A step stool can be made with your own hands from various materials.
Having at hand only all the necessary tools andplywood, you can make a step stool with your own hands. To make a wooden structure, you will need a bar, plywood, a hacksaw, a jigsaw, drills, a sander, and a spatula.
Making a stool
A drawing is prepared in advance,which designates the components of the product and its parameters. A step stool consists of slats, a seat, a support post, and a flight of stairs. When making a stool yourself, the following parameters are taken into account:
- seat height - 60 cm;
- between the support and the string must be a distance of 60 cm;
- between the strings of the ladder, a distance of 48 cm is observed.
Step stool diagram.A step stool made by hand will be comfortable to use if the steps are arranged with a step of 15-20 cm. To make a seat, you will need cross slats. The wood is pre-treated (to obtain a perfectly smooth surface). The slats are fixed together. An indent of 5 cm is made from the edge on both sides. Marks are made. A milling cutter is required to make a groove. Then the cross bars are fixed to the base slats. Glue is used to increase the strength of the product. You can make the seats yourself from 2 boards measuring 150x500 mm. The supporting part of the structure is made of guide slats, which are designed to ensure a connection (horizontally) and increase the strength of the furniture. Holes are drilled in the ends of the wood. Since the flight of stairs is fixed at an angle, the steps of the step stool are mounted horizontally. To determine the angle, it is recommended to assemble the furniture without steps and connecting bars. The elements of the structure are exposed taking into account the above recommendations. Then the product is fixed. The lower ends of the stringers and supports are cut at the appropriate angle. The next step is to mark the position of the steps. The width of the 1st step should be 44 cm, and the depth - 15 cm. To assemble the step stool, you will need stringers. The guide supports are attached to the seat. The upper ends of each slat are rounded. The resulting furniture is varnished. Return to the table of contents</a>
Folding structure
To make a folding step stool,it will be necessary to make shaped elements. The edges of the furniture components are processed with sandpaper. Piano hinges are used to connect the movable and fixed parts. The design of the stool with a movable module provides for the manufacture of 2 steps.
Scheme of transformation of a chair into a stepladder.The module is pulled out by means of guides. The step stool is presented in the form of 4 legs, crossbars and tsars. The thickness of each part is 19 mm. The side pads are made of plywood 3 mm thick and 17x25 cm in size. To make a step stool, you will need 31 cm long guides, fasteners, varnish, glue, and a drill. The legs, crossbars and crossbars are sawn out of blanks. The upper ends of the tsars will need to be beveled at an angle of 80 degrees. The steps are sawn out. Their edges are rounded. On the lower step, corner cuts measuring 3.8x3.8 cm are made. Screws and dowels are used to assemble the furniture. The upper and lower tsars are fastened. The middle legs are assembled in pairs. The units are connected by tsars. Screws are used to fix the small legs. The supports are attached to the crossbars and connected with a tsarga. Then the remaining 2 steps are additionally reinforced. The resulting parts of the chair are installed in the way they will be fixed. The free elements of the guides are fixed. If the assembly is done correctly, then the stool is disassembled. The step stool is reassembled using wood glue. The finished structure is covered with putty and varnish. Plywood pads can be painted. Metal step stools are equipped with 2-3 steps. Such furniture can be with one-sided or two-sided ascent. The metal structure has the following advantages:
- low weight;
- strength;
- speed of assembly;
- Comfortable application due to the presence of rubber overlays on the steps;
- availability of a broad platform;
- stability.
Components of metalThe step stools are fixed with standard bolts. If necessary, they can be replaced with new analogs. Unlike a wooden structure, a metal step ladder can be stored in basements and other damp rooms.
