Saddle Stool tall enough for Longarm Frames
Many longarmers get tired of standing all the time and want a chair/stool to sit on, particularly when doing tight, delicate micro-quilting. Most common stools, drafting chairs, and mechanics stools aren’t tall enough to elevate a quilter to the standing position while sitting.
After a lot of research, test-driving a number of stools at retailers and quilt shows, we got the stool shown from a industrial furniture company. Even though we ordered the tallest version they offered, it was still too short so a little more investigation found a taller pneumatic cylinder which made the stool the height needed - it was easy to install - the cylinder pops in and out of the chair and base with very little effort.
Here is a picture of the stool in use - my wife has enjoyed for more than a year.
After switching to the taller cylinder, at it’s lowest position the saddle stool is 28” high, and at it’s tallest is 36” - the original levels were 21” and 27” respectively - so not only is there more height there is an additional 2” of range of elevation.
If you are interested in this stool/cylinder combination the stool can be found here - manufactured by Champion Seating with customers such as Shell, Ford, and the State of Texas - at time of publication the cost was $215.00.
The pneumatic cylinder can be found here supplied by ChairPartsOnline.com. At time of publishing the cost was $34.00 with free shipping.
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