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.
Tips for Making Graphics Look Smooth & Crisp Regardless of Image Resize
4 tips on how to future-proof your graphics from distortions, jagged edges, white edge pixels, and preserve legibility of text, after other people are controlling them.
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.
DMACC Bears Team Logo: Steel Sign Variations & Renders
Renderings CAD models: Variations of DMACC Bears logo. Notice the 1-plate (single color) vs the 3-plate sandwich (blue & silver) versions.
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.
Heavy Metal Stairway – Custom Bronze & Copper Balusters
Custom designed and lathed balusters for a staircase, alternating each step between copper and bronze spindles.
SolidWorks PhotoView360: Don’t Try This With MultiBody Parts / Bonjour? Oui Oui!
Try installing Bonjour Print Service to get PV360 dialog to open, & quit wasting your time trying to save different photorealistic patterns on multibody part bodies.
How To Fix: AMD FirePro Graphics Card Repaint Issues in SolidWorks
Short Answer: If your assembly blows up, put it back together. With AMD W7100 pro graphics Recommendation.
Curved Balcony Design: Faux Wrought Iron, CAD How-To, Prints & Renderings
Curved Balcony Designs: Faux Wrought Iron Style, CAD How-To, Prints & Renderings