needs something to hold the seat in place, whereas the symmetrical one has the two halves lock each other into place.
Just made one today with my students ( 14 year olds with autism, behavior disorder, language difficulties...) and they loved it!
Finished a testmodel today and tomorrow they will be making their own! Thanks for the inspiration!
Karate chop did not work :(
I'm a beginner woodworker. I have a "Woodworking" list that I save neat ideas to. You and Fisher's Shop occupy and exceptionally high percentage of the videos I've saved as projects to make. Set aside the very cool ideas, you both are very relaxing to listen to and inspire confidence in creation. Thanks so much!
I have been missing the Scrapwood challenges. Glad to see that they are getting some more love.
Man, your shop has got to smell amazing, with all of that camphor laurel
I've loved all these videos so far but this one is my favourite, can't wait to see tomorrows.
My granpa used to make exacly this stoll here in Brazil, 20 yrs ago, when he was alive and i was a kid. It was nice to see you make them, thanks for the video. A hug from Brazil! =) Sry for the poor english btw
Your English is fine, Leonardo ....Cheers from Australia !
Glad you enjoyed it Leonardo! :)
Lots of magic in this episode.
He started also :(
Nooooo..
Beautiful end result. We made these at shop class in middle school, I'ts been 15 years now and I still regularly use that stool. One of the best and most useful beginner projects.
No you didn’t.
@@aaqilian5.085 I don't follow. Are you questioning whether or not we made folding stools in shop class?
Love that little stool. Wood be perfect most anywhere. Even a small camp end table, small bed room, hunting blind, kitchen, ...
Nice pun
My parents have had a couple of these since the 80's. We used them as camp tables when I was growing up. They're absolutely fantastic and as good now as the day they were built.
Very handy little stool, and good-looking, too!
I like this stool design which I hadn't seen before, and you executed it beautifully.
Beautifully executed and the grain/color is spectacular! Thank you Neil, looking forward to seeing your plans!
Never was so much made from so little by so few! Another grand little quickie with a grand result! Thanks for sharing!
Cool job! This video reminded me of the same stool that my grandfather once had. It was bought/made back in the days of the USSR and is possibly still stored somewhere in the closet. Thanks,sir!
The sound effect at 5:36 was AMAZING! Can't wait to see the next four!
I made one for my wife as a garden stool. I used wooden dowels instead of fasteners. It turned out nice I think. Great video!
I've seen similar "camping" chairs but not this style.
What a fantastic scrap wood build!
I'm going to build at least two!!
Thank you!!
Nice job! I made one of these in grade 7 shop class 30 years ago and I still use it today! Instead of bolts, dowels were used which also duplicated as a handle.
Lots of nostalgia for me. I immediately recognised the design as something we'd made in woodworking class in high school (Sydney) in year eight? Your's is way better of course. Also my father had a huge camphor laurel in his backyard which he cut down about 15 years ago ... and I never thought to save any. Lovely work as usual.
I have also seen this in a larger form as a folding table. Good build. Great job.
I was thinking about changing this design for a table. Do you remember where you saw it?
@@mass4552 check the below video. There are alot out there and this is one i recently viewed. I think this is Russian but you can clearly see the idea. ua-cam.com/video/7qrh3y0XGpQ/v-deo.html
@@nikosdimeas2864 Thanks. Heading there now.
Another peach of a project. Simple yet it's something you can see lasting generations.
I have fond memories of this style of stool - my grandparents use to have a small one I would sit on in their garden as a toddler. Cool project, great execution.
Wow... Camphor Laurel is such a beautiful wood, and it and you produced a wonderful, and beautiful stool!
Love this! I made some of these for camping years ago - Scooping the seat is a nice idea, but I use mine for both stools and end tables so I left mine totally flat. Keep up the great work!
My wife has a table/TV tray that is this same split top design and we use it often when we need a small temporary work surface. I never would have thought to make a smaller version that could be a stool. great stuff!
I have a couple of plastic tables that look just like this. I have never seen it in wood or as a chair. Fab work, Neil. That's a beauty.
Wow! No there is a bolt of lightening from my childhood! A great Uncle of mine made a folding stool very like this for ME when I was a child - for use in the bathroom, so i could reach the taps on the lavatory. I remember it HAD to be a folding stool, because there was no space for a regular stool..............................
I have to admire the way you consider each project a "complete work". What is essentially a utilitarian necessity is finessed and finished to "front room" quality. Thank you for sharing your talents, I look forward to each video, and I mark the Seven challenges in a row as a holiday treat!
Yes, the folding stool/table has been around for many years, but you did an outstanding job documenting the build. Great video as always, Neil.
Another absolutely great project. This one I really like, would make such an excellent, not too complicated gift to make for family and friends. BTW, really like the finish, it's just enough to really bring out and highlight the beautiful grain of the wood.
I love the design; the complexity and simplicity. Make me wanna make one of my own! Inspiring, can't want for the next one.
He visto muchos vídeos de estos taburetes, pero este sin duda es el mejor, por como lo hace, explica y su terminación. Perfecto. Un saludo desde España. 👍
It would also make a handy dandy portable patio table or T.V. table. Larger of course. Great karate performance btw. Very enjoyable, thanks for posting.
You are one of few makers I directly click on "Like" even before watching the video because I know it will be good. Never disappointed. Respects Sir.
Funny, I made mine something like 8 years ago when I found plans on internet. These plans were meant as a sort of mobile workbench and I often use it as an addition to the table when we have many guests. It's the same height as the table. I made it with dowels that were glued on one side and it is really sturdy
What a beautiful little stool. Elegant folding system.
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We bought two stools just like this at an estate sale. Friends that have seen them are always asking to have a look so that they can recreate them. I'll send them this way too now. Great work!
My parents have a couple of these that they've had since the 80's. When I was growing up we used them as camping tables while sitting around the fire. They're as solid 30+ years later as the day they were made.
Beautiful little stool. Love that wood !
I've not seen the design before - the two halfs binding it together mean it becomes more stable the more force is applied, and it folds away in such an elegant manner. I think I'm going to modify our folding dinner tables to do this.
Beautiful and simple little piece of work! Best wishes for the Christmas holiday and pray for a much better new year.
Nice project. My dad made 2 of these a long time ago. They were larger and were used as tables. Very useful for camping.
I absolutely love this. It's such a handy little thing to have. Top stuff. I'm going to have a go at making one. Many thanks 😊
I made one of these about 20 years ago in a woodworking course and it really is a great project. Often thought about scaling it up to make a small little table or display stand. Thanks.
What a coincidence, i have that searched. A beautiful project after the christmastime. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Meine Tochter plant, den Stuhl mit ihrem Opa in der Weihnachtszeit zu bauen. 👍🏻Tolles Projekt.
I love these little stools, seen a lot made and yours is really top notch 👌. It's one thing I'm going to try to build myself.
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
I've made a few of these seats, instead of bolts dowels work fine. The top bolts can be completely replaced by the handle dowel. The bolts in the middle of the legs can be replaced by dowels too.
Lovely stool Pask. It reminds me a lot of those Luban lock type tables I've seen Master Asian craftsmen make.
The wax you use really brings out the beauty of the wood. I love it.
Never seen a stool like that either!
Tis the season for giving and learning, thank you for the wonderful video to make that possible! ❤
We have a taller set of four of these that my great uncle made. They are much thinner since they are tables and not stools you have to stand on. They are the best tables to use at a couch ever! Love this project and idea! Now I want one of these too! :D
1:47 brilliant, made my day!
Nice looking and functional little stool.
I am one of the viewers that has not seen this style of folding stool. Thanks so much for sharing all that you do! I'll definitely be making this!
you may have wanted to consider using nylon locking nuts (the ones with the blue ring on the inside) so that they wouldn't work themselves loose over time. great video and a simple but extraordinary result, I'll have to make one of these in the future.
Really cool! Finally looked up camper laurel and learned it’s camphor laurel. LOL! Nice grain though. We don’t have this in Massachusetts but apparently grows in the southern US.
we have a couple of similarly designed folding tables for camping - very adaptable and compact basic design - thanks for the How-To as I have been wanting to do just this - new tables.
I love the look of that wood you use. Beautiful color. I'm thinking about making a table like this, to go with a pair of wooden nesting chairs for a house-warming gift for friends.
I've made a couple of these, only larger to use as end tables on the deck. Easy storage for the winter months.
No lie, this blew my mind! I haven’t seen a stool like that and now desperately want one!!!!
You could make collapsible sawhorses the same way. Nice.
All sawhorses are collapsible... if you put enough weight on top of them.
We have a few fishing stools like this but a bit bigger. They are super light, easy to carry down to the waters edge, and it's better than sitting on a rock or stump.
I have a set of these for my boat as they stow away really easy, what we also have is a table made of the same design so you always have a table set available! Not as nice as yours though, fantastic video. Thank you!
Classic old time design over in us. We use as table for your drink outside. Thank You
As a Martial artist I totally endorse that karate chop!! Great work again Neil! I have to admit when I saw the thumbnail of the stool, I was like ok I knew it folded, but watching the video I was blown away by how it folded. I’m from Brooklyn and I have never seen a stool fold like that! Super efficient and sturdy. Another one I have to take a crack at over the spring/summer. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video
Beautiful job, and the Karate-chop was exemplary!
nice. when my grandfather passed away 15 years ago my dad found a pile of these stools in his shop and he hadn't done any wood work in over 10 years at that point. I have 2 of these, a tall one and a short one. all I have done is paint them. still as sturdy as ever and they are at least 25-30 years old. made out of 1/2" plywood too.
You gave me inspiration. I made 2 of these for Christmas gifts. Thanks. I really liked this series of yours.
What a lovely stool. Look forward to the plans. Thanks .
What a nice stool. Well done Pask!
Great chair! Good luck!
Thank you for a great project and video. I look forward to these plans. An easy enough project I can do with my minimal tools & workshop. Great dog too!
I would love one of these in Camphor Laurel - Radiata Pine just doesn't smell as good.
Definitely a cool design. I've been making them with my students for the last 20-odd years and also made a picnic table sized version with slats on the top instead of solid panels.
Cool use of scrap wood Neil
The curve in the seat really makes the difference from all the others!
I love how you take something that exists in basic form and make it so much better and more beautiful! Watching you work is truly inspiring!
On a side note: I tried the hand chopping thing on a piece of maple, and it didn't work.... Will try it on pine once my hand heals. :P
A super little stool. I like the way it folds up. A very comical and great video mate
Such a great stool, thanks for sharing your brilliant skill and craftsmanship!
I have one of these stools all the way over here in Texas. It is pretty old, maybe 30 years or so. Great video as always!
2 out of 2, videos I've watched of yours today, so far, and thought, I need that,
I was not at all expecting the karate chop! I love that style of humor, it gets me every time. Reminds me of This Old Tony
I love the smell of Camphor, I had a huge Camphor tree in my front yard growing up.
I just got plans for this as a TV tray from Lee Valley and was having a hard time visualizing the base. This helped so much. Thx
That wood is so beautiful, I love it every time you use it! Wish we could get it in US
so great and professional project❤️🍀👍
Awesome stool!!! Loved the folded low profile shape!
It's a wonderful design. I've never seen it as a stool, but here in the US they sell them made out of plastic as tables for your lawn furniture set.
Awesome build, Its so simple and really nice that it seems only hand tools could be used for it with power tools speeding it up, inspired to try it myself!
7 scrap wood challenges in 7 days? That sounds like a scrap wood challenge challenge.
Many years ago, my 6th grade woodshop class used this stool design to demonstrate production-line manufacturing of wooden stools. Each student set up and produced multiple copies of a part, and then we assembled them all. The class sold most of them for a fundraiser. I got to keep two of the stools, and they lasted many years, thank you for the memory!
These scrapbook challenges are awesome!
Well done! I made folding workbench this way. It's nice and beefy and sooo much sturdier than a Black & Decker Workmate.
Santa Pask....You make this look too easy. Cheers!
I really liked them. I will make a pair for my son and me to use at fishing, easy to carry and store in the trunk. Thank.
I made these back in june during the height of the pandemic lockdown. my 2 sons 9 and 6 learned how to use power tools and had fun making their own stools. I originally made my first one in 8th grade shop class back in 1992. I used dowels for the hinges instead of bolts
I had one of these for many years. Very handy👍✌️😊🙏🏼⚒⚒⚒
great video. i made a couple of these for my niece and nephew not too long ago, love them
We used to have one of these, would love to make some for picnics, thanks for the idea.
That is just brilliant! I’m gobsmacked