Here is a fast project for anyone that wants or needs a custom adjustable stool for that hard to match table. This is a old bike shop project my friend Tom told me about years ago. In his application they needed stools to use while helping customers try on cycling shoes. (Tom was one of the owners of Deluxe Bicycles in Lincoln.) My application is for a table that is tall for a chair and short for a stool. This also gave me a use for that old bent road frame in the garage. What you need for this project is a hack saw some arm strength and the tools to do a bicycle saddle/seat-post adjustment. Just cut the top tube and down tube off right before the lug. Clean up the rough edge and shove in a couple of Boulevard Corks (drinking the Boulevard while building this stool is advised). Next if you have a derailleur hanger on the rear dropout cut that off the bottom of the dropout. Now start pulling the dropouts apart (this can be good therapy). Get the rear end spread out so it sits nice and straight adjust your seat to the proper height add some stickers and sit down. You now have a new stool! (you can turn you saddle around backwards this will allow you to lean back but basically do what is more comfortable for you)
Enjoy
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