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What You Need
Tools
A hammer
A hand saw
A screwdriver or variable speed
reversible drill
An adjustable square is nice to have.
Supplies:
1 48 inch length of 1" X 12" pine
board
1 36 inch length of 1" X 8" pine
board
22 2" wood or drywall screws, or
nails
1 small bottle of wood glue or white
glue
If you have a Home Depot, Lowe's, or
other home improvement center, you can buy all your
supplies right there. You can also buy the wood and
screws at most lumber yards, but you may end up having to
buy longer boards. That's ok, if you plan to make
more furniture.
Make sure the wood is straight and flat.
You don't want a lot of knot holes or knots. You
don't want any splits at all. You don't want wood
that's warped or cupped. Straight, flat, clean boards will
be much easier to work with.
Rather than count our screws or nails,
it's may be better to simply buy a small box, if the price
is equal or better. As for the glue, regular wood
glue (slightly yellow in color) is fine. You can
even use regular white glue, if you want to.
You want a good hammer, but good doesn't
mean really expensive. A regular hammer with a wood
handle is usually best.
The same with the saw. You can
always use a good cut-off saw. I believe Stanley
offers a very economical saw called the "Short-Cut," or
something like that. That's a great saw for this
project.
My advice for this first project is to
go cheap. That doesn't mean you should buy your
tools at a $1.00 or 99¢ store, but that you should simply
hold off on trying to buy a lot more than you need for
this one job. Buy whatever tools you need from a
reliable supplier, and decent wood, glue, etc. But
don't spend a lot of money on a small project. (I
sometimes find very good used tools at pawn shops or
thrift stores. I always make sure the price is well
below the cost of a new tool.)
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Stool
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