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A fixture plate isn't something one uses every day. My today project was to make a wooden top stool with metal legs.
As I got into it, I realized that I could mount the fixture plate in the lower part of the stool and have a home for it
while it was unused. The 1 inch square tubing came from the scrap yard and was used as a frame to protect
freshly shipped ATVs or more likely the new side by side versions. I used an angle grinder with a 4.5 inch cut off wheel to
remove a bunch of tubing from the scrap pile and had saved it for some future project. I used the rotary table to make
the shape for the wooden seat and the tubing was used for the legs. The starter gear drive from the fixture plate was too small
but I had another one stowed away that was a little bigger, just right for a foot rest and a neat way to hold the fixture plate too.
The welding was done with 7018 3/32 version and after I got used to it, it wasn't too bad. The pipe was only about
a MM thick so had to be careful.
I had to show my old Monarch 14C as well in this photo as this is where the stool will probably be parked.
The fixture plate just fits into the top of the ring gear so makes for a neat setup. The oak top was in my firewood pile so it was an
easy job to do some cutting with the table saw and glue up a piece big enough for the seat. It was actually some slab wood
that had been sitting in my wood pile ready for the boiler. It's a little cooler today with a high of about 40F and cloudy. Thanks for
reading along.
As I got into it, I realized that I could mount the fixture plate in the lower part of the stool and have a home for it
while it was unused. The 1 inch square tubing came from the scrap yard and was used as a frame to protect
freshly shipped ATVs or more likely the new side by side versions. I used an angle grinder with a 4.5 inch cut off wheel to
remove a bunch of tubing from the scrap pile and had saved it for some future project. I used the rotary table to make
the shape for the wooden seat and the tubing was used for the legs. The starter gear drive from the fixture plate was too small
but I had another one stowed away that was a little bigger, just right for a foot rest and a neat way to hold the fixture plate too.
The welding was done with 7018 3/32 version and after I got used to it, it wasn't too bad. The pipe was only about
a MM thick so had to be careful.
I had to show my old Monarch 14C as well in this photo as this is where the stool will probably be parked.
The fixture plate just fits into the top of the ring gear so makes for a neat setup. The oak top was in my firewood pile so it was an
easy job to do some cutting with the table saw and glue up a piece big enough for the seat. It was actually some slab wood
that had been sitting in my wood pile ready for the boiler. It's a little cooler today with a high of about 40F and cloudy. Thanks for
reading along.
