Chainsaw sculpture: making a stool from a log

http://peplers.blogspot.com/2008/12/making-stool.html This video shows you how to use a chainsaw to make a one-piece stool from a log, no nails, screws glue or joints required. It also doubles as a small saw bench! I can't claim to have invented this myself though, I learned it while doing chainsaw and tree felling training with David Rossney of Esus Forestry.

Be warned, this guzzles fuel - I can get two stools made from one tank. It's also good to start with a sharp chain, as there's a lot of cutting to do.

Obviously I need to say here that you shouldn't be using a chainsaw unless you've had some training, either from an official trainer or a forestry expert you happen to know. Also, you should have all the protective equipment - chainsaw trousers and boots, gloves, helmet, visor and ear defenders.

Watch a timelapse video of making a stool here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTw0YRnMXtM

Have fun making stools!

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[Wasupidat001]

Love the video...thanks to you I have made one for myself, and plan to make a few more, just for shitsandgigs. Thanks for sharing!!!

[mikepepler]

@Wasupidat001 Great! I think they're really useful bits of 'furniture' - I use them more as saw horses than for sitting on during the winter...

[fidel1320]

that was beautiful Mike...!!!!!!

[mikepepler]

@fidel1320 Thanks! :-)

[STREETRAT211]

do the legs have to be splayed or can they be at right angles to the top?

[mikepepler]

@STREETRAT211 You could do them straight, but it'd be quite hard to cut them out where they meet the seat. Doing them splayed means the saw cuts meet, and you can lift out a wedge of wood.

[wheelori814]

lol funny, when you showed the first log before it was cut, it was already a stool. I would have stopped right there hahaha. But if you want design in it, what you did was pretty cool!

[mikepepler]

@netadelplaneta Ha ha! Do you know, every time I smell 2-stroke fumes from a passing moped I think I'm back in the woods! :-)

[netadelplaneta]

Man, Grate idea, But every time i hear the engine of a chainsaw, i think somebody is being murdered

[mikepepler]

@Leecanada30 Thanks, though I didn't invent the idea myself, I learned it from David Rossney who is a chainsaw and forestry instructor.

[Leecanada30]

Cool idea. Like the creativity!