In joined stools, it’s pretty common for there to be a slight gap between the upper rails’ top edge and the seat. This stems from the fact that the stiles (legs/posts) don’t shrink in length, but the rails shrink a bit in width. Not a big deal, but it leads to a use I had never considered before. The kids have taken to using it as a mailbox…
new mailman
Sometimes, though, you have to check to make sure the mail got in the box…
where'd it go?
June 9, 2009 at 3:05 am
LOL, IT’s STUCK
June 9, 2009 at 8:50 am
Love the big boy jeans.
June 9, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Next you’ll need to make a joined stool with a hinged seat and with a box underneath the “lid”.
June 10, 2009 at 9:31 am
“about the thickness of a shilling”
June 16, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Dear Peter,
WOW, what a great blog and web site! Several years ago I saw you on the Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill. I think you put together and carved a box similar to the one in Woodwork magazine. That was a great show. I am a self taught woodcarver who is now obsessed with making basswood boxes to chip carve.(nice chips on the screen door!) With only hand tools, of course. :) Your work is very appealing in its simplicity and realness. It has a primitive feeling, but it’s not primitive. What I’ve seen here has really set me on fire to try something a little different.
Thanks for all your great work.
Tom Goodman
Bailey, NC
June 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Thomas: thanks for the note. Glad you like the blog. I will get back into the swing of things soon, haven’t had much time for photos, thus not much on the blog. Thanks again