Book 3 — Combination Workshop Seat

A most practical and satisfactory way of using a stool in a small workshop is shown in the illustration. In much of my small work at the bench I find it an advantage to sit, and for that purpose I purchased a small stool. My lathe is operated by a geared foot motor provided with two foot levers which may be operated singly in a standing position or both at a time when sitting. The attachment shown converts the stool, the seat of which is too low except for bench work, into a comfortable and neat seat for working at a lathe. The sketch is self-explanatory.

A plate with a setscrew is mounted under the center of the stool seat, through which a hole is bored for the seat post. Two pieces of iron pipe, an elbow and an old bicycle saddle constitute the remaining parts of the device. Provision is made for adjustment as to height, and the position of the saddle may be changed in the ordinary way by using a wrench on the part which grips the horizontal length of pipe, just the same as the seat on a bicycle-seat post is adjusted.