TOWARDS A TOILET STOOL
My friend Liam and I love to make stupid shit. In the nearly 15 years
of friendship together there are a number of creative highlights I
remember fondly:
- Electric organ on wheels
- Hole in kitchen wall
- Coffee table with speakers
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- "That lamp"
This weekend was a little different. We each had our own
endeavours. Liam was laminating some scrap wood to turn into table
legs (he also built the table, a cute little desk from Baltic
birch). I had decided to build a toilet stool. Both these projects are
practical and quite distant from the days of our youth when we decided
to rip apart that electric organ and put it on wheels. But working
beside Liam is just as fun now as then.
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I don't pretend to be very good at wood working. I know the basics and
very little more:
- How measure and cut a reasonably straight line.
- How to use a drill.
- How to sand something.
Not being very good, I still find lots of enjoyment in the
activity. Working with my hands is fun! I love trying to figure out
the correct dimensions of a build. Sawing with my Japanese hand-saw is
also quite the treat! I doubt I'll ever get very good at wood
working. All the same, knowing the basics enough to put together a
reasonably study stool feels like a massive accomplishment.
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