A No-Tip Stool
Discover a simple trick to making perfectly sturdy step stools.
At the age of 10, I was taught to build this step stool by my 85-year-old neighbor. That was 51 years ago, and no matter where on this stool I stand, even near the edge, it will not tip. The key is how the legs splay from the corners at about a 30° angle.
— John Lockwood; Clarksburg, NY
From Fine Homebuilding #258
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