Comments

1. 
   Rohcna | Jul 05, 2012 11:12pm | #1

   Out of reach for her? I am 6 ft tall and they would be out of reach for me too! How tall are you anyway?

   I like the design though.. very elegant look for a simple item. Congratulations on the cherry kitchen.. I am hoping to make mine out of maple..... someday.

2. 
   Aricept | Dec 02, 2013 02:32am | #2

   would you provide us with dimensions that you chose to use ?

3. 
   Carley2 | Feb 05, 2014 04:48pm | #3

   So you by any chance have a pattern ??

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   carmyk | Jun 04, 2014 04:25pm | #4

   OK, this site needs an alert feature to inform me when people comment. I suppose it will be several months, if ever, before any of you notice this reply.

   Thanks for your interest!

   The ceilings are nine feet but the top of the upper cabinets is about eight feet. Still high by normal standards, but not ridiculous.

   I drew the shape freehand on the wood, so there is no pattern. The overall width is 19 inches, to fit the space where it is stored in my kitchen. Overall height is 30 inches and the top of the steps are 7 and 14 inches. The steps are in dadoes, and the braces underneath are just glued in place. The dadoes are not as deep as they appear from the front - I left an overhang to hide the glue lines.

   The back sits flat against the wall and the handle needs to be forward, so that you can get your fingers around it, and for balance when it is carried. The bottoms of the feet are angled just slightly to bring the weight bearing part forward. This is for stability when you are standing on the stool, as your weight is to the front of the steps.

   That's about it.

   Cheers.

5. 
   Hazken | Aug 08, 2014 07:51pm | #5

   I think your design is great. I especially liked the fact that the two side panels can be cut from the same piece by spooning them front to front. I do have a question, did you glue the supports in at the assembly of the stool or did you manage to slip them in after the stool had set? Since there is no dado or dowels, this could be tricky either way. I am doing the final sanding and then it's glue time. Nice job.

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   carmyk | Oct 12, 2014 08:50pm | #6

   Thanks.

   I glued the braces in at the same time as everything else. I used 1 hour epoxy, so there was plenty of time to clamp and adjust things and get everything square.

   Sorry to be so long in reply. We really do need an alert feature on this site.

7. 
   grainstar | Mar 14, 2017 03:03pm | #7

   carmyk, I took your images and created plans for your lovely stool using SketchUp, complete with a cutlist. Before I release the plans to the wild, I wanted to check with you to make sure you were ok with that. Of course I credited you by username in the file, but I'd much rather credit you by your actual name if you're interested. Here's an animation of the SketchUp file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thayneclark/gif/master/SCurve_StepStool_v4.gif