Stumps are great stuff. They're beautiful, they're heavy (at least the heavier ones, I don't know exactly about the lighters), they're incredibly useful (even the lightest), and they're free (you just have to be organised, and fast).

Last time I got a few poplar stumps from a friend (really!) and we used them as cheap furniture around the barbeque. Since they're already starting to rot at the base, and since it's been raining almost the whole weekend - the perfect workshop time! - I decided to do some upgrading.

I started to raise them, just the way I did here, and from then on my inspiration of the day guided my hands.

How poetic.

Enjoy this very easy build. All you need is a stump (no kidding), some branches, a handful screws, a nice cup of coffee and a few hours of spare time. For one piece, wellunderstood.

You know, a stump at itself is already a pure joy to sit on, but you'll discover soon that this build is more than double joy. This stump deluxe feels like sitting on a nest kittens. But without the screaming.

Enjoy!

Step 1: Tripod-ing

debark
put the stump downside up
use clock-drill and chisel to make three holes (slightly angled)
cut a pole in three and insert the three legs in the holes
screw them (no structural screwing), just to prevent them from wobbling too much
link the legs with a few smaller branches, these will immobilize the whole
put the stump back on its legs
have a beer

Be a pro:

use linseed oil to lubrificate the clock-drill AND the screws
predrill your holes
use inox-screws (I didn't, sorry)
countersink the screw-heads
use the natural shape of the wood as much as you can

Step 2: Back-ing

organise some wastewood or branches (I used leftovers from last winters hilarious hazel harvest)
start screwing them like, well, like I did (I really don't know how to say this in words, the concept is that the back leans a bit backwards)
saw the excess at the end of the story
feed the cat, otherwise he'll just won't let you continue