Cheap Foldable Workshop Stool

by mrchiefbling in Workshop > Furniture

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Cheap Foldable Workshop Stool

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i needed this stool as my legs would often get tired from long sessions of soldering and 3d modelling

and bringing in a kitchen chair was just to inconvenient and i didn't want to gout and buy would so i just used some stuff what they make furniture out of what i had lying around

Materials

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what you will need to build this cheap shop stool

5 pieces of scrap wood

6 hinges

a load of screws

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cut your wood down 3 pieces the same height i cut mine 60cm

then if your piece for the actual seat is the right thickness skip this cut your wood down then glue it together like in the picture

Putting Together

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then screw the hinges in like in the second picture

then add 3 hinges on the other side of one of these boards then add the third piece of wood.

for ease of use i added a smaller hinge to keep the seat in place refer to picture 3

then your done throw a lick of paint on it