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Work In Progress – Space Station Activity Table

A common toy for toddlers now is an activity board – a board full of small manipulative objects to interact with. After seeing several examples of them for sale, I figured it would not be too much of a challenge to build one myself. With our little one having a fascination in space and spaceContinue reading “Work In Progress – Space Station Activity Table”

Book Vault

One of the most fun things that I have been recently making are items that enhance or go along with playing tabletop games. One idea I found online recently that I wanted to try out for myself is a book vault to hold a set of dice and double as a rolling box. Luckily, IContinue reading “Book Vault”

IKEA Fjell Repair

One of my recent builds that I am the most proud of is repair to our IKEA bedframe that got damaged in a recent move. The damage was entirely my fault – in deconstructing the bed, I was convinced that only one large bolt attached the side boards to each corner, based on current designsContinue reading “IKEA Fjell Repair”

IKEA 3D Printer Enclosure Hack

Inspired by the 3d printer enclosure here: https://blog.prusaprinters.org/cheap-simple-3d-printer-enclosure_7785/, I tried to construct by own out of two extra LACK tables that I had sitting unused. I first secured the two tables on top of each other with four dowels drilled into the top of the bottom table and the legs of the top table. TheContinue reading “IKEA 3D Printer Enclosure Hack”

Large Terrain Build – Temple Camp

As I delve into more terrain making for table-top RPGs and wargaming, one of the things I like most about the hobby is the ability to take all sorts of normally unwanted materials and turn them into something awesome looking and functional. So as I build more terrain, I am trying to make more useContinue reading “Large Terrain Build – Temple Camp”

TBT – Lego Pirate Map

Returning to my backlog of projects that I have never posted about is an incredibly fun, short project I made for our nursery. Fitting with the adventure theme detailed in the bookend post, I wanted to make an adventure themed wall art display that also had some childhood whimsy, and a LEGO Treasure Map fitContinue reading “TBT – Lego Pirate Map”

TBT – Duplo Activity Table

After purchasing an IKEA LÄTT table for our toddler, I had the idea of transforming it into an activity table. My original idea was to make a space station table with plenty of switches, knobs, and buttons to play with. That table is still in the works, but the design process is taking a lotContinue reading “TBT – Duplo Activity Table”

Work in Progress – Modern Rotary Telephone

I have long been fascinated by old electronics and computers, restoring them, and refurbishing them for a new purpose. So I have been kicking around several ideas of taking old, broken electronics that would not be able to be restored in any meaningful way and finding a new functionality for them. So when I foundContinue reading “Work in Progress – Modern Rotary Telephone”

Tabletop Terrain – Treetop Fort

One of the best resources for increasing my skill in creating tabletop terrain has been participating in the monthly terrain contests at http://www.encounterterrain.com. January’s contest theme was “shelter”. I had made a small tree a few week prior, so after playing with a couple different ideas I decided on a large scale tree with aContinue reading “Tabletop Terrain – Treetop Fort”

TBT – Adventure Themed Bookends

I’ve got a lot of projects I’ve cataloged over the years, so I figured Thursday’s would be a good schedule to compile them all and post them. The worst thing about going back and revisiting these old projects is the reminder of how bad I was/am at cataloging what I’ve been doing. A lot ofContinue reading “TBT – Adventure Themed Bookends”