 
CHERRY SHAKER STOOL A comforting place for resting feet. SHOP OWNER: Scott Perry LOCATION: Douglassville, PA About a year ago, my mother-in-law had a knee replacement. Recently, she was to have arthroscopy to remove scar tissue from that surgery, and a month later, another knee replacement. Knowing they have no recliners, I thought she could use a nice footstool to rest her feet on during her recovery. She loved the stool when we gave it to her today, and will be using it during her live-in convalescence. 
This turned Shaker stool is based on one Kerry Pierce made in Woodcraft Magazine a few years ago. It's made mostly from curly cherry, with some flat-sawn thrown in where I ran out of the curly stuff. The finish is padded on shellac while turning on the lathe, a finish I'd recommend highly. 
The seat is navy and beige Shaker tape, and both my kids got in on the weaving action. 
As I didn't want to waste much of the 8/4 and 6/4 turning stock, my dimensions are significantly fatter than Kerry's. 
Soliciting his input on how to mate the oversized rung ends with the posts so as to look reasonably attractive; we came up with a 1" diameter countersink at all the joints. This required a little planning and careful drilling, but worked well. . . .
Scott Perry
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