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Retractable step stool

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Retractable step stoolThis project was fun and presented some challenges with some techniques that were new to me. This is a step stool I designed for my granddaughter. She is 15 months old. It is made from white pine and finished with Osmo oil finish.I wanted something with a retractable step so I created a track on the first step that runs over a peg on the outer housing.Initial full scale drawing:I created a pattern to us for the creation of the track. It needed a 1/16” offset because of the router bit I used had that offset.It needed a 1/16” offset because of the router bit I used had that offset.The upper step has mortise and tenon frames with rails dovetailed into the frames, 1 in front and 2 in back. I also added stretchers that would be used to attach the top step. These were made a little more complicated due to the front face having a 7 degree angle.After glue up and testing the lower step mechanism I found that the lower step would fall if the whole stool was lifter.To fix this I added two more pegs to the backThe red tail on the back of the stool is something I try to do with my pieces.



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