Custom Furniture

Those stools are awesome!!! And I'm not sure I agree with you guys on the cushions. It would obscure that great woven material, which I'm pretty sure I've seen those types of stools made out of. Super cool stuff.

Stryker2011 wrote:

GubernatorFan wrote:Very cool stool build. A cushion would make sense, but you would have to take off more from the legs.

Not necessarily. Right now it’s like he’s sitting in a tray, so a cushion that’s level with the tray frame would make it more normal.

Which raises him another 5mm or so off the ground, so I need to lower the stool even further. I can't take it off the bottom because it drops the axle down too far, so I'm going to have to try another prototype with new legs.

ReverendSpooky wrote:Those stools are awesome!!! And I'm not sure I agree with you guys on the cushions.  It would obscure that great woven material, which I'm pretty sure I've seen those types of stools made out of.  Super cool stuff.

Yep. If I added a cushion, I would flip over the tray so that you will at least be able to see this detail from the bottom.

Found another version of those bamboo trays.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Kinds-Natural-Bamboo-Square-Saucer-Tea-Cup-Mat-Hotel-Home-Decor-Hand-Craft-Pad-Gongfu-Kung/32887548950.html



The larger one is just big enough to turn into a table. It was easy to make - simply sand off the top so that the edging is closer to the surface of the bamboo slats and then glue on four legs.

Nicely done. They could even serve as slightly larger end tables (with Bond there, I had an instant flashback of Sean Connery waiting in the dark for Professor Dent in Dr. No, playing solitaire).

Stryker2011 wrote:Nicely done. They could even serve as slightly larger end tables (with Bond there, I had an instant flashback of Sean Connery waiting in the dark for Professor Dent in Dr. No, playing solitaire).

Funny, I personally had a different flashback seeing Indiana jones drinking in Cairo when Marion is presumed dead!

Awesome finds and creations @shazzdan, gorgeous and very unique pieces!

Love how the bamboo table came out! You really have unlocked the versatility of these trays.

Rustic table made of sticks from a eucalyptus tree. The sticks were cut to size and then roughly turned on my lathe to straighten them a little and make them all the same diameter. They were then glued together and the top was hit with a belt sander to flatten the surface. It was stained to darken it and bring out the grain.



It is going to be used in my blacksmith's workshop diorama.
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t903-scratchbuild-blacksmith-s-workshop

That really is a beautiful piece. At 1:1, I'd totally have that in my house. I love it.

That’s excellent craftsmanship. Looks like a nice sturdy work bench for your smith.

Very nice rustic bench! Looks very realistic.

That’s really lovely! Can’t wait to see it in the diorama. : )

Been a while since I made anything new. Here is a log picnic table. I printed out some plans I found on the net and just divided all the measurements by six. The sticks were taken from fallen tree branches and roughly turned on my lathe to straighten them and to make them all the same diameter. They were glued together and the joints pinned with wooden pegs. The top was hit with a belt sander to flatten the surface and then the whole thing was hand sanded smooth. Finally it was stained in a mahogany colour and coated with a clear finish. It took just as long to make this as it does for full-sized versions.

Fantastic! and really inspiring too.

Really beautifully made, shazzdan! Thank you for sharing.... sometimes just sizing down RL plans or patterns is indeed the way to go!

These all look really great! Happy I got to see the older entries, too!
You should open up an Etsy store or something!

Nice work!

shazzdan wrote:
The parts only took 20 mins to make. But it took another two hours of fiddling and adjusting to get them to fit together properly and to make the stool sit flat.

And after all that messing around and finally getting it to sit properly...



...it is too high  

I'm going to have to take a centimeter off all of the legs.

As it is, it might function as a foldable side table.

Diana wrote:These all look really great! Happy I got to see the older entries, too!
You should open up an Etsy store or something!

https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/OneSixthArsenal

This is another attempt at the circular card table. It looks better with a round base and painted in black.

The picnic table/bench is just perfect. I'd say the effort was well worth it, but that is really for you to say. The result is great. I do like the circular table a lot. Obviously a much more "finished" piece of furniture. But is the round base practical (stable)?

That’s an excellent picnic table, and such a great use of actual tree branches/twigs. Nice job.

Thanks, guys. There are heaps of furniture plans on the net that can easily be scaled downwards for miniature projects.

GubernatorFan wrote:The picnic table/bench is just perfect. I'd say the effort was well worth it, but that is really for you to say. The result is great. I do like the circular table a lot. Obviously a much more "finished" piece of furniture. But is the round base practical (stable)?

Thanks. I am happy with the way they turned out but the picnic table took way too long to make - probably close to 30 hours all up. I had to individually lathe around sixty lengths of wood. The next one will use lengths of commercial dowel alternated with the manually-turned ones. The dowels will speed up the process and the lathed sticks will maintain the rustic look.

The round base on the card table is much more stable than I thought it would be.

I love the picnic table! Now all you need is a BBQ and a nice sunny day and you’ve the makings of a perfect 1/6th scale picnic lunch!

Happy there is at least a partial a solution to the time-consuming aspect of the picnic table/bench. And that the pretty table is stable.

I somehow missed the new circular table — looks great, Dan. I like it better than the square top as well. Now you need to make a Baccarat table for Sean to sit at.

Here is another one. This one is made from regular planks of wood. Only took three hours rather than thirty. I messed around with weathering and think it turned out ok.

That looks wonderful!

thats really cool!

It looks great, Dan. Glad it took you 10 times less time!

It does look great.