The seat of this stool can be made with whatever material you prefer or have on-hand (canvas, leather, etc.) There’s also a seat template that makes this project even easier to complete. It only takes 4 steps! You or your loved ones will never need to sit on the ground during your next camping adventure.

Materials

• three 1 1/8” Birch hardwood dowels (enough for three 24” pieces)
• one brass 2.75” bolt
• one 1.5” eye-hole bolt
• two brass acorn nuts
• three brass washers
• three brass finishing washers
• three brass 1” wood screws (big enough not to slip through the finishing washer)
• finish (I used Osmo PolyX-Oil)
• leather or other heavy material for the seat

Tools

• sander
• center-finder (optional, but helps)
• drill
• screwdriver
• small socket wrench to fit acorn nuts
• rags
• knife

Instructions

1. Start by cutting your dowels to 24” or as close to that as possible. I bought two 48” dowels, so each leg is about 23 7/8″ after the saw blade’s share. Drill a hole completely through each one 10.5” from the top of each leg. Find the center of each leg’s top, and drill a small pilot hole for your seat-mounting screws. Sand.

2. Apply your choice of finish. Download the seat template. Make sure it’s heavy and sufficiently reinforced, since there will be a good amount of stress on each corner.

On one corner of the seat, I left a tab for the carry strap, but this is optional.

3. Assemble the structure by threading two of the legs together with the bolt, using the eye-hole bolt in the middle. Use washers on both ends, and attach the acorn nut. You’ll need a little play in the assembly to move, but it shouldn’t be gaping. Once those two legs are secure, feed the eye-hole bolt (which I cut down a little, too) into the third leg, and attach with a washer and acorn nut. Tighten both acorns securely with a socket wrench.

4. After the base is complete, attach your seat to each leg using a large finishing washer and the wood screw. Don’t over-tighten.

Have you made your own camping stool? Which material did you use for the seat?

Article and Photo Source: Design Sponge