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.
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.
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
How To: Efficiently Cut 4x8ft Foam Boards & Insulate a Band Joist
How to save money and seal out the elements by insulating your rim joist sills. Plus: Use this diagram to get 30-35 pieces per 4x8ft foam board for your 16″-on-center 2″x10″ floor joists.
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.
Popcorn Maker Stand with Logo Plate
Safety First: Sturdy stand for an appliance full of molten butter-like food product.
Heavy Metal Stairway – Custom Bronze & Copper Balusters
Custom designed and lathed balusters for a staircase, alternating each step between copper and bronze spindles.
Publish PDFs with Searchable, Highlightable BOMs in SVG Vector Art from SolidWorks Composer
I’m not alone in wondering: When Composer exports such beautiful technical artwork in vector image formats, why is it so hard to find a mainstream word processing or desktop publishing program that can showcase these images! Well, I found a way, and it’s FREE.
Making & Unifying Team Logos for Tee-Shirts
More Jr. FIRST Lego Leaguers Logos – Let’s make some Team Tee-Shirts!
Jr. FIRST Lego League Team Logo: Variations on a Theme
I coach a team of 6 Jr. FIRST Lego Leaguers this year. Here are some variations on the team logo themes the kids dreamed up (I kept calling it a castle, and no one corrected me.)
Curved Balcony Design: Faux Wrought Iron, CAD How-To, Prints & Renderings
Curved Balcony Designs: Faux Wrought Iron Style, CAD How-To, Prints & Renderings
FEA-Driven Design Changes on Little League Dugout Bat Rack
Rack for baseball bats and helmets, installed in a little league dugout. Slot & Tab sheet metal and square tubing weldment construction, with updates driven by FEA simulation.