Build A Stepstool in an HOUR (or Less!!) // Beginner Project // PLANS available
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- Build this with only a Drill + Jigsaw + Miter Saw // Weekend Project! // (WnW #210)
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CORRECTION:
The metric dimensions listed at 1:04 should be 305mm x 185mm x 20mm and 152mm x 185 x 20.
SORRY, I dropped the "1" from in front of the second dimension by accident.
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In this video I walk you step by step through the building of a simple stepstool. The only power tools used are a drill, a jigsaw, and a mitre saw.
Using some pine boards from the local building supply store, you should be able to build one of these in about an hour or less.
I see this as a good beginner project. I learned how to make these stepstools at a woodshow over ten years ago, and we then helped hundreds of kids at the woodshow build one themselves.
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CORRECTION: the metric dimensions listed at 1:04 should be 305mm x 185mm x 20mm and 152mm x 185 x 20.
SORRY, I dropped the "1" from in front of the second dimension by accident.
What’s an “mm”?
@@pamtnman1515 that's a millimetre. So 305mm makes 30,5 Centimetres.
Great little project for oldies like me who are new to woodwork. This is perfect for stands for my collection of planters and pots outside to raise the back ones up so they can be seen.
Really appreciate how you addressed this to beginners who may not have many tools at their disposal.
Just a little tip I,ve picked up over the years, if you are cutting plywood with a jigsaw try using a metal cutting blade, It reduces splinters and ragged edges 😮
Wonderful! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much for this very helpful, music-free tutorial.
Great work! I just bought a jigsaw today and I'm lucky enough to watch this video, now I'm feeling confident to kick off my first little project.
Spectacular timing as I’m about to build a stool for my grand daughters!
Thanks for the ideas! I wanted to build something for my 2 year old to help him get to the sink and what not.
Nice simple project that you can do with kids, grandkids, and a whole lot of others. Thank you!
Thank you for making this video I was looking to make my grand daughter a simple stool for her birthday and I found this! 👏
Awesome job. Thank you so much. I am using this stool for my Cub Scout Den. Very good for kids.
I'll take the cherry one :)
Shhhh! (me too)
Thank you! Nice easy starter project for the beginners out there like me!
I will love more projects for beginners. It will be very nice.
very good tutorial, i am a fashion designer but also like furniture design i am in the works of designing my first wood stand and you showed everything i was thinking about doing. thank you
Thank u so much! I need a specific size stool. I couldn't find one anywhere. Now I can build my own because of ur video.
Thank you so much for making these vids. I just enjoy a lot watching and learning from you. Greetings from Honduras!!
I built one of these using your video. Not hard at all. I love it! Thanks for your guidance!!
Thanks for letting me know! Great to hear comments like this!
Thank you very much. A very good explanation. Appreciating your effort.
I can't wait to try this! Thank you so much!
Excellent video, even for us old farts. You're never too old to learn something new. Thank you for sharing this informative and enjoyable video.
Love your videos keep em coming!
Simple, easy to follow, fun for me and fun for the kids.
awesome to hear!
That’s was awesome. Thank you. I am going to go try my luck and make one for me. Thanks again for the awesome instructions.
Nice little stepstool Art! Thanks for sharing the video with us!💖👍👌😎JP
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
Thanks Art I liked the way you kept on the Bright side EXCELLENT video
Glad you liked it!
Great, especially turning it into a bench or a coffee table, or whatever one wants !
Hi Art, thanks for the great project idea! I also have to smile seeing you use freedom units north of the border. Old habits die hard…
I was looking for dimensions for a simple bench. This should work wonderfully. Thanks!
I think I will leave the leg pieces as one large pice until after I use a large hole saw to make a hole in the center. It seems like it may be a quicker/more precise way to make the arch.
love it, bravo
Great little stool.
It was a good study. 🇹🇷🙏
Thank you sir. This video is great.
Glad it was helpful! have a great weekend.
Looks nice & easy. I wish I had more tools though.
Simple but elegant. From India.,..... Modi.
Muy buen proyecto felicitación saludos dé Puebla 🔥 México
Gracias por tus amables palabras
Awesome thanks.
Thanks for the metric equivalents - it's appreciated.
I'm glad... though I have NO idea what size lumber is available in building supply stores outside of North America, but hopefully the basic concept is sufficient.
PS: just in case you still care, I did make a mistake with the metric equivalents in the video and somehow dropped the leading "1" from a measurement:
The metric dimensions listed at @1:04 should be 305mm x 185mm x 20mm and 152mm x 185 x 20.
I’m a Brit now living in Phoenix. I really wish these ‘Muricans would step into the modern world!! Metric rocks!!!!
Thank you
You're welcome
Like from Brazil
Nice Ty.
This is what I was looking for, except as a beginner I don't have a miter saw. Maybe I'll try it with a mini circular saw and hope I can cut straight.
Art, I noticed the plywood for dust control on the back of your table saw. I looked for a video of you doing that "upgrade", but didn't find one. If you didn't do one how about considering it.
Thanks Grampa Cross
P.S. Thanks for all you honesty, it's refreshing.
I put those in years ago. The one is friction fit, the other has a magnet. There's not much to say, they just close in the back a bit.
But I'll consider it.
@@Wordsnwood Thanks again.
Man, I suck with a jigsaw.
I think I'm gonna cut a hole in the middle of the board with a big ol' holesaw then split the board in two to create the legs.
Great video, thanks.
Jonathon Katz-Moses makes a similar one with cool stepped dowels made by Miller, have you seen them?
Seen them, but have never tried them.
You did good job, now you can clean your shop.
👍
to be honest this project could be done with the drill and a home center panel saw, with slightly less fancy legs. Drill the biggest hole you have a bit for at the top of a V for the two legs on a side, and make some straight cuts up to that for the legs.
there's usually more than one way to do things in woodworking!
(That said, most home centre panel saws in my experience are beat up and dull, and I would not want to use their cut as a finished edge!)
@@Wordsnwood I meant the cheap hand saw you can get there, not that fancy power tool thing they use for plywood.
Where did you get that compass. Simple, clean design. Cannot find it searching on Google.
I built it: czcams.com/video/1H1zxCZ2rZ8/video.html
Based on a John Heisz design: ibuildit.ca/tips/making-a-compact-compass/
I was in HD here in london east end on weekend and no select pine to be found in the place.
I haven't been in that one in a while. The nice thing about the HD website is that you can check stock in your local store.
That’s just the way it is. Let’s move on! Hahahaha lmao!
I want to build this but not for a step stool. Like a small bench for Knick knacks
4:05. What is the specific name for that compass. Never seen that type before.
It's the "John Heisz Compact Compass" I built it from John's plans: ibuildit.ca/tips/making-a-compact-compass/
Here is my build video: czcams.com/video/1H1zxCZ2rZ8/video.html
@@Wordsnwood Cool! I will make one too. Very useful little device.
Thank you, been going thru youtube to find the simplest stool i could make with fancy tools. i like yours the best and will try and make one with scrap pallet wood
Could you clarify the measurements for the centre support .. you state 10 ” long but no width measurement… pls advise. Thx 😊
The dimensions are explained starting at about the 1 minute mark, and also in the accompanying web article wordsnwood.com/2020/stepstool/
Thank you 😊
Hi Art, at 69 years old I don’t think I still come under the age to be a child, but looking at both of them I prefer the painter in different colours one
The unfinished one is now painted black...
I didn't see the corrections and draw the plan for him will the mm in the video😔 and when he asked "really? 85mm" I said of course I checked the video and still missed it. So I have two very well made skinny stools. Oh well right
What are you doing, stepstool!
Noo, not Philips! Pozi!
Not sure how many “beginners” have a Mitre saw sitting in their garage but nonetheless…
Hahahaha