Saturday, October 3, 2020

Shiplap Siding Stool Project

I've been continuing to clean up the pile of salvaged wood in our driveway. We had a few pieces of weathered and rather ratty pieces of shiplap siding leftover from the old garage. When I noticed them I remembered these benches we inherited from my Grandmother.

There used to be two of them, but the second one has literally fallen apart. They were built with redwood shiplap siding scraps and nails and they were clearly used as sawhorses a number of times because there is a fair amount of tool damage to them that pre-dated our ownership. 

I decided to try and make some new ones from the leftover siding.


I took some measurements off the old stool and cut out the siding. I had just enough pieces to make two stools. I then cut in the 5° angles. Jeff helped me assemble them with scraps on the backside to hold the pieces together while the glue dried. The wood still looks pretty rustic but looks considerably better after I spent a few minutes sanding them. I might do more sanding before I paint them.


Jeff actually routed out the curves in the base for me. I did one panel myself and had a lot of problems, and he ended up finishing them. (I'm still a little scared of the router.)

I decided to make pieced tops since we have an abundance of 2x4 and 2x6 short scraps. We actually fired up the planer for the first time since 2013 and cleaned them up because they were also pretty weathered. 


Last week we bought the Kreg Pocket Hole Jig and we thought this would be a good opportunity to try it out.

Tomorrow, after these are dry, we're going to round-over the edges then I'm going to paint them with a protective opaque stain before we do the final assembly.


We've also made progress on the Paint Can Rack. We went and bought another sheet of plywood and Jeff cut out two more shelves and we've installed them. We should be able to finish assembling it tomorrow. We're going to add adjustable feet and some brackets and then we'll be able to move it into the basement.


8 comments:

  1. I love your old weathered stool so am looking forward to seeing how you finish off your new ones. xx

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    1. Thank you. I am close to having them finished. I'll post with photos soon.

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  2. You've been so busy completing projects! I find myself wishing I had some wood project going-not happening right now. I love the benches, I'm sure you will get good use of them. gailhickamfines.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks for dropping by. I went and followed your blog too.

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  3. Love how the projects have turned out! Beautiful job.

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    1. Thank you Daisy. I've been enjoying the creativity of figuring how to use these wood scraps.

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    1. Thank you Susan. I have been really happy with the projects I've been getting finished.

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