I purchased 3 of these swivel stools.  They are beautiful, solid and look beautiful at my bar.  However they were so difficult to put together.  The step by step directions were fine it's just very awkward trying to get the bolts into place.  The spacing for the bolts was in very confined areas which made it difficult to get my hands in to secure them (and I have small hands).  It took me hours and hours.  Two of the chairs are a little wobbly so I had to put double felt pads on the bottom of the legs to try and even them out.  There is a comment in the directions about correcting the wobble, but it would mean reworking all the bolts - the tips of my fingers couldn't take any more using the Allen key.