DiResta Leather Wood & Steel Stool

[@DanteYewToob]

Old school plus new school. Ancient tools given new life, and new tools given old wisdom and creativity to really shine! You, Jimmy are an inspiration! I love the mix of skills, tools, and materials you use, and you never do the same thing twice! Always pushing your limits, always testing the limits and capabilities of your tools. You're the Alton Brown of making! Creative, scientific and artistic in equal quantities and mixing new and old techniques together to make something new and amazing! I'm gonna go make something!

[@zacprunty]

As a viewer I appreciate the time and attention spent on the repetitive work. It was done tastefully. I can really appreciate the time and patience required to make those legs. Respect.

[@Madein515]

Those old machines sing some beautiful songs! Thanks for slowing it down for a few seconds and sharing.👍👍👏👏👏

[@musashiaharon9808]

It's not often that beauty and ruggedness come together the way they come together with Diresta. Respect!

[@koretechx1]

Those are gorgeous! Watching the way you approach your builds step by step is almost mesmerizing. I'm loving this community so much. I'm just starting to make things at the age of 51. Wish I'd have figured out this passion 35 years ago.

[@dieziofaidate8761]

Il numero 1........ Maker al mondo vai Jimmy nn ti batte nessuno...... Un saluto dall'ITALIA

[@niblaj5666]

Good old school. Thanks for the wonderful video. You saved the spirit of the past in these old machines. Proof that a good machine lasts forever. All your videos are great, but these "old-school" ones are a real refresh. Good job👍👍👍

[@GregAlanEdwardsEmmanuelRidge]

Life is so much better with tools. Especially the right tools!

[@PuppetMaster8707]

The wood The leather The steel All beautifully put together

[@kisssys5414]

If I don't learn something, I ALWAYS learn how to do it better. Perfect build.

[@haydenjay6662]

quintessential DiResta: Leather, wood, and steel

[@hoosierkent1640]

Multi-Medium & Multi-Media

[@maconSTUFF]

You're one of a kind Jimmy... I don't think there will ever be another maker quite like you... 👍

[@ktulu193]

16 legs lathed, I can imagine you wouldn't want to do any more lathing for the stretchers. The steel really sets it off. Cool stools!

[@furthernorthfab]

Using the table saw to find the Center! I need to remember that trick.

[@bruceabe3139]

Love that you used all those classic older machines! the resurrection of those machines is to be commended!and admired!

[@tsstn]

My favorite designs of any product are beautiful, useful, made to outlast anything and strong. There is beauty in strength, and there is strength in beauty. These are beautifully strong. I love them Jimmy Diresta. Great work sir.

[@hj00001]

I love it how the demonstrations he does at the end of the video are plain simple but give you all the confidence that's a darn steardy chair.

[@crankstonshnord6591]

I like how you drilled the holes in the seat a LOT. Simple, precise

[@SeanHodgins]

The king of work flow and repeat-ability. You can learn so much from these quick videos its insane.

[@conradealie9304]

This was classic Jimmy DiResta.....fresh cut wood from a lumber yard, bandsaw, mitre saw, drill press, a little welding, a little leather work, lathe work. And then makes it appear all to easy. Nice work and video Jimmy.

[@WilliamLutesMaker]

“Creativity is a self sustaining resource. The more you use it, the more of it you have” - Lutes I Love You That is all 👊🏼❤️👊🏼

[@jimmydiresta]

William Lutes xoxoxo

[@tomtruesdale6901]

@@mrayco "You will no longer drink coffee on an empty stomach?" Dude you are at the wrong place

[@gustarrezende]

You're totally right! 👍🏻

[@Makebuildmodify]

XACTLY!!!

[@timbohouston]

Our brains are a muscle so I believe that.

[@jnps3]

The variety of skills and trades used to make this is incredible. Just shows the level of tallent! Great project, top entertainment!

[@jasonbailey9139]

A lot of times I watch your videos because it’s neat to see what you come up with, but I wouldn’t want the project myself. I appreciate the craftsmanship, but the aesthetic is not one that calls to me. This one is absolutely gorgeous! I’d love to replace my beat up stools with this. Nice job, Jimmy!

[@Arkie80]

There's no stopping this guy. Good looking work. I'd love to see more of this type stuff.

[@discostoo]

The one man factory strikes again! It's the consistency that really impresses me. Beautiful.

[@willierants5880]

The iron leg braces really do it for me. Looks really good.

[@JointerMark]

It is always interesting to see the different way you do things to increase your productivity. The cross-slide for shaping the seat top was really good thinking!

[@tomcarlson3244]

It was fun to see all the old tools get used.

[@mikesides617]

This project really highlights, other than great videography, Mr. Diresta’s unique talent. There are millions of skilled makers. But man! His design ability is so great. I mean every damn wooden stool gets loose at some point. These mechanically can’t dawg! So inspiring. Imna go make something.

[@hoosierkent1640]

it'd be nice for Jimmy to just have a special Page/Link or even a Video for his many Maker Fans, Jimmy-inspired, Project Pics. What do you think Jimmy? Fans can post just the photos of their home projects; you could be like our Giant Cyber Space Refrigerator Door (remember when Mom would post your artwork on the Fridge?). Mike I have also been inspired to get off of my buttox by seeing Jimmy's ambition & creativity -it's contagious. My favorite Jimmy Video is his Next one.

[@jimmydiresta]

Thank you both 🙏🏼 I often search “DiResta inspired” and see awesome projects 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@JOANPENROD1]

As my Dad would say. They are a thing of beauty.

[@MabutiKazoku]

You weren't kidding on the podcasts, that lathe is a beast. Normally don't comment but have to say that the shape on the seats with the chamfer from the bottom really adds a cool look. Little different from the normal flat all the way to the edge. Thanks for all your content!

[@jimmydiresta]

Tim Daley thank you Tim!

[@joeblochlinger]

That wrap around flapper disc is what's up! I like those

[@warbirdwf]

My favorite part of these video's is seeing the high quality, restored, antique machinery still being utilized. Of course the products Jimmy makes are magnificent as well. Those bar stools are beautiful.

[@evslone]

From a fallen walnut tree to a work of art. “In a world where news of inhumanity bombards our sensibilities, where grasping for things goes so far beyond our needs, where time is squandered in busyness, it is a pleasure and a privilege to pause for a look at handiwork, to see beauty amidst utility, and to know that craft traditions begun so long ago serve us today.” ― John Wilson

[@AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries]

Man, I LOVE those blue Rockler clamps!

[@owenandlibbygower8471]

Wow, your lathing is so good you must be a master lather!

[@Stillnapie]

Lathing??? Do you mean turning? You turn on a lathe....

[@owenandlibbygower8471]

Stillnapie surely the lathe is the bit that does the turning?! I’ll rewatch but pretty sure he was stood still.

[@oojagapivy]

Making It listeners will get it ;p

[@automan1223]

I never get bored watching this master craftsman !

[@ManCrafting]

This is such a great design. I love the combination of wood and metal. Top it off with leather and they are extremely pleasing to the eye. Great job Jimmy. 🔥

[@mrayco]

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[@Stephen1455]

Jimmy I always love your improvisation those simple cheap quick to make jigs and fixtures made of wood, work a treat something we did as tool poor tool and die, apprentices.

[@TheGrantAlexander]

You would have to be a fool to not like how Jimmy used his tool to create this really cool stool! Just one more project that made me drool😁

[@georgeyounts9391]

It's been a while since I've watched your videos. Your shop really has come in to it's own now w/ all of those great old tools. Really nice stuff and great stoools.

[@jdsgotninelives]

Not sure what's classier. The process or the end product. What a delightful conundrum to have.

[@geraldbrooks2763]

That's some good lathing right there.

[@michaelwagner3952]

Gerald Brooks ha! I came to say the same!

[@WesHamstra]

Lol! I’ve been woodworking for 40 years. It’s not called lathing lol.

[@steeleanderson1172]

Came here for this comment, It's only taken me 3 years of listening to get to this episode, only 1 year to go until I'm up to date

[@fd4294]

Few years ago you made some plywood stools...they are still my favorite! And I remember that I asked you a template and...you answered me back!!! To me that's make you a great man!!! Thanks a lot Jimmy!!!👍👍

[@jimmydiresta]

Did ya make them!??

[@fd4294]

@@jimmydiresta Unfortunately...no... for a very simple reason : I had to leave my island and go back to France, get a job, get a home, get some tools (because I left the others to my bro)...so it took me time and cost me lot these last years!!! But I still hope to make them soon!!!!

[@markvreeken]

Mate thanks for taking us along for the ride That is a very nice build. Great to watch all the different processes.

[@TheXaronv]

Oh my goodness, is there anything you can't master ? Such a lot of technics involved and what a magnificent result. You're the best Love from France

[@hoosierkent1640]

Jimmy is feeling the love from France too!

[@FB_Woodshop]

I love videos where you go from a 75 year old beautiful cast iron machine to a laser back to a 50 year old sander to a new welder. It’s about using whatever tool does the job and makes for a ridiculously unique video. Beautiful work Jimmy.

[@mrb4408]

Very cool as always Jimmy. If you only made just these stools for a living you’d be quits in.. just really, really top notch. RESPECT...

[@Ms.Nightshade]

That planer you got there, beauty and power all in one. Awesome work Jimmy, keep it up brother!

[@christiandantz3920]

Wow! Those stools will survive any bar brawl and skirmish!

[@njrworkshop]

Beautiful work! Pretty cool to see 4 shops and the variety of tools and techniques being used.

[@AhmedSalam]

The Classic Diresta! Love it when you're making styff from scratch.!

[@nickpeterson8080]

I really love the old equipment and shop!

[@patrickretsel7048]

Wow I never saw leather cut like that before......what a great idea!.....beautiful work sir as usual!

[@shawnbeckner5882]

Its insane how far youve come just looking at all these awesome machines you aquired. I just bought my first one a delta rockwell 54 with a 886 and im hooked. It seems like those stools moved through every workstation in your shop. Nice job jimmy and thanks for breaking down the icepick modifications on the live stream. Weaver should let you pick everytime

[@connormccarter9581]

Those stools are beautiful! Keep it up Jimmy!

[@bonsaitree1350]

Looks like the ultimate stool

[@leacocca]

What a phenomenon Diresta! What would become of me, in this quarantine shit, without your jobs! Thank you. I congratulate you, from Buenos Aires.

[@sapelesteve]

Very impressive Jimmy! I must say that those are some of the best stools that I have ever seen! Love the combo of steel, wood & leather, amazing!! .........................👍👍😉😉

[@krupboom]

Just quality. So many skills and techniques and the end result is brilliant. Lockdown joy.

[@TotalBoat]

Another awesome piece of useful art from Jimmy's shop! Love it!

[@HovingtonInstruments]

Very nicely done! Wood, metal and leather 👍

[@danielaricha9684]

Aint nobody like you. Beautiful!

[@tracybowling97]

Hey getting foot rests at the perfect height is essential. I bet your wife loves having beautiful Diresta inventions around all the time.

[@davebauerart]

Awesome results. Love all the jigs and problem solving. Great way to mark the centers of the legs.

[@gpaine]

That was some masterful lathing. I Wood not Turn away from watching you Making It.

[@joselrodriguez5999]

This was an amazing video, watching Jimmy using those gigantic old tools in a very skillful and creative way. Loved the "machining" of those stools tops!

[@lachlansworkshop.9027]

i like how you intergrate new technologies with your builds, you show how much it can enhance them. you inspire me and my builds thank you.

[@mrayco]

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[@sjv6598]

Man alive those are really nice! All the different techniques come together to make a very appealing stool 🙂

[@jimbo111589]

If I was half the craftsman Jimmy is, I'd be twice as good as I am now. I envy you.

[@wjim5510]

Beautiful combination of materials to make a simple object such as a stool so stunning

[@jackleg693]

I have maybe 1% of your talent but you constantly inspire me to make things. Thank you for constantly sharing your work. I love it.

[@schroederb2007]

the lighting and filling up of the shop almost makes it almost seem like your basement shop!

[@StevenHearndon]

The stools are beautiful. I love seeing a project like this that brings together several different disciplines (woodworking, metal fabrication, leathercrafting, and lathing 😏). And watching you cut a nearly perfect circle on the bandsaw without a jig left me awestruck.

[@lwwahlert]

Absolutely beautiful!! I would love these in my new home at the breakfast bar!

[@MustardMade]

Killer build, looks like you used a little bit of everything in the shop! The leather top really ties the stool together!!!

[@MJ-nb1qn]

Very nice! Great to see you make your own DOM pipe. Like I always say, someone needs to study your mind. Love you Jimmy!

[@andyiliff7793]

Those are beautiful! Simple design with so many different disciplines showcased. Very cool design!👍

[@j.r.millstone]

The hot press taper jig was pretty genius.

[@carlruston9471]

These look awesome love the contrast of the wood and leather 👍🏻

[@vatanmuzekker]

Unbelievable Diresta. Nice work.

[@rubasic]

One of your best jobs, congrats Jimmy.

[@heyscottmarshall]

Beautiful work, and awesome set of vintage tools. Always a pleasure to watch your videos, sir!

[@p5makersplace]

Jimmy - nice job - best part of your vids are the innovative techniques that you use. Working on my assembly bench - always pick up a technique when i stop by here.

[@skoue4165]

Love to see those old industrial monsters going. Though I have to say a video of you hauling them down into your old shop , and cutting through the ceiling to fit them in would have been an epic! Beautiful work as always. One thing I find inspiring by your builds is that there is almost always a moment where I go "interesting, I probably would have done it another way". On some other build you will have done something similar and done exactly as I would have. I'm not sure if you intentionally change things up just to keep it interesting or to show there are a zilion ways to get fro A to B, or maybe just throw a curve at the audience. I don't care, it's great and it reminds me to look at different angles when building. It's easy to get in a rut. What a great place to shelter in place! keep safe

[@lolatmyage]

That's quite an ingenious and simple way to make a tube conical, very nice!

[@lukedorny]

I love the Super 77 can spinning around @ 10:00. This project has everything I need from a J. Diresta project. 👌🏼🙌👍

[@jimmydiresta]

Luke belt dressing 😉

[@mrayco]

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[@fcschoenthal]

As always, simply amazing technique and product. You just keep outdoing yourself. Always fun and inspiring to watch you work. - Chris

[@shopcatt643]

I wish I could give this more than one thumbs up!

[@jameswilliams5982]

Love the knuckle grinding sanding disc

[@DDB168]

What a great project to show how great all those old machinetools still are :) Oh, and beautiful stools too btw.

[@eduardkhaimov9927]

An excellent combination of materials to meet all the necessary function of a comfortable stool. Thanks Jimmy.

[@filippofior3722]

just WOW! Very sturdy and elegant!

[@robgoald]

I can just imagine the year 2245 version of Antiques Roadshow when someone comes in with one of these. The expert flips it over and says, "My word, it's a DiResta!" Great video!! Nice stools!

[@Devin292]

Nice "Lathing" Jimmy. Looks great. Keep it up

You are just an incredibly creative person and a fantastic craftsman. You are also responsible for setting up a small workshop for me!

[@nordyfamily]

That lathe is a monster! Keep up the hard work

[@chuck_boz]

Now if only he can lend this amount of craftsmanship to the rest of his commissions, he'll be worth his price.

[@jimmydiresta]

Chuck Bosworth Hahahah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidegaleotti94]

This must have been fun primarily because of the pile of tools you have had the occasion to use. :)

[@maxadrian]

Great demo. Learn something every time. Thanks for showing great approaches to problem solving.