josh3112 Report post Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) Hi guys. First post here so I thought I'd put up something useful I've done. Made myself a stitching pony because: 1) close to impossible to find here 2) they're not cheap online - closest would be Tandy's AUD$44.99 option, which would cost a lot more because of (3) 3) shipping something that's not cheap to south east asia is also not cheap. So I was sitting down on the sofa one evening and was thinking of this when I turned my head and saw the stool: It's a Frosta stool, AUD$14.99 in oz but just over US$9 where I am. Here's the UK site, they're 8 pounds. These things do not show up in the US Ikea site in plain unfinished form: they only show up as a yellow painted USD$19.99 option. Looking at the legs, I could immediately see a pony in my head. So I began handsawing stuff. Testing with some scrap wood at the jaws. I realised that a single leg would be insufficient, it needed to be wider. Test mockup of the whole thing: Next day, I was at the office, where I'd left my drill. Screwed 2 legs together, and attached the wood jaw. Then glued a piece of crappy nubuck on it. Used the scraps from the leg as the base. This turned out to be a good idea as the pre-drilled holes lined up perfectly with the round base (not just where they were meant to line up, too - the base had pre-drilled holes that allowed the assembly to be mounted at the edge or at the centre) Made a dowel to line the arms up when they came together. Snug fit. Hinge assembly, with the whole thing mounted in the centre of the base. All done. Drillwork was a bit messier than I'd like, but I was eyeballing pretty much everything as I didn't really have the time to do clean work. But the whole thing functions as expected, which is kinda nice. Right now it's held by a clamp, until I can find a wing nut or a knob that fits. Sitting on the round base is not that uncomfortable and it seats pretty much upright at the correct height, and allows me to angle the whole thing a bit to the left or right. Total cost was around USD$15, which includes the hinges and screws. This build utilises 90% of the Frosta parts, the only thing discarded was 2x 6" leg cutoffs and 2x 1" leg cutoff. Total time taken was probably 2 hours. You'd need a saw, a drill, leather for the jaws, hinges (strap or normal) and a variety of screws. Hope this helps someone somewhere out there. Edited August 25, 2014 by josh3112 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavenAus Report post Posted August 25, 2014 That's a really good hack, brilliant work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howie696 Report post Posted August 25, 2014 Very clever!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishful Report post Posted August 25, 2014 Good use of available resouces. Turned out nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted August 25, 2014 That's really awesome. I REALLY love the creativity that folks on here show us in making and modifying tools. Now I wonder if IKEA sells some sort of bench that could turn your invention into a full-blown horse!? Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InfiniteChain Report post Posted October 27, 2014 Wow! I just might have to look into this. I posted a thread about the necessity of having a stitching pony and someone referred me to this thread. Kudos! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted October 27, 2014 That is truly a beautiful hack! Nice job though you could have saved a bit more with just one hinge.....unless you are stitching a whole elephant. Either way, you won the best hack star in my books. Thanks for sharing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cradom Report post Posted October 28, 2014 Nice. What are you using as a clamp? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
