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7th Jul 2020, 08:06 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Workshop Stool
Well it's not exactly high precision metalwork, but here it is anyway. I needed a short stool for the workshop. My feet are starting to ache at night if I spend too much time standing. I now try to do as much work as I can seated at a low "bench" made from two saw horses and a piece of MDF.
I had some ⅝" all-thread and nuts left over from building my garage. Stripped off the zinc plating with HCl diluted 1:10. Drilled one 8mm hole through the side of each nut. Turned the end of each horizontal piece down to 7.5mm for a sloppy fit because I couldn't be bothered drilling the nuts at the appropriate angle. Brazed it all together with the oxy-acetylene.
Seat is made from laminated strips of Oregon (Douglas Fir) recovered from a mate's decking. Three coats of my mongrel finish made of leftover Danish oil, tung oil, linseed oil, polyurethane and turps.Chris
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7th Jul 2020, 09:27 PM #2Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Very Nice.
One of mine is an all wooden stool that I picked up from council pickup. All the joints were loose so I re-glued it.
A few months later I was using it as 3rd sawhorse to support large sheet of MDF while I was breaking it up with a hand held circular nd ended up forgetting where the stool was and slicing the top it in half. So reglued it back together and then did the same thing the following week. By now its looking rather wonky but my other vinyl and steel stool is the latest storage location for chucks so I have to use the wonky wooden one.
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7th Jul 2020, 10:23 PM #3Most Valued Member
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8th Jul 2020, 08:15 PM #5Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Outside my workshop Stool
Wish the dogs would do them all like this as it certainly makes it easier to pick up.
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8th Jul 2020, 09:05 PM #6Most Valued Member
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Thanks Dave. I picked the best weld for the photo.
I'm only just getting back into brazing after many years. The problem I'm having now is my eyes are shot. I've got snap-in lenses in my goggles but they have a very narrow focal range, so I have to have my head just the right distance from the job. My normal glasses fit under the goggles, but they are bifocal and the section of the lens with correction is too low for welding. It's a real struggle. Not sure what the answer is. Maybe single focus reading glasses?
Also my torch is a Comet hand-piece with quick-connect flashback arresters. It's very long for the sort of work I do. The flame is a long way from my hand and I find it difficult to point the flame where I want it accurately.
Maybe I need TIG.Chris
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9th Jul 2020, 09:07 AM #8Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Sorry about my flippant post I don't wish to take away from Jacks great product.
I also assumed TIG till I read oxy-acetylene.
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9th Jul 2020, 01:06 PM #9Senior Member
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It gave me a good laugh, BobL !!
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9th Jul 2020, 03:27 PM #10Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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We can all use a good laugh these days even it's somewhat scatalogical.
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