YOU Make them! KITS ONLY. EASY TO MAKE

Here is what a stool might look like, with and without bark.

NOTE: these two SAMPLE stools have only 3 legs; the kits are for FOUR-legged stools for greater stability.

Use them to SIT on, or to set anything else on......(a potted flower maybe?)......! A great project for young and old alike. A fun project? Make a whole bunch; sell them?

The KIT contains these pieces:
- the seat
- 4 Diamond Willow legs
- 4 braces (may or may not have any diamonds)

Looks like a drum, doesn't it? But why would you want 8 sticks?!

NOTE the PRE-DRILLED holes for the legs.

The SEAT part comes pre-drilled with four 1- inch holes for the legs. Diameter of the seat can be from about 7 3/4 inches to 10 inches in diameter; you tell me your preferred size. The seat is from a Poplar (Aspen) tree cut on my own land. It is, of course, UNsanded. The one you see here is partially sanded.

The 4 legs are plenty long so you can cut them to your preferred length; they have 1 or more diamonds each. The Diamond Willow grows on my own land too.

The 4 braces are forked at one end to make a nicer - looking stool and may or may not have any diamonds.

AVAILABLE NOW, a good number of these kits; ask me for pictures etc.

MAKING YOUR STOOL

Here is all you do:

1. Sand the nine pieces to your own satisfaction. Not much need to sand the underside of the seat, seems to me.

I like to use coarse (80-grit) sandpaper first, followed by finer papers; you can use a sanding block like these or a power sander.

2. Sand down or whittle down the tops of the legs to fit he holes in the underside of the seat; make sure you position them so that the nicest - looking diamonds are on the outside for all to see.

3. Put a gob of glue into the holes and push the legs into the holes. With a wood or rubber mallet, pound them into the holes. Make sure that they are in "all the way" to the bottom of the hole. At this point, with the stool upside-down, make sure that the legs are evenly spaced. It cannot hurt to let the glue dry for a day or so at this point.

4. With the stool upside down mark each leg where it should be cut off, then lay the stool on its side and saw each leg off making sure that the bottom of each leg will sit "flush" on the floor.

5. Fit the braces on so that the best - looking sides show. I like to set the forked end of the brace on top of the "non-forked" end of the next brace.

6. Drill appropriate - sized holes for the screws and screw the braces to the legs. A tiny drop of glue can't hurt.

7. Varnish the whole thing with as many coats as turns you on! DONE!

COST for the kit: US$19 + postage. For help with converting currencies, I use http://www.xe.com/ucc/

To order your STOOL - MAKING KIT, e-mail me.

ken@sticksite.com