Woodworking – Seritech Workbench

Workbench Chalkboard

Right in the corner of my workspace in the basement, between my two workbenches, sit our sump pump, battery backup, and water main. Not only is it a bunch of space I can’t make use of, it was also a large space I wanted to hide from view, but still be accessible, while trying toContinue reading “Workbench Chalkboard”

The Legend of Zelda Quest – Part 2

Continuing the project I started in Part 1, to complete the Zelda Quest I needed to make a treasure chest filled with rupees and, of course, the legendary Triforce! The Chest For the treasure chest, I started with a simple treasure chest I got from Michaels. I was modeling everything in this set of ZeldaContinue reading “The Legend of Zelda Quest – Part 2”

Christmas Tree Display

It has become a tradition in our house to get at least one of the LEGO Advent Calendar sets before Christmas. After completing several of these, we have amassed a sizable collection of holiday themed LEGO and wanted some way to display the current calendar and the previous LEGO. After looking at different Christmas displayContinue reading “Christmas Tree Display”

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”

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”

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”

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”