Paper Stools

I made these stools from a sheet of Honeycomb Cardboard which I love. I found it near my neighbor's trash. I could not resist making some furniture out of it.

Honeycomb cardboard 56"x56"x1" square. PVA glue.

Utility knife, ruler, table saw, bandsaw

The whole piece was too big to take to the table saw. So after drawing a grid of 11" squares, I cut one line with a utility knife and long ruler.

With the fence set at 11" the table saw made quick work of cutting 25 squares.

Definitely don't want a square box shape. Not a twist either.

I decided to try cutting off corners. First a little, then gradually tapering in as I went. It's better, but not what I want.

I used my circle cutting jig on the bandsaw to cut out the circles. It's not a great jig for cutting wood. It drifts. But with the cardboard it worked perfectly. I like the crisp precise edges with the random pattern from the honeycomb.

As I was cutting the circles, I stacked up the scraps, and realized that with a little randomness they look pretty awesome. So after gluing the circles, I glued the holes together as well. I couldn't use the last couple pieces as they were too thin and weak to hold up under stress.

For the top piece of the round stool I wanted to show the honeycomb pattern. So I got it wet and let the water work on the glue for a while until it was ready to peel the paper off one side. Then I glued it on.

Are they strong enough? The round one for sure is. It's got honeycomb the whole way down. The hollow one gives a little when I sit on it. It's better for smaller people than me.