Stool

[franklyrosalind (Zach Zundel)]

@ethransom is in town: so not only have we organized the workshop, but I also need to prove I can actually build something with the Lowrider!

He pointed out pretty quickly I had nowhere to sit in the workshop and a lot of scrap wood. After a couple hours in Fusion we had a nice design:

And then time to cut! Pretty quickly, I realized I’d forgotten to put tabs on some critical pieces. Rather than do the “right” thing and go back upstairs to amend my drawing, I downloaded the GCode and added some strategic M0 instructions to let me fish out the interior pieces and then continue the cut.

Time to write myself a note on the table – if I have to run the same cut over and over, best to start from the same place!

2 hours later, it looks just like the model! A bit wobbly: should have included a cross-brace. I’m hoping gluing makes it steadier. In any case, it’s just for the shop, and I’m quite happy with it!

[Frits]

A very nice chair but is it stable enough in left right direction?

[franklyrosalind (Zach Zundel)]

Not as much as I like. I should have included a cross brace below the seat, but I’ll try and find a way to stabilize it enough without that.

[waimea]

Looks really nice! What bit did you use? And what settings in Estlcam?

Is it 16 mm plywood?

[Tokoloshe (Philipp)]

If you put it in the front or back only it doubles as a storage. You can just include a can holder.

[timonjkl (Tim W)]

A piece across the back should keep us circumferencely challenged people safe​

[Frits]

perhaps this a option?

[vicious1 (Ryan)]

Heck yeah, chairs are deceptively hard to do. After whatever you use for a brace I think that chair will stick around a long time. I really like it.