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@Howard
It's possible for people to learn techniques as part of the process. I get that it ups the risk of failure or expensive repair, but if you are comfortable with that, and are experienced enough in 'doing complex things' to know the critical moments ahead of time maybe you'll succeed. Either way, You'll learn a shit load in doing it.
Successfully building a footstool will probably teach you very little.
Personally I tend to fuck things up the first time I try them so I would probably start with something else I needed that was along the same lines but at a much smaller scale.
The thing I dread about (external) wood is that you put a shit tonne of effort in to it and then the bastard thing rots because you fucked the finishing up.