Shop stool

[Bas]

So, what do you sit on in your workshop? An old kitchen chair? One of those mechanic's rolling stools? Built your own? What do you like/ dislike - wheels, back rest, seat, height?

And what tasks do you do sitting down (woodworking-wise, that is.....)

[erasmussen]

Anything I can find, except 5 gal buckets of peach paint

[PeteQuad]

I used to sit on a Northern Tool height adjustable stool with a backrest. But the height adjustable part broke on it, now I don't sit so much at all.

[Jonz]

I have about 4 bar stools stationed throughout. One is pretty tall and a good bench height. The other 3 are plain oak orphans from the house that I didn't have the heart to throw out when the wife replaced them.

They are pretty low and make good seats, props, saw horses, ladders etc.

[Douglas Robinson]

I have one of those short rolling Kobalt stools with the hydraulic height mechanism. I have been building a wooden shop stool for about 4 years now. I messed up the threaded rod the first time so I have to redo that. I kept the outer diameter of the main shaft too big so when I hand threaded it the threads got chewed up big time. I learned from that. Travis gave me a hard time tonight about how long this project has taken me.

Oh well, I have to make a simple jig and maybe I'll get back to it.

Doug

[JimmyC]

I use as follows:
(1) windsor back kitchen chair
(1) low milking style stool
(2) shop stools w/ backs
(1) folding chair occasionally

On a night like tonite I used the windsor chair while sharpening a bunch of drill bits with my Drill Doctor. It's all depending on what I'm doing. I have a bunch so my kids can hang out with me sometimes or if someone comes over for a cold one. I also use the windsor when I'm relaxing with a cigar in the shop. Heck I would have a couch for naps, if I thought that I could get away with it .

Jimmy

[Glennbear]

For the moment, a wooden bar stool and a plastic lawn/patio chair. Once the shop is set up I can see a tall type stool with back coming for fine work or scrollsawing. In regards to wheels I cannot see myself using them unless I end up building a desk for paperwork/ computer use then a desk chair will come from the house.

[alleng]

sit???????????????? ...... well actualy i did some workfor a guy a couple weeks back, and he had just got a dodge grand caravan with the 3rd row seats. long story short,i helped him remove it so he would have more room,he didnt want it anymore, now i have a coutch in the shop. its pretty cool cause it reclines,nice for takin those breaks. i have it over by the wood heater

[cskipper]

Since I can't spend a lot of time standing, I bought one of the WC adjustable stools with a low back when it was on sale a couple of months ago. We had been sharing one bar stool, which LOML gave up whenever I was in the shop. I can now sit comfortably at my scroll saw and the foot rest is at the right height, and he can sit while he ponders his next steps in a project. Since we both like being there and it is not an escape from the other (though I can close the door to my part of the shop) we don't have any lounging type seating.

[jerrye]

Originally Posted by erasmussen

Anything I can find, except 5 gal buckets of peach paint

Earl, Earl, Earl, that's a STEP STOOL you're describing!

[Mike Davis]

I have a folding metal chair and a couple folding camp chairs but they were all too low so I made a wood stool. It is smallish and light so i can hang it on the wall when i don't need it. I turned a couple more of the maple seats but ran out of 8/4 cherry to make legs.

[MikeH]

I barely have room to stand in mine much less sit.

[b4man]

I have an old wooden bar stool and a office waiting room type chair. I really have no room for either. I trip over them or knock them over often. I find that I only sit when reading a ww'ing book, or somebody drops by and back when I could actually talk on the phone. I moved my scrollsaw to a regular height table so I could sit when I scroll. Otherwise I never sit down when I'm in the shop working.

[Nativespec]

A recliner

[Joe Scharle]

HF mechanics stool w/ pneumatic lift in the shop area and a HF bar stool in the assembly area.