How Do You Make a Bar Stool from Scaffold?

Making a bar stool from reclaimed scaffold board starts with the material rather than the design. This guide covers sourcing and assessing boards, checking for embedded nails and grit before any cutting, and deciding how much of the weathered grey patina to keep when flattening the faces. It then explains how to glue and clamp a laminated seat that stays flat, round the thick front edge for comfort, and build the base either from 48mm scaffold tube with key clamp fittings or from timber ripped out of the same boards. There is guidance on calculating leg length around the board thickness and flange, finishing coarse reclaimed grain with hardwax oil rather than lacquer, and where this industrial look works well in a British home....