Not Just A Step Stool 

Great job! Very interesting design. I believe the mistake you implied at 3:48 is that the spline that joins the two legs should have been made with the grain running the opposite direction. As is it would be easier to fail under stress. Then again you built it for a 5 pound dog and not likely to happen.

That's how you know a doggo is loved! Not only given full permission to hop onto the bed, given a custom matching step stool for easier access to said bed too!

Nick, I discovered your channel from a recommendation from Blacktail Studio, and this is a really good find! Both your woodworking and your vids are the highest of quality, so, as a woodworker who's self-taught, you've earned a folder on my desktop. Only Blacktail and Mike Farrington have earned that right. As for simple or complex projects as topics, I benefit from both and find them each to be a great watch. Thanks for sharing your effort!

Love it. I think because this was an extension of the bed video, it was more than appropriate to do a video on it. It highlights that there are more design considerations than what may be initially addressed in a project. And how it is designed to match and that you didn’t take a simple and boring route says a lot about you.

Beautiful work! Love the colouring of the wood with the finish!

Yo! You’re killing it man. Videos just keep getting better. I like a mix of complex and easy builds so keep all the videos coming.

Love your work, design sense, and overall production value. Excited to watch your channel absolutely explode. the hockey stick curve is comin! 🤙🏼

Have a mix of crazy and simple designs for both advanced and intermediate wood workers! Love you work

I don't so much care if the projects are simple or complex. You build it, I'll watch. Keep up the good work :)

Really like the relaxed commentary style. Big or small, RU-vid needs more build videos. I can watch this all day over instructional videos.

Just discovered your channel last week. You have some mad skills, man!! Love how you think so far outside the box!

Man , you make some beautiful products. Love the grain and the fact his matches the bed perfectly. Awesome work again. 👍

I absolutely love it! I started a furniture-making course in September and I would love to use this design as one of my school projects. I’ve become hooked on your videos and love everything you make!

Like how you were able to compliment the bed design. Nicely done.

Love all your work but am very grateful for a good mix of approachable builds as my and our skills improve. Gotta learn to walk before the track meet starts. Have some extra boards and this project will get them used and a step stool is needed here in Bend big time by the way. As always, thank you so much for the time and effort you put into putting out such outstanding content. Please keep helping us here on YT to build on and improve our skills. Great making and God Bless.

I like all the videos. It can be complex builds or simple. I enjoy watching how other wood works layout projects. Keep the videos coming.

Wow you really did that justice. Gorgeous choice in wood too. Please keep bringing whatever you choose to share. Absolutely stellar

I love the shape of this piece; and you've used wonderful wood with a classic finish that makes the wood absolutely *luscious*! I think I'd spend more time stroking and admiring the grain and depth of shimmer in the wood than I would stroking and petting the dog!

That is an incredible step stool!!! You are truly gifted!! This is the first of your videos I've seen. I subscribed & will be watching more. Wow!!

My God that's stunning. Just starting in woodworking but I know beauty when I see it.

Mr.Sawyer, you are a true inspiration!!! I love all the projects you come up with!!! Keep up the great work and thank you!

I’m with the one dude up there^^ Simple or complex, I’m happy to watch ‘em.

I have never seen the steel wool and vinegar before. Cool!

I would love to see a photo gallery of your finished projects!

Really enjoying your builds. You seem to have a unique style that is different from what many of the other youtube woodworkers are doing!

What a great idea, might make a step stool for my dogs as well some day. Absolutely beautiful project

Really nice, Nick. Your edits are getting really slick too. Oh, and the dramatic reconstruction of their puppy jumping on the bed was superb 😂

Dude, your geometry has my head spinning!! But seriously though, this was very cool. Great work.

Great design & build, love your use of brushing on french polish as deal coat before button coat then spray. I've tried it couple of times but thick waxy residue took lots of cleaning to salvage brush!

Yeah, I'm a service and repair General Contractor so I don't know about all those fancy words you used cept for moisture. So I will just say that is frigging gorgeous, can't stop looking at it.

Love the mid-century design - it is both clean as well as interesting.

Great execution!! Well thought out design... Nice time piece BTW.

Buenísimo video. Excelente idea. Espectacular diseño. Bravo. Felicidades. Lo volviste hacer. Abrazos y muchas bendiciones. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💯👍

Just wow! Maybe your other subscribers are far more advanced than I am. This is an amazing build. I subscribed, this is definitely next level stuff for me.

Wow!! I love the stairs, awesome!!

Been enjoying your builds. Glad to see a simple one and would love to raid your off cut bin!

Loving everything about this build!

Pretty sure those are the coolest dog stairs ever made!

i really enjoy the way you give life to your ideas you come up with. and, regarding mistakes, don’t worry , it happens….even DaVinci, you’ ve heard of him i’m sure, had a pile of scraps from mistakes and failures.

Great design and execution!

The nearest I can get to a possible error is the cross grain of the lose tenon. It MAY have possibly been better running in the other direction but it's an angled joint in any case so I'm not sure that is what you meant. Stunning design in any case.

Keep the vids coming. You have a great style!

Stunning again. LMAO...your simple is another persons advanced!! I really enjoy how you do you drawings before the project.

Hi. Just subscribed after watching your collaboration with Blacktail Studio. Just some truly amazing craftsmanship!

Nice combination to the bed. I like the idea of the three parts coming together a 45-90 degree joint. However (and there is alwaya a "however"): I would have veneered the top edge with a 2mm mahagony strip. With the roundover the joint, which still show in your stool, would have disappered. Otherwise, as I said: combines to the bed elegantly.

Yes I love the contrast!

Great design. I also enjoy the colors.

It is stunning. I enjoy the tension of lines crossing lines at unexpected angles. Also, I have only known two other people beside myself use the word chatoyant before; 5 stars on vocab sir.

Looks like you put the same care into a small project, that you do a large. That is why you do great work.

Look good great job matching the grain

Very nice, beautifully designed and crafted.

I wish there was a light in the Domino alignment window.

Love the angles. Complimenting the bed frame nicely. Do you hand plane your stock once you’ve machined planed and thicknessed? Or does machining create a smooth enough finish? As always thanks for great content. I’d be interested to see your rough plans before starting a project. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you “wing” it mostly. Thanks!

It's beautiful! I don't love the biscuit joint stuff though, it feels like a mass produced cop out thing to me personally, but I get how it reduces the price with ease of manufacture but yeah

I enjoyed the video... To answer your question, I think I would have hidden the spline that is exposed on the front face of the steps.... Keep up the good work!

So cool. It fits so well.

Error you were talking about. Is it that the spline shows? Well depends how you sell it. If you say it's how you intended it to look than that's fine. If you point it out as a flaw it could be seen as one.

Good job especially on matching the gtain

Keep on keepin' on . . . you do good stuffs!

Those might be the prettiest raw pieces of wood I’ve ever seen.

LOLOL!!! Shellac...I was thinking about puppies' wee....you were thinking about an entirely different moisture source. LOLOL!!! New sub, came here from Blacktail Studios videos.

You are very talented mate, thank you

Stunning!!! Wow!!! Didn't know what you did wrong in glue up🤔 The grain looks so good I can stare at it for hours it does look like fire, and alive!!!! Another awesome and amazing project. Keep up the great work. The video editing, narration, lighting, is all awesome also!!! You have lots of talent my friend, keep it up😁👍👍👍👍👍don't think of me as a brown noiser, credit where its do.

Great design and beautifully put together, was wondering what you reckon the weight limit of the steps would be . Regards Jim UK.

New to the channel, enjoying it greatly as an amateur woodworker. I’m sure this info is out there on paper but I’d love to hear an opinion on what you feel the different “cuts” of shellac help bring out or do for you on various projects. I want to learn how to better layer my finishes and I know shellac can be a very useful player in that. Thanks for the effort and content!

I don’t mind smaller projects. Nice to see some excellent projects that aren’t river tables.

I love all your work.

Stunning!!!

I think because you do such different types of projects, anything you do is interesting

hope owner puts some grip on leg bottoms so doggie doesn't slide if there are wooden floors. stunningly done on the fly

Who wouldn't want to go through a lot of extra rubbing out? I can't see there being any problems unless there isn't enough lubrication applied before.

Love the asymmetry!!

I like the design, the asymmetry of the steps are great. I'm guessing that the error is that the spline was cut off too short and doesn't extend through the front leg ... or... the spline wasn't cut blind so that it DOES extend out and show on the front. Either way coudl have worked, I think that leaving extra meat on the spline and having it show through the front leg would have made the simple floating tenon joint look like it was much more complex inside where you can't see and left the viewer "wondering". The step cross supports work well. They add another dimension and definitely make the entire piece look like it's much more complex than just a simple step stool. I like the complex builds - my goal is to be able to make those builds look as effortless as you do, so keep them coming, while at the same time these more approachable "beginner" builds are great. Either way I'm waiting for your next amazing build. Do you ever do anything off the cuff to use up the scraps, or are they just waste??

Now that I've seen the "way I want to create" content of your channel I'll watch anything you post.

Beautiful, Impressive! (I caught the spline error right away) My question is, what does the dog think? Does he use it? I built steps for my dog and he just stares at it as if the intergalactic aliens left it there.

Down the wood yards in London Sapele and African Mahogany are the same thing. Variegated.

I like it. I've only been watching you for a few days, I haven't seen you put a makers mark on yet.

That is stunning!

Looks awesome!

How long are you leaving your ebonizing solution ferment for before use and do you know if the longer you leave it does it produce a blacker colour wood? I’ve been fermenting mine for 5-7 days before use but was wondering if longer would make a difference to the ebonizing or is it totally dependant on the tannins in the wood.

Great video!! What kind of spray gun are you using?

Very nice!!!

I thought it was a stepstool :-) Nice build.

Damn... Dude, I'm a stupid... 🙄 I should've made something like that for my cat when she was old and sick (she had kidney disease)... 😔 She always slept with me in my bed, but then she started to look for places in the ground to sleep. But I didn't think about it. 😕 Anyway... Beautiful work! Really nicely done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Looks great! Since someone will eventually try to use it as a step tool, probably would have been better to make it stronger.

My puppy should be so lucky.❤

Please don't change your style. I love the more in depth builds you've been doing, but adding in an easy one here and there would be great in my opinion. Either way, I look forward to seeing a new video pop up. 👍

Great work. More of both styles of content.

I'm on the hunt for a precision miter gauge. How do you like yours and who makes it?

Hi. Can you tell me the name of the wood?? I miss it on the video, i think you didn't mention it. You did a very good job. Thank you for your help

Man if this simple, I’m way out of touch. Lol.

Great build. Better than the build, though, is I think you solved/inspired a fix for a design problem I've had with a cantilevered console table design idea I've been working on for longer than I want to admit.

Dude, what planet are you on. Brilliant.

Another great project! I like all of your videos. So whether they are easy or complex, narrated or ASMR, I will watch them. And likely thoroughly enjoy them. One thing I would suggest though... an occasional f-bomb goes a long way in my book. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just curious, are you self taught or did you go to a trade college or something? Is this your full time job or just a hobby? You are extremely good, I aspire to this level for sure.

I like the design and execution. I think the client will appreciate it as well as its what they commissioned you for. However in my experience, dogs don't like open back stair cases.

Very nice, if you make it I’ll watch it

super design as well - a laptop table wld be nice as well and multipurpose;

You do nice work

Hey, Nick! At 4:02, "what's wrong with this picture"? Only thing I saw was that you did not apply any clamping pressure across the face or thickness of the boards. The red clamp would have pulled the tip of the joint apart because the pressure points were below the lower part or the V of the joint, which would have acted as a fulcrum to separate the joint. That's all I saw. Otherwise, excellent work as usual. You call this a simple design? What was that tool you used to cut the holes for the oblong pegs. I like that better than pocket hole screws, which are more suited for beginners such as myself. Also found it interesting that you stained and applied finishes before actual assembly. Is that generally a better way to go? Glue cleans up easier? Thanks for posting.