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HPau
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13/07/2010 4:41 am  

These are being made by high school woodwork students after a design by Tage Frid, I'm impressed, good to see kids being encouraged to produce decent work rather than the rubbish so often on the curriculum.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/5215/3-legged-stools


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13/07/2010 5:31 am  

Neat
Right in my area too... I wonder which school this is at.


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whitespike
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13/07/2010 6:31 am  

Are they for sale?
Are they for sale?


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13/07/2010 7:20 am  

Nice work.
...definitely...
Nice work.
...definitely much better quality than the bongs made in machine shop classes.


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13/07/2010 9:37 am  

It says
southeastern Pennsylvania. Interesting. Frid taught at RISD, in Providence -- don't know if he might have conducted summer workshops elsewhere. I don't know where he lived. I was fortunate to have his guidance for a couple of years, and think of him fondly.
"Vood moofs" was one of the truths that passed his lips. . .
If I had to make one of these handsome and no doubt comfortable stools, I think I would try to devise a routing device to smooth the concave surface of the seat plank. Laziness is the mother of invention ? Besides, I prefer the "workmanship of certainty" !


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HPau
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13/07/2010 10:44 am  

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Good point, its says in the link the seats were bandsawed out, not my idea of a good time. A router jig to do that wouldn't be too complex, similar to a flattening jig I suppose. It would cut out what is a fairly shallow curve and leave a good surface at the same time.
I'd turn the legs instead and use a forstner bit to drill the holes and think about a cushion that wraps around the front and back edge somehow.
I'm working on something similar (all turned) and will post pictures when its done.


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