Actually my Son had come up with this idea quite a few years ago. The guys in one of the Car or Truck shows he watched would sit around and talk on stools like these at the end of their show.
The 1st set of these I made a few years ago. And gave those to my girlfriend's Son for Christmas that year. Recently I wanted a set for my garage. So, I bought some take off aluminum truck wheels and went at it. Note, the wider the wheel the taller the stools become.
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For some reason this forum pastes the pics above where I want rather than where the cursor is. So I have to list the instruction this way.
1. The wheels are 17's. So I drilled two holes in my Fred Flintstone tool 8.5" C/C. Put two nails in it. One to act as a pivot and the other to mark where to cut with my jig saw. Per stool you will need Two of these boards. One to mount the cushion to and the other a spacer/retainer in between the two wheels. So the wheels can't shift. 3/8" to 1/2" thick wood as the spacer. This way it disappears between the wheels.
2. I grabbed some pieces of wood I had cut out in the past doing various speaker projects. The smaller diameter ones you see just fit in the wheels center pilot hole. All is bright in this Pack Rat's World. This is to keep the main stud vertical and centered up through the stool. They will be attached to the bigger ones so they will stay centered in the pilot hole.
3. I put some glue in between them and used a stud to hold them together while drying. This also keeps their holes in line.
4. After the glue dried I still zinged 3 screws in them. Too much is better than not enough. You will need to make 2 of these big and little combos per stool.
5. Now it's time to build the base for the cushion. You'll need one of these per stool.
6. The bases will also be a big and little. The big being the full size piece cut in pic #1. The smaller one here in pic #6. Here I am using a stud, washer, and nut to draw the threaded insert from pic #5 in to it. Hold the stud still and turn the nut on the washer. This will draw that insert right in to the wood.
7. Put a thick layer of glue on the same side as the treaded insert went in to. That insert will make the smaller piece of wood teater against the big piece until the glue sets. But this way the insert is trapped and can't be pulled out.
8. Used the stud and nuts again to hold the assembly until the glue dried.
9. 2 of the wheels clamped together.
10. This pic shows the spacer retainer board sitting in the wheel.
11. Once the glue dried on the base, smaller piece, and insert I zinged in three screws here also.
12. This foam I bought at a Fabric store. Like the blue cloth fabric itself. If you tell them you are building stools they will know which foam to sell you. They even cut it in these perfect circles for me.
13. I pulled the material just tight enough for no sags later but not so tight it would already be squeezing the foam.
14. Then went around the circle and stapling the material to the bottom of the base.
15. With the threaded stud adjusted level with the top of the top wheel when clamping the wheels together, The finished cushion screws right down on the stud. In the center hole of the big piece of wood. So it is safely not even touching the foam. Or your rear end.

 

Those are some cool stools Jeff. Nice job. I would love to find a set of those slotted mags for my truck.

 

That's some sharp looking stools.

 

Nice rump pedastals there, Jeffy.

....since we're on the subject of making stuff, this is a project I've been working on at my job, during my free time, when the machinery is running without problems.

I'm building a 48" wide bending brake to use to bend sheet metal/Lexan. This is where I've gotten with the construction of it so far. If it works out, I'd also like to make a finger brake attachment for it be able to form boxes and pans.

 

Thanks Brian. I gotta figure out what happened so now this forum transfers my pics to the top.

Thanks Randle.

Thanks Steve. Good fab work Buddy. Man, there is so much talent in the Kingdom!

 

Jeff I was having the same problem with posting pictures. Ended up being microsoft explorer. I started using chrome and that fixed the problem.

 

Thanks Brian. I tried Chrome a couple years ago. Something about it I didn't like. And it took an act of God to get it off. I wonder if it's better now.

 

Been there done that on the brake
I made it to bend sheet metal strips to use as fillers when flush mounting front & rear glass on my 70 AMC Javelin.
Best picture I have



Yes nice rump pedastals there, Jeffy. x2
I have wooden stools in my garage and 2 office chairs for when people want to hang out.
Dave ----

 

Cool. And thanks. Yeah these stools are as comfortable as an office chair for my 150# rear end. And they have that "cool factor" going on since they are truck wheels. What better for sitting on at a truck show, garage, or Man's Cave?

 

Cool yes but if too comfy you would never want to get up off them to do any work if in the garage!
Right now with bondo dust flying around I don't mind the chairs getting a little trashed as I pulled them from the trash.
I also know the wife would not let them stools in the house LOL
Dave ----

 

....continuation from post #4....Three months later, after starting on the bending brake and working on it off and on when things were slow at work, I finally fabricated the last piece to go on it today --the "X" brace and its mounting tabs. Now, I've got to take it all back apart to paint it before final assembly.

 

Looks real good Steve. Now all it needs is some paint and bicycle handlebar grips. What color you gonna paint it? You might get in trouble if it's $nap on red.

 

Thanks, Jeff. I'm thinking a combination of Ford engine blue and new Ford engine gray.

If I put grips on the handles, it would cover up where I knurled the ends of the handles in the lathe. ....can't let that work go to waste or not be seen. :-P

 

Ah good point. Come to think of it, is there a chromer local to you?