DIYbanter - View Single Post - making a wooden stool

wrote in
oups.com:

If you want a stable stool whether 3 or 4 legs then its important to
design it so that the legs are splayed a bit to extend beyond the edge
of the seat/top in plan - then it is less likely to tip if you stand on
the edge - though it will if you rock it enough.

Thanks for this. Yes, I will splay the legs a bit.
I've figured it's easier to do this if I don't do it
so that if extended they would all meet at a point.
So I'll splay two outwards in one plane and the other
two outwards in another, parallel plane. This will
make it easier to make and put in the horizontal
pieces at top and bottom. (This may sound pathetic,
but I am using rudimentary equipment).

Any old wood will do more or less.

Hmm. I don't like the look of those sticks from B&Q :-)
The wood is too soft.

Chris