Planning / Design Thoughts
My main idea for my stool is to make one of those folding outdoor camping chairs, one of the portable ones. I’ve found some reference images online of what I want to do.
Initial Design / 3D Modeling of Design Thoughts
With help from Mr. D, I was able to come up with a 3D model of my stool reference image. In the end this is what I went with. we had found the original website from my reference image and used their dimensions. This made our process of modeling a lot easier.
Sketching On Paper
I was able to just pull measurements from SketchUp and put them on paper. This wasn’t a very difficult process and ended up getting finished within one class period.
Cutting And Drilling
Cutting my wood was a smooth process and ended up coming out very clean. Drilling on the other hand. When I was drilling the legs I tried to the drill aligned as accurately as possible but pretty much every hole ended up coming out off center.(I don’t have any picture of the drilled holes)
Sanding And Assembly
Sanding was not a smooth process for my stool, it was rough. Every single piece on my stool is different because I had messed up the sanding so badly. In the end it came out well enough that it was able to be put together and function as it was intended.
Conclusion / Finished Product
I’m happy with the finished product, I think even though its rough it came out well and works phenomenally. The stool works how it was intended and folds very well. The one thing that that didn’t come out so great were the drilled holes. I drilled 1/4″ holes with a 1/2″x3/16″ countersink, this ended up not being deep enough into the legs and the head of the bolt stick out just enough that they prevent the stool from folding up into a flat flush piece. This could have prevented and fixed but i was happy with the finished product how it was and didn’t want to take it apart again and risk another error while drilling.
