Sounds like a plan Mick, I was just curious. I plan to complete my stool this weekend and will be giving it the milk paint and shellac treatment. Mostly to try out a new color of milk paint.

Mick…milk paint is a centuries old paint formula based on milk protein. Its non-toxic and is purchased in powder form and you mix with water.
Lots of information here: http://www.milkpaint.com/index.html

Denise…thanks. The foam board should work just fine. I used a sheet of ply just to see how it was. I’ll save that piece of ply and use it as a large drawing board. For future layouts I’ll probably buy a roll of kraft paper and pin it to the plywood. Anything large enough and that will lay flat should serve for the layout work.

Thank you Jay…you have the skills for sure. Like everything Paul has showed us, its really quite simple. Just one step at a time, using skills from the previous projects and adding a few new ones along the way.

Construction is done! Now all it needs is paint and shellac, but that will have to wait until next weekend. The shaping of the seat went pretty well. I used a gouge and shop made radius plane to dish out the seat area. There were a couple of places that I got tear out, but I think this was do more to the wood than the tools. After that I cut out the shape with my turning saw and cleaned up with a spoke shave. Then I beveled the outside rim, again using the turning saw followed by the spoke shave. sanded all and attached the seat to the base just as Paul showed in the video. This project has been a lot of fun and I learned a lot about designing a piece as well as worked on my shaping skills. It is very comfortable.
Once I get it painted I’ll post the final photos.