Update: I created the original stool in 2017. My kid used (and abused) it. It came time to pass it along to Stella, so I refreshed it and built a larger version for her mom, Courtney. You can check this out over at the Instagram page.
Aug 2024: The other day, my 4-year-old started to stand on a slick and rickety fiberglass shell chair in the attempts to reach something off of the shelves in his new room set up. I stopped him. He got a bit upset, and I told him the chair was unsafe and that he shouldn't stand on that. I reached quickly for one of the wire-based stool-tables I'd made, and he said, "Dada, you can't stand on a table"… "Ok, fine: I'll make something else…"
The next day, I made the prototype of the Lambda stool in the workshop (pictured here). He's quite happy, and it works well for him, but I already see some improvements for his particular set-up (desk-height step, congruous materials, etc.).
This version is made of maple multi-ply and mahogany with a satin lacquer and wax finish. It is glued and screwed for strength. It is 12in wide total (10in wide steps) and each step is at the 10in mark (0, 10, 20, 30). As I say to my son: "Only stand on the brown steps."
