Shop stool

[Oldbear]

My shop stool is an old hair salon chair with saddle bags installed. Many a plan is hatched here over a beer or whisky.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

My shop stool is an old hair salon chair with saddle bags installed. Many a plan is hatched here over a beer or whisky.

I love it... and a nice and compact workspace......

 

[Weekend_warrior]

I picked these up from the curb from the trash as a buddy and I were leaving to ride dirt bikes. Also got a cool wooden crate. I use them quite a bit as is. I put up a dart board near the beer fridge.... . I have some scrap white wood I'm going to join and plane flat to make some wood tops for them as the hard board ones are beat. I will likely remove the rivets they used and use carriage bolts to attach them. Thinking of making the tops of the bolt look old some how. I will neutralize the rust under the pads and once I attach the tops I will clear the whole thing and put new rubber bumpers on the legs. They are the same ones we had in 8th grade wood shop... just painted and a lot more beat up. They spent time outside for sure.

They will likely end up on the patio at some point to go with a beer bottle camp table I have planned. I found a bistro table with a metal base and a presswood top in the trash. I will be making the wood top and use epoxy for the bottle cap top.

The idea is have all my back yard furniture from the things I found or made myself. If it looks cool I will keep it or if my wife has other ideas it will likely end up for sale on the facebook groups... :-(

 

[Weekend_warrior]

BTW... there are some pretty nice stools in this thread. The dirt bike shop (burned down recently) that is closest to me has some at the parts counter that were most comfortable. Just the right amount of cushion. They were large industrial springs that had seat cushions attached to the top. I thought they were the coolest things. I've not see any others like it and they were custom. I didn't grab a picture, but should have. They were very cool, but likely won't be in the new shop.

 

[niferous]

When the office I used to work out would get ready to throw out a chair that had a good bottom seat but the arm rests or something was broken I'd take it. I just take off the top section and the arm rests. Then I've got a nice little stool I can adjust the height on and wheel around on.

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Also my dad is a doctor and had his own practice for years. I got a really worn out doctor's exam room chair that was all torn up. I put some fabric I had laying around on the top cushion and plan to find some fabric that matches and re-do the whole thing. It's a very stout chair and comfortable as well.

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[dittle fart around]

BTW... there are some pretty nice stools in this thread. The dirt bike shop (burned down recently) that is closest to me has some at the parts counter that were most comfortable. Just the right amount of cushion. They were large industrial springs that had seat cushions attached to the top. I thought they were the coolest things. I've not see any others like it and they were custom. I didn't grab a picture, but should have. They were very cool, but likely won't be in the new shop.

 

[Gerald O]

Just an old InterRoyal that I've had for about 30 years. Gets used a lot. One of these days I'm going to restore it. Or at least clean it up.

 

[Weekend_warrior]

That is pretty cool. I like eclectic stuff. Handmade that you don't see often. I have a tractor seat like that. Its welded to a piece of oil field pipe with a plow disc base. I found it in the middle of the highway out in the country. I almost hit it with my truck. So I decided to chunk it in the back. It has been floating around in garage or backyard, etc... for several years now.

The springs on theirs were huge.... Like as big around as the seat bottom! Super thick metal. It has a little give though. Super cool. Did a google search and found this:

http://www.airbagit.com/Barstool-Tall-32-Cool-Stuff-p/bar-stool-tall.htm

That is what theirs looked like.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

I picked these up from the curb from the trash as a buddy and I were leaving to ride dirt bikes. Also got a cool wooden crate. I use them quite a bit as is. I put up a dart board near the beer fridge.... . I have some scrap white wood I'm going to join and plane flat to make some wood tops for them as the hard board ones are beat. I will likely remove the rivets they used and use carriage bolts to attach them. Thinking of making the tops of the bolt look old some how. I will neutralize the rust under the pads and once I attach the tops I will clear the whole thing and put new rubber bumpers on the legs. They are the same ones we had in 8th grade wood shop... just painted and a lot more beat up. They spent time outside for sure.

They will likely end up on the patio at some point to go with a beer bottle camp table I have planned. I found a bistro table with a metal base and a presswood top in the trash. I will be making the wood top and use epoxy for the bottle cap top.

The idea is have all my back yard furniture from the things I found or made myself. If it looks cool I will keep it or if my wife has other ideas it will likely end up for sale on the facebook groups... :-(

Super cool.... wonder who owned them when they were "new"...if only they could talk.....

 

[markushofer27]

This one is actually comfortable.

 

[Youngfd]

I would have to go with this one as it matches my UNION 76 theme.

 

[mikegt4]

New to the collection.. a classic ....vintage... Cosco (Columbus, IN) step stool from my dad and step mom's estate.... cushioned seat and back....


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I can't count how many buzz haircuts I got sitting on one of those while growing up.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

I can't count how many buzz haircuts I got sitting on one of those while growing up.

LOL... now to think of is.. me too...

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

I would have to go with this one as it matches my UNION 76 theme.

Really cool scooter stool.. What is that antenna looking thing, is it functional? I know its holding the 76 antenna ball, but something else?

 

[04chase]

made this one a while back for welding . seat is from a 190X champion tractor and a mid century base with modern casters that roll like butter, they were the most expensive part.

 

[Weekend_warrior]

That union 76 scooter stool is cool as hell... another thing my neighbors would hate me for!

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[dittle fart around]

This any closer to the stools you were talking about?

 

[n20junkie]

I have a $20 wooden stool from target.


I don't like padding as its too easy to mess up with sparks and hot filler rod when welding.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

This any closer to the stools you were talking about?

Now THOSE are big springs.....

 

[Outlander]

Fantastic thread. The Can-Am garage has 3 stools.

This one came from the kitchen of my house from when I was a child. We had 4 of them at our breakfast counter, and they were divided amongst myself and 2 sisters. It served to feed me, as well as to entertain me as a child - I would lay it on the ground and sit on the rungs and pretend it was a plane, or my Batmobile!

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The other two I picked up as a pair for $25 from Kijiji (lovely young lady was cleaning out her basement) are your traditional black vinyl topped stools.

 

[wrench409]

I keep three, each for different uses.

 

[nev]

I have a Hazet one that has a small storage place underneath

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Fantastic thread. The Can-Am garage has 3 stools.

This one came from the kitchen of my house from when I was a child. We had 4 of them at our breakfast counter, and they were divided amongst myself and 2 sisters. It served to feed me, as well as to entertain me as a child - I would lay it on the ground and sit on the rungs and pretend it was a plane, or my Batmobile!

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The other two I picked up as a pair for $25 from Kijiji (lovely young lady was cleaning out her basement) are your traditional black vinyl topped stools.

Good story and glad to see you still have it "serving you" in the garage / shop.....

 

[COL911]

Curbside salvage on recycling night. Recovered with leather salvaged from a leather office chair thrown out at work.

 

[Outlander]

Good story and glad to see you still have it "serving you" in the garage / shop.....

Seat fabric is kinda 1970's isn't it

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Seat fabric is kinda 1970's isn't it

Very.....

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Hadnt been on in a while.. but got some Milwaukee loot including this "replacement" stool seat......

Big Red are new this summer from a flea market....

Old Cummins Blue C are from the mid 1990s and purchased with one of my quarterly CMI bonuses...

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[dittle fart around]

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Picked this up at a industrial fixture store. The guy picks up material from factory closures, think workbenches, lockers, stuff like that. Anyway the store, a storage unit, was packed. I found this under one of the tables in the back. Paid 15 bucks for the patina, or the complete lack of effort cleaning it up.

 

[JazzBlueRT]

These are showing up as $49.99 for my area. Might go check it out and see how they are.
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-chrome-vinyl-hydraulic-stool/p-00961828000P?adCell=REC_1_0#reviewsWrap

I have two of these, they are sturdy and stable and well made.

 

[brownbagg]

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Picked this up at a industrial fixture store. The guy picks up material from factory closures, think workbenches, lockers, stuff like that. Anyway the store, a storage unit, was packed. I found this under one of the tables in the back. Paid 15 bucks for the patina, or the complete lack of effort cleaning it up.

i like that,

all i got is a piece of i beam to sit on, stand on, beat on

 

[johno]

I have several stools, nothing worth a picture.
But I have one of these, and it's great, really comfy, got wheels , swivels, and leans backwards too. Ten bucks well spent.

http://antique-4-sale.com/images/mo...ivel-bankers-office-armchair-chair-3109-1.jpg

 

[isb cornbinder]

recycled components for a shop chair. I have one more shop seat made from a BMW five series driver's seat. I take an occasional nap in the BMW seat.
I made a tall chair so I can sit at the sandblast cabinet. The green seat is 1938 John Deere "D".

 

[n20junkie]

I have always used a simple wooden stool from target or similar. They take a beating, and hot things, oily things, cold things... don't bother wood at all compared to the padded versions.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

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Picked this up at a industrial fixture store. The guy picks up material from factory closures, think workbenches, lockers, stuff like that. Anyway the store, a storage unit, was packed. I found this under one of the tables in the back. Paid 15 bucks for the patina, or the complete lack of effort cleaning it up.

Just think of all the work this stool has "seen" until it went into storage and you rescued it....

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

New add to my bevy of stools...

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[floyd]

Shock Stool

Just finished this project. Took a 90s-era Monroe stool and converted it to something more interesting.