Toddler Step Stool | Build It | Ask This Old House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video, With the help of a literal cutting-edge tool, host Kevin O’Connor and general contractor Tom Silva create a unique step stool with sweeping curves and unmatched precision.
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Host Kevin O’Connor and general contractor Tom Silva are about to dive into the future of woodworking. With a handheld CNC router in hand, the two work together to find a design, upload it to the router, and cut out two unbelievably accurate legs for a toddler’s step stool. Here’s how it’s done.
Where to find it?
To prep your workspace to use a CNC hand router [homedepot.sjv....]:
To protect your worktable clamp [homedepot.sjv....] a spare piece of plywood [homedepot.sjv....] down to the table. Use double sided stick tape [homedepot.sjv....] on the plywood to secure the material you’re cutting to it. This will prevent the board from moving while using the router.
To prepare the router for a new project, add a special locator tape [bit.ly/3POzglr] that allows the router to locate itself on any workpiece. Scan the workpiece to create a grid that the router will follow.
To keep your workspace clean connect the router to a HEPA vac [homedepot.sjv....] for minimal dust transfer.
Baltic birch plywood [homedepot.sjv.io/DyQooo] was used for this project.
Chamfer bit [homedepot.sjv....] for router to round the edges.
Cut the treads on the miter saw [homedepot.sjv....].
Wood glue [homedepot.sjv....] to join pieces together and screws [homedepot.sjv....] to secure them in place.
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Materials:
Downloadable plan [bit.ly/40M2EiB]
Scrap plywood [homedepot.sjv....]
Baltic birch plywood [homedepot.sjv.io/DyQooo]
Double-sided tape [homedepot.sjv....]
Domino guide tape [bit.ly/3POzglr]
Wood glue [homedepot.sjv....]
Wood screws [homedepot.sjv....]
Tools:
Clamps [homedepot.sjv....]
CNC router and multiple bits [homedepot.sjv....]
Drum sander [homedepot.sjv....]
Chamfer bit [homedepot.sjv....]
Miter saw [homedepot.sjv....]
Drill [homedepot.sjv....]
HEPA vac [homedepot.sjv....]
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Toddler Step Stool | Build It | Ask This Old House
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My dad made me a little stool when I was young. At 66 it has travelled with me through life and I use it almost every day. Such a treasure.
The Shaper Origin is a fabulous tool. That said it is about as expensive 3.5k as a good entry CNC machine but it is much more useful for making furniture joints with the table accessory .
Shaper Origin is an awesome tool...amazing!
Alway good to see pops and sonny
Always loved this show - keep up the great work guys! The barn workshop is super cozy and Tommy and Kevin still seem like the master and apprentice
From Melbourne, Australia
How dare this show that has shown new advances in construction technology for decades show new technology for construction and hobbyists
wow tommy going new tech 😁
Fancy pants woodworking. Wow, it turned out nice! Love it!
"Pops and Sonny" back together again! 🎉😆
For beginners’ sake and for those who, shall we say, might have other plans for our big piles of money, it could have been nice to include at least a discussion of alternate approaches to achieve the result without the special router. However, I’m sure they know there is plenty of this content out there, maybe this segment is sponsored content, and, incidentally, this is one of the best overviews of this tool that I have seen.
Print out the templates and use a jig saw?
Buy a ONEFINITY, before this thing. Trust me!!
who has routers like that
You don’t have to have a router like that to make that stool. You just print out a template. They’re just showing how the new tool works.
Tommy
@@aloras405 I know that
One can free hand it and cut it by using a jigsaw
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This was the lowest energy TOH episode ever.
Yawn.
Wow, clicked the video excited about a practical build for a first time dad (me). What a disappointment. Why not show something that would actually apply to your average viewer, not some absurd router that . 00001 percent of viewers will ever put hands on. Or at the very least, show us the modern version but then have Tommy walkthrough how to build it for people who own normal tools
Tommy has many many examples - why are you upset that they show a fancy tool? Use a template like the rest of us peasants lol
Agreed, just use the template and a jig saw.
Sorry this happened to you, bud. Sometimes our feelings get hurt and we’re not sure about the best way to express them. TH-cam comment section might not be the ticket, champ
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This old house is so woke now. Back in my day toddlers knew not to go places they couldn't reach. Amen! 🙏🙌
Omg how ridiculous.
Lmfao what a reach. Any excuse for these people to get angry I guess. Good thing Trump will totally make their lives better right?
@Beefinator5000 Maybe you can help me out? I've never really understood the term "woke". Could you please provide a definition? Do you really think toddlers from back in the day knew better than to reach for things? Wonder what changed that behavior? Sugared cereal, woke TV shows, game consoles? 🤷🤔🤭🤦😱🧐
Uh, this wasn't good. There was nothing wrong with fixing broken gutters. Don't fix what was just fine
What are they fixing that was just fine? 🤷 They're just showing some interesting technology.
Save yourself time and money and just buy one. 🤔
Or we could just leave people alone to enjoy the crafts they enjoy….
Well, not everyone has a $3k router, so...
I mean, there’s a lot of things I can’t afford, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t an interesting product
I'd bet you're always the negative energy in the room.
Excuses excuses
And those people can print out a template and there’s nothing wrong with that.
unsubscribing due to your crazy president and his ridiculous tariffs
Which has absolutely nothing to do with these folks and what they do. I guarantee you Trump doesn't watch this programming. 🤷🤦🤦🤦
trump is trying to damage the Canadian economy for no good reason. His decisions are going to impact every US citizen .
@@Navy1977 And? Trump is hurting every Canadian with his idiocy. We are going to respond in every way we can.
@@islandtsi lol
It is funny isn't it. Enjoy your trade war
I can’t believe that they would make something like that. That would make it so hard for someone that’s not a computer person. it’s kind of sad that this country will be nothing but making where nobody can make a living. I just found out few weeks ago when you buy a new vehicle you want be able to replace you car battery when it dies. Now the battery has to be program to the car in order for it to it will need to be at the dealer. That’s so wrong to do this in this country. Good job.
There are more than one way to make a stool
They're sponsored by the router manufacturer. It's the new TOH.
People will still be able to make a living as long as your willing to learn new skills. Instead of being the person making the stool be the person that sells or maintains the machine.
"I just found out few weeks ago when you buy a new vehicle you want be able to replace you car battery when it dies. Now the battery has to be program to the car in order for it to it will need to be at the dealer. That’s so wrong to do this in this country."
The Tinkerer says;
Can't wait till I get my hands on one.
heh heh.
Heh heh heh heh.
Mwaahahahaha.
@@KooltrevEspecially if you aren't a stool fool, without any cool tools, to drool over, heh kool? 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣