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Step 11Stools
Pic 41, 42, and 5 are some stools I made using mostly doweled mortise and tenon joints to hold the legs onto the seat.
The Devils Wedge
The stool in Pic 43 is one of the simplest you can make. It is an old colonial American design. The seat is carved out of a 18" section of a log that was split in half. I used dry juniper branches for the legs. In this stool I attached the legs to a seat made out of green Douglas fir. This insured that the green wood would shrink around the drier branches to hold them tight. After more than 20 years the legs are still locked tight.
Another way to attach the legs if you are using wood that is all fairly dry, is to use a devils wedge. So called because once it is locked in place it is difficult to get back out. See Pic 44.
The Devils Wedge
The stool in Pic 43 is one of the simplest you can make. It is an old colonial American design. The seat is carved out of a 18" section of a log that was split in half. I used dry juniper branches for the legs. In this stool I attached the legs to a seat made out of green Douglas fir. This insured that the green wood would shrink around the drier branches to hold them tight. After more than 20 years the legs are still locked tight.
Another way to attach the legs if you are using wood that is all fairly dry, is to use a devils wedge. So called because once it is locked in place it is difficult to get back out. See Pic 44.
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