josh3112

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.