3Dowel is a stool that you can build just with round dowels, wood screws, and 3D-printed brackets! It is born with the question, “In the near future, when 3d printers become more novel, would people build their furniture at home?” 


Since I'm just a product designer and not an engineer. I decided to go a bit overboard with the screws. So any remix that reduces the amount of screws without compromising the rigidity would be awesome!

Refer to the last 2 pictures to align all the brackets in the right positions!

BOM

• 25mm Round Dowels
  • 12 pcs 30cm
  • 4 pcs 15cm
  • 4 pcs 60cm
• 1kg Spool of sturdy filament. (this one is built with CF-PLA)
  • 4 pcs of foot.stl
  • 2 pcs of base3.stl
  • 2pcs of base1.stl
  • 2pcs of base2.stl
  • 2pcs of leg1.stl
  • 2pcs of leg2.stl
• 32 pcs 3.5x16mm Socket head self-driving wood screws.

Assembly Order

Legs

1. Insert feet on 60cm dowel pieces. Push till it hits the end!
2. Push the leg brackets on the same dowel pieces. Until the distance between the foot's top and the leg piece's bottom is 61mm. (Refer to the last 2 pictures on the post)
3. Insert the 15cm wood dowels between the legs.

Seat

1. Align the base pieces to the 30cm dowels, referring to the last 2 pictures. 
2. Start screwing. (3.5x16mm Sockethead self-driving woodscrews) Don't use screws longer than 20mm!
3. Insert the seat assembly into the leg assembly, and you will be ready to sit!