Recently I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting, milling a lot of house trim for my parents’ 1880’s row house, and have inherited some very much appreciated raw materials from a friend who moved away. As a result the shop is packed to the gills. Getting from point A to point B has me feeling like Vincent Cassel in that Ocean’s Twelve scene.

It’s driving me nuts, so I’ve been spending some of my free time revisiting unfinished projects that I have sitting around and continuing to put awkward offcuts to use. I’ll be posting some of the products for sale here on the blog and and on my newly (and—as some of you know—very reluctantly) created Instagram.

For Sale: Small Maple and Ash Stool, $150
To get the ball rolling, I’ve got a little windsor style footstool (or a very little windsor style table). The top is hard maple with subtle curl in the grain, made from a longer narrow board cut down and joined edge to edge. This is a common industry practice that aside from allowing for wider pieces gives more control of the gain for aesthetics. It was originally the seat of a hairpin leg barstool that I was never happy with, mostly because I don’t like hairpin legged stools.

I replaced the hairpin structure with some decorative ash legs that I turned on my spring-pole lathe. The pole lathe is a reciprocating leg-powered tool that turns at a much lower rpm relative to modern electric lathes, that means the turnings often have more pronounced tool marks. Easier to seen in person than in these photos, I like the effect.

The original stool sat around in the shop for over a year, so there are some very minor blemishes. For that, as well as the fact that it’s a prototype/one-off I’m selling it at fair price that I can’t guarantee for anything similar that I make in the future.

If you’re interested or want to know more, please contact me here, directly by email or send me a DM on Instagram. I’ll edit this post to clearly state it’s sold when it’s no longer available.