How to make a stool of wood with your own hands - step by step instruction, photos and drawings

There are several options for making this piece of furniture, including wood.

We will dwell on the process of making custom-made stools made of wood. How to choose the right material, process it, draw a sample drawing competently - on all points the article will offer detailed recommendations.

All the drawings of stools shown below are just examples. The process of their manufacture is not accompanied by precise calculations, as required in the design of load-bearing parts of any design or those that are somehow subjected to significant loads.

Therefore, hereinafter - only the recommended algorithm for self-manufacturing stools, that is, a general instruction. What exactly is the model to do, it's up to you, dear reader. After all, it is clear that you can build anything with your own hands. The main thing is that the received sample fully corresponds to its destination, which, again, is determined by the master.

Choice of the construction of the stool

The drawings and figures show which stool options are most often collected for household use.

More original variant - a stool and a bedside table simultaneously.

The explanation is only one thing - the more complex the configuration, the more time it will take to make a stool. But this is not the main thing. For various figurative elements, it will be necessary to search for the appropriate instrument, and even resort to the services of a person( or workshop) who has a personal machine, cutters and the like.

A simple example: to make curly cuts, just radii, only by a hand-operated jig saw it will be possible only from plywood. And then, not the fact that the result will be satisfactory. In the case if the legs are planned to be made from a solid board, then if you have only a simple household tool it is better not to try - for this you need many years of experience in the processing of wood blanks.

Selection of materials

That it is necessary to work with wood, this is understandable. But which products can be used?

Solid wood in the form of boards and beams is suitable for the manufacture of any parts of the stool: the seat( 1), the fixing bars( 2), the beams( 3), the footsteps, the legs and the legs( 4).A more simplified version is with a cover made of multilayer plywood. By the way, this solution has the advantage that it is easier to laminate a furniture board( another name for this constructive part) and, if necessary, replace it.

Kind of plywood

It must be moisture-repellent. On a stool in the course of its operation water will necessarily fall. Products FBS in all respects is the best, but its cost is such that not everyone wants to purchase such plywood. In everyday life, as a rule, products of the brand ФСФ and ФК are used. To save money, you can buy cheaper sheets of these series, category III.

This means that only one side of the specimen was sanded. The state of the second( back, back) for the stool seat does not matter. There is also a multilayer plywood with ready lamination, but of course it will cost more.

Wood species and grade

We start with plywood. If the stool is located inside the room, then the FC brand is better suited. It is less moisture-resistant, but the glue used to bond the veneer is not so toxic. But the FSF for this reason is recommended mainly for external use. In addition, the degree of its moisture resistance is higher. So if the stool is constantly in the back room, the garden or somewhere else outside the building - the best option.

But at the choice of wood you can write quite a lot. Without going into the peculiarities of different breeds, the author recommends using larch for a stool. Firstly, it's easy to handle by yourself. Secondly, the cost of the material is quite acceptable. Thirdly, unlike many other species of coniferous trees in this price range, larch becomes even stronger when wet. Therefore, with careful handling of the stool, it will serve for decades. Fourth, it will not be necessary to constantly deal with its treatment with preparations against putrefaction and biological pests. More options from inexpensive - acacia and ash.

Wood moisture level

Basically all wood should be dried thoroughly. In construction it is prohibited to use these materials with an indicator of more than 20%.As for the stool, there is no need to be an expert to understand - collecting it with your own hands from raw billets, after a while everything will have to be altered. The reason is banal - the whole construction after the shrinkage of the tree "leads".

The choice of technology

Often there are tips not to use connections such as "spike-groove".The main argument is difficult. But if you think about it, is it so?

In order to make the grooves in the legs, the author used an electric drill with a small cutter. Previously, on the planned lines drilled holes, which then combined, choosing "partitions" between them. Whatever anyone claims, this type of connection is the most reliable.

It's much easier to make all the elements together with self-tapping screws with your own hands. Heads can be made secret and disguised. But such a construction will soon begin to squeak - it is checked. It turns out that the common element connecting 2 blanks is just a thin and short metal "pin" - the leg of the fastener.

Hardware can only be used as an additional( to fit on the glue) way of fixing parts. To strengthen and apply such elements as corners, staples, plates. Master and he will understand that it is more convenient for this or that variant of a stool. And then, this is done mainly for cumbersome designs. If the product is small-size, then one glue is enough. Although, perhaps, the reader and a different opinion - the author does not insist.

Manufacturing of

components The main parts of the stool are shown in the figures( see above).If a drawing is ready, everything else is a matter of technique.

Assembling

This is, so to speak, a preliminary installation, a kind of "lookout" of a stool. At this stage, the accuracy of all sizes is checked, the correctness of fitting parts, identify( if any) defects, and so on. Here, you can also remake something, refine it without unnecessary costs and waste time.

Processing of structural elements

After checking the readiness of the whole structure for assembly, the wood "is brought to mind" - it is impregnated with special compounds, dried and so on.

Assembly of a stool

Grinding

After the stool is mounted, it needs to be given a "commodity" look. How and what to process the surface, determines the master. With your hands this is done mainly by nesting or with the help of a special nozzle, which is inserted into the cartridge of the el / drill.

Exterior design of

Here the main adviser is your own imagination. Cover with varnish, stain, stain - options are enough.

The author deliberately did not specify which section and length the bar would need, did not advise a certain thickness of plywood sheets or boards, and so on, so as not to limit the reader in anything. If the meaning of the work - where to start and what to finish - is clear, everything else is unprincipled. After all, when something is done by oneself, a priori is implied - HOW I WANT, and not someone.

Good luck with your home design!