Popular Mechanics - USA (2020-05)

SIMPLE STOOL

The Builder: Roy Berendsohn

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As Pop Mech’s veteran editor, Ber-

endsohn is used to having piles of

unused, unloved wood littering the

floor of his shop. But they never

go to waste. “If you have odd-sized

scraps that you don’t know what

to do with, don’t just burn ’em or

chuck ’em,” he says. “Build some-

thing out of them!”

It only took Berendsohn a few

hours to craft this bench/stool
hybrid from whatever bits of No. 2
grade Douglas Fir he could find—
the longest piece is 27 inches. He
grabbed an assortment of same-
length deck, a Kreg pocket, and
GRK wood screws to fuse all the
pieces together.
Now Berendsohn has another
place to set his power tools, and
give himself a break, in between
jobs. “If you put in enough time and
trouble,” he says, “there isn’t any-
thing you can’t build from ordinary
PH materials like a 2x4.”

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