I had whole bunch of shovels or spades with missing or broken handles. One of those was setting on my workbench. I carved the handle some and force in the handless spade. I sharpened it and went out to the garden were if cut weeds. The above photo shows the shovel.
I filled the two wheel, wheel barrow with pots full of soil.
I dumped them where I am going to plant strawberries.
The chickens were out of Hen Scratch. I opened the bag. It is usually easy to pull the string and open the sack. I finally had to use a knife and scissors to open it. I wanted to make another stool and build in a little different way. I would begin by making the rails and put them together first. I got two four foot 2x4's and ripped them into two 3.5x 1/2 inch slabs. I first made the leg pieces. There were eight of them. Any pieces left over would be used for the rails. I made four sort ones and four longer ones. I glued the two short rails together and secured them with my pin nailer. And I did the same with them also,
I opened both doors because there was a brisk wind coming from the south. I intended to blow out all of the sawdust. I left for awhile and when I came back the two chickens walked out through the garage to the front yard.
I put them together and glued and pinned them to make a box. Then I glued and pinned the legs to the box.
and ended up with the stool with out a seat.
I made the seat by ripping another 2x4. I cut them in twelve inch pieces. I glued and pinned one on one side and the other on the other side. I cut my finger by holding the wood against the fence. I was shaving a little off the last piece. The piece was a little narrow and I cut th edge of my finger. The last The above picture was taken in the garage with the south door open.
I to the stool outside and got this picture.
I made two narrow strips and glued and pinned them to the rails.
Then the final piece for the middle. I trimmed the edges by putting the stool upside down on the table saw.
Here it is finished. I chamfered the edges for a finished look. If I used new redwood, I think that I could make these in less than an hour.
The is the one if made yesterday, I used a half inch piece of plywood for the seat. I also chamfered the seat with my router.
Comments and questions are welcome.