DIY Knock-Over or Three-Legged Stools | Minimalist

To continue practicing my turning skills, and practice some proper splined, through tenons, I thought I'd make a few knock-over, three-legged, milkmaid stools.

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How to make, or how I made, Knock over stools

Let’s get into it

I decided I wanted to make a set of 3 different tiered display stools

I started by jointing and planing the raw lumber for all 9 legs and the stool tops

Once they were square, I trimmed the legs down into 3 sets of equal lengths

Then found the center point on every leg.

And honed down the corners to eliminate some work on the lathe

Originally, it was my intention to turn all nine legs in different ways, but my grossly undersized gouge would not have made it.

So I settled for only turning one set.

I know I know, past-Hailey should have removed the faceplate. Present Hailey thanks you guys for that insight as I learn more about this new tool.

Once I had it fairly round, I honed the tennon for the leg to table top joint.

After that, I measured 3 inches from the shoulder and started a taper.

To hide some mistakes, I mean to add some visual interest, I cut a few deep varying lines.

Then sanded them down.

For the next set of legs, I decided I liked how the cropped corners looked and wanted to keep them but give them a taper.

I used my taper jig.

I still used the lathe to create the tenon though,

And round off the tapered bottom a bit

The last set I decided to square off

And you guessed it, add a taper.

I again used the lathe to create the tenons

With the legs roughed out, I started on the circular stool tops.

I laminated three squared planks together

And once they had cured, found the center point for the router’s circle cutting jig.

Then elevated the piece on a few scraps to keep my bit away from my work bench.

And set up the jig

Using a straight gouge, I gradually cut away the circle about a ¼” at a time.

Knowing my next project would need a pair of “hollowed out” wooden circles, I decided to make the most of the offcuts here and actually cut my first pass wide enough so that my second circle cut would provide both the stool top and the scraps I’ll use next.

Since I didn’t have a compass handy, I settled for a pencil tied to a screw to mark the circumference of where I’d like the legs placed.

The used the same jerry rig to mark the exact spots for the mortises

Using an inch frostner bit and a 15 degree slanted mount, I cut the mortises into the stool tops

WIth those ready, I flipped back to the legs to drill the relief for the tenon splines at the base of the tenons.

Then used the bandsaw to cut the slot for the spline

Thinking it would give me a better connection, I rounded the shoulder of the cropped corner legs,

And used the miter gauge to cut matching angular shoulders on the squared leg set.

With all the cuts done, I sanded down all the pieces.

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Once all the pieces were ready, it was time to assemble them!

With the tenons tight, it was time for finish.

And that’s a wrap.

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