The death of good ole workshop screw stool

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rashid11

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What happened to it ? The nice semi-soft round seat on a screw, that adjusts it's height, a good 12", by turning. The smaller base footprint so it doesn't steal too much floor space. Where did they all go - the last-forever stools of the past ?

I don't like those pneumatic-cylinder ones none too much ! Craftsman's
latest $80 stool is the example of how not to do it: 2'x2' floor-space-stealing base :barf: , whopping 6" of height adjustment :(

I understand it is much easier to buy those pheumatic cylinders for something
like $2 in volume and fashion a seat to it, but c'mon !

BTW - were they ever popular in the States ? They sure were huge in exUSSR.
 
My old shop stool was like the one you want.I got it from a musician,and today it sits at my grandson's drum set.I replaced it with the one shown.You can get a lot of good stools from a medical supply.The one shown was given to me by a doctor friend.It has a small footprint,13" seat,but only adjusts from 20" to 26", and uses a pneumatic cylinder.I used to love spinning round and round on my Grandfathers shop stool back in the 1950's.It had a black leather seat,and went from about 20 to 36". It also had a round foot rest ring on the base,like the old ice cream parlor stools.
 
I have one at work that got many years ago.In my knifeshop I went just the oppposite, a big comfy pnuematic drafting chair.I figure as much time as I spend in there my butt should be happy.Dave:D
 
I always liked those old iron tractor seats. Some of them are really comfy and they're iron so flying sparks aren't going to hurt em.

Here's a picture of my forge on my site, but you can see one of my grinding stools in the background.

http://www.caswellstudios.com/SwordPages/BodyPages/tools/forge.html

As you can see, the base is very large and there's an iron wheel in there for a foot rest. The seat is widely adustable for height. I'd make another one in a hurry, but would use an old plow disc for the base. They're much smaller diameter and kind of keep with the whole tractor theme.
 
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