WOOD WORKING

I'M A WOODWORKER NOW

Years back, an old timer said, "your not a woodworker until you've built a coffin."

Well...I guess as of 2020 I'm a wood worker now.

This box started as a oak tree that my father cut down with his chainsaw, then cut up with his sawmill. I took over from there.

ACCESSIBILITY

As our little girl is getting older, getting up onto the bed has become more difficult for her. A two step stool just wasn't doing the trick anymore. It was time for an upgrade. I gave the situation some fore thought into how things might progress or degrade over time and decided that a shallow climb would give her the greatest ability over the long haul. Being limited for floor space at the foot of the bed I decided to run the stairs parallel with the foot of the bed. Including carpet to give her the best traction and confidence was a must. Im happy to say that she uses the stairs every day now.

GROUND CONTROL

Not wanting to spend a close to a hundred dollars on a "cookie cutter" field box kit that looks like every other field box at the flying field, and not properly holding my gear, I decided to make my own. Constructed of 1/2" birch plywood and finished with polyurethane, with aluminum angle trim and handle. The box hauls all my neccary tools and supplies to carry out all my ground control needs when flying my R/C helicopters and airplanes.

FAST WOOD

R/C boat racing and woodworking have both been overlapping passions of mine for a number of years. This 3.5cc Nitro powered mono-hull, was as fun to design and build, as the field cart that fulfills all of its race support needs. From providing a bench height work surface to hauling all your tools, parts, fuel, and accessories, this cart does it all. This combination of matching boat, cart, and transmitter case, always turned heads and sparked conversations at all the races.

A BETTER BROOM

Sweeping sawdust off of a wood shop floor is not very efficient. Sweeping it off a shop floor that has laminate glue over-spray on the floor is downright impossible. Seeking a solution... Traditional "shop-vac's" are too small, too noisy, plug up way too fast, and don't push around well enough to be used as a floor cleaning machine. With a hundred and fifty bucks and a little creativity on a slow afternoon, the "SUPER SUCKER" was born. So quiet, powerful, fast, that it was actually satisfying to use.

BUDGET BLASTER

Not being able to find a sand blasting cabinet that fit both my needs and budget, it was back to the drawing board. this entire sandblasting cabinet was made with parts and materials that I had on hand with the exception of the gloves which I found inexpensively at Tracker Supply Company. the main construction was completed using 3/4" birch plywood and 2x4 construction lumber. the interior was lined with sheets of 1/4" UHMW plastic help "bounce" the blasting media which proved to work quite well. I CNC cut the window frame, and glove mounts also from UHMW plastic that I had on hand. this was a fun and useful project that was well worth the effort.

UNIQUE DESK

Simple and cool is what I was shooting for. I think I nailed it for "my tastes" back in the early 2000's. The desk sub top was cut from a sheet of 3/4" birch plywood. The remaining structure as well as the sub-top perimeter frame was constructed from planed and milled 2x4 construction lumber. I inset an aluminum band in the top frame. The top frame also held a sheet of polished aluminum diamond plate encased under a sheet of 1/4" tempered glass. The computer and speaker shelves were both resting on 1/2" P-95 frosted plexi that was supported by my own custom machined billet aluminum hardware.

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