how's it going guys welcome back to the Patriot DIY channel in this video I'm going to be
showing you how to build a simple steps tool
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all right guys now this is a perfect project for the beginning woodworker or somebody that's
trying to develop their skills in woodworking because there's a lot of different ways that
you could accomplish a step stool like this now in the video I'm going to be showing you
a few different methods I'm also going to have plans for this specific stool in the
description below if you want to build it for yourself you can check out that link there
as well as all the tools that we're going to be using in this video again this is a
pretty simple project that almost anybody could do and the great thing about it is the
entire project can be built with just a single one by ten this is also going to be a great
project if you want to get your kids involved in the shop and for me the main reason I'm
building this step stool today is because these guys need to be able to reach the sink
in my shop bathroom so they're going to be helping me out on this project today if that
sounds interesting to you guys make sure you hit that subscribe button down below hit that
notification Bell and give us a thumbs up now let's get to work and build a step stool
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all right guys first thing we're going to do is start cutting down our material and
again this is just your average one by ten you can get from your local Big Box store
once we've cut the piece for our top we're going to take this over to the table saw and
rip it down a little smaller for the legs of our stool then back over to the miter saw
to cut them down to size
I want the legs of this step stool to be tapered so I'm going to change the angle on the bevel
of this miter saw to 10 degrees and I'm going to cut that same 10 degree angle on both ends
of our legs
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[Music] just kind of test fit it to see what it's going to look like and it looks good
[Music] I'm going to want some additional support for this stool so I'm going to use
the off cut from when we rip down for the legs and I'm going to use that to make a two
inch wide support and since those legs are tapered this is going to need to be tapered
on the ends as well with that same 10 degree angle now this part is not necessary but I
wanted to add a little bit of a decorative look to this so I'm going to be cutting a
half circle out of the bottom of these legs and I'm just using a lid that I had laying
around to trace on this shape [Music] I'm going to take this over to the bandsaw to
cut out that shape [Music] and I do realize that we're talking about a basic project here
so for you guys that do not have a band saw you can also cut this out with the jigsaw
as well
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[Music] the jigsaw did get the job done it's a little rougher than the bandsaw cut but
that's nothing a little sandpaper won't fix
to rotate this back over to the bench top and we're going to give everything a good
sanding and this was the perfect time to get the kids involved for some reason they love
sanding I do not
take these pieces over to the router table and I'm going to give all the edges a round
over now if you don't have a router or a router table you can accomplish the same look by
sanding this down into a rounded Edge for these legs I'm just rounding over the sides
and that half circle shape I want to leave the bottom and the top flat since they're
going to contact the floor and the top of our stool
now we're ready to start assembling the stool we're going to start by attaching that middle
support so you need to measure the exact location that you want this and then to tack it in
place I'm going to be using a little CA glue and wood glue
[Music] then we'll flip her over and do the same thing on the other side this is going
to hold it in place temporarily until we can join it together permanently [Music] foreign
guys now we have everything tacked in place with some CA glue and really there's three
different ways you go about doing this you can just put screws in right here and you'll
see the screw heads which is not that big a deal the other thing we could do is we have
some 5 16 dowels here we could drill out a larger 5 16 hole right here going halfway
through this piece of wood we can put in a screw and then on top of that screw head we
could glue in a dowel to cover up that screw head cut it flush sand it down and all you'll
see is the dowel even though there is a screw down in there and the last way you could do
it is just use the dowel and glue you drill a 5 16 hole all the way through this and into
your support piece in the middle and just drive your dowel in and glue it in place and
that dowel by itself will make a very very strong joint even without the screws what
I think I'm going to do is use the screws so I'm going to drill out a little bit bigger
hole about halfway through this board I'll drive my screws in and then I'll glue my dowel
in after that to hide those screw heads
first you're going to drill a pilot hole and then you can drill your larger hole now that
larger hole is really only going about a third of the way into the wood and then you're ready
to fasten it together with screws [Music]
and once the screws are in we're going to put in a little wood glue and then our dowels
get those in nice and tight and then we'll flip over and do the same thing on the other
side
foreign [Music] with that out of the way we're ready to attach our top just going to kind
of test fit this here and then we'll get ready to attach it and we're going to be attaching
this in the same way we did that lower support
and take some measurements to get that placement just right and then we can drill some pilot
holes
again I'm going to put down a bead of wood glue with just a little bit of CA glue to
tack this in place [Music]
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then we can drill our larger holes put in our screws our glue and then our dowels
[Music] and remember guys the dowels here are not necessary it's just a way to hide
these screws and make it look a little nicer
our assembly is complete we're going to wait overnight for that glue to dry
and then we're going to be using a flush cut saw to go back and cut off the excess dowel
material and then we'll give everything a good sanding
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you gotta hold on to it good now okay because it's gonna try to go all over the place and
look when when they turn it on you got it back and forth back and forth get ready ready
[Music] and we're pretty much done here guys now don't worry if you set this stool down
and it doesn't sit perfectly flat that's okay it's an easy fix you just want to sand the
bottom of those legs until you can get it as flat as possible
all right guys that's it for our step stool I think it turned out pretty nice um it's
not perfect but it is going to get the job done and I think it looks pretty nice the
main thing is that we got to demonstrate some of those basic woodworking techniques and
now we're going to give it the ultimate test hop up there buddy yeah
yeah all right I think it's going to hold up let's just uh give it another 220 pounds
not bad I will have some plans for this project Linked In the description below if you want
to build one for yourself so make sure you check that out and if you haven't done it
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see you next time
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