Make Well-Lit Work Spaces: DIY LED Under-Cabinet Strips
How to size, buy, wire & make sleek-but-bright LED strip task-lighting in aluminum extrusions. Plus: Custom CAD part design of desk organizer.
Make Well-Lit Work Spaces: DIY ‘Shelf Desks’
How to Design, Buy, & Install an inexpensive, attractive workstation desktop & storage center from stock shelf parts.
1950s Design: See 2 ‘Mad Men’ Era Home Improvement Brochures
Enjoy designs of 2 mid-century brochures: “25 Garages and Carports: engineered for modern living” -&- “Storage Ideas For Family Living with Bilt-Well Cabinet Units.”
Make Your Landscaping Design Plan: How to Model & Print in SolidWorks
Plants inhabit a 3D space, and grow many times larger than when you plant them. Let’s visualize that.
Farm Signs – Animals & Equipment Pictograms for Decorating Out Buildings
Cultivate your Farm Charm: Partial collection of “Farmtique”-style decorative steel signage for mounting on barns, sheds, shops; or interiors for an industrial rustic look.
Landscaping: Decorative Lighting Baffle Designs, Koi Pond Theme
Designed this set of 3 decorative light diffuser panels & bracketry for the lighted recesses of a stone koi pond wall.
In this post: Renderings & Fabrication Prints of stylized ‘Carp & Kelp’ baffles.
Popcorn Maker Stand with Logo Plate
Safety First: Sturdy stand for an appliance full of molten butter-like food product.
Simple Wall-Mounted Standing Desk & PC Tower Bracket
Fixed wall-mounted standing mini-desk design idea.
Dry Fertilizer Cart Manifolds & Solidworks Routings for Flexible Tubing
Part of an agriculture heavy equipment concept design project I worked on. Dry fertilizer row crop delivery.
Heavy Metal Stairway – Custom Bronze & Copper Balusters
Custom designed and lathed balusters for a staircase, alternating each step between copper and bronze spindles.
Curved Balcony Design: Faux Wrought Iron, CAD How-To, Prints & Renderings
Curved Balcony Designs: Faux Wrought Iron Style, CAD How-To, Prints & Renderings
Curved Balcony Design: FEA Simulation Weight Safety Check
I wanted to safety test this thing to make sure you could park a subcompact car on it before someone’s grandchildren stand on it.
Custom Decorative Mailbox Post Designs
After my mailbox post got backed into and cracked, I made some new concepts out of steel plate and square tubing, with house numbers.
4.25″ Round Decorative Drain Cover Designs
See custom designs for small, outdoor drain covers that fit a standard PVC fitting. Plus: The harrowing story of a design failure that burnt up in the plate laser.
Steel Guard Rail for Stair Opening
Designed a steel guard rail for a 2nd story stair opening. Used stock raw materials (no need for expensive custom materials orders for this budget project).