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.
How To Get a Simple Replacement Part Made
Know what you need for replacement parts but don’t have access to tooling & programming? Get someone else to make your parts from your sketches. Here’s how.
Kids Activities: Holly Makes 2 New ‘Quiet Books’
Photos of beautifully homemade cloth “Quiet Books,” with learning activities young children enjoy, and pages customized for the child’s interests and families.
Lego League Logo 2016 – Team Hive Miners!
A committee of busy little bees spec’d this team logo.
Holly Makes Customized Advent Calendars; Great Holiday Gifts
Decorate the tree each day with custom ornaments showing family & pet names.
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.
Low-Profile 2-pc Travel Charcoal Grill – 29x15x2inch Box
I don’t remember making this, but suspect it was for someone’s camping trip: Memento Goes Camping
Here’s Yer Sign: Dayton Rodeo Version
This ain’t my first rodeo (sign). See renderings & CAD drawings of post-mounted assemblies, and my philosophy on tailor-made signage.
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.
Memorials: Pet Grave Marker Designs
Here’s a couple pet grave markers I’ve designed.
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.
Heavy Metal Stairway – Custom Bronze & Copper Balusters
Custom designed and lathed balusters for a staircase, alternating each step between copper and bronze spindles.