Summer Builds

Summer is when I take time to build stuff (in addition to home improvements like new stairs and siding). Some of the things I have built so far are flower boxes, bookshelves, trellis, another workbench (for my new CNC router machine), portable whiteboard...  I want to also make videos about how I built them. Just to share.  My next big thing is learning how to use the CNC router. I will need this skill for any MakerSpace or FabLab that I want to set up or work in.  I probably will be playing more with some electronics/programming, hummingbird kits or edison or circuit playground …
Maybe I should take requests...what do you want me to build/learn and teach you with a video?

A couple of videos I did recently...

​3 shelf rack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9h0i1VEty4 )

​I built this from ¾” strips of wood long enough to get  12”x12”x12” spaces.  It cost less than $20 and works nicely as a night stand holding up a lamp.  

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Portable whiteboard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id3kPWerNZM )


I saw several versions of simple whiteboards on wheels that can also act as dividers and wanted to try to build one.  This cost about $70 to build ($25 for boards and $25 for casters). I was aiming for one with a shelf on the bottom.  It works fine and i will use it often in my shop. The biggest flaw is it is a little wobbly because the boards are kind of free floating vertically, just some pressure from the other holding it up. There are other ideas on how to build this more stable, but I have newer things to spend money on.

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3 box planter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-MbHXvmXo​ )
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8 - 1”x4” furring strips (not #1 pine, just for cost) 
The wood costs about $17, then some miscellaneous shop materials (glue, nails/screws, stain). Made a little mistake with the top shelf….it should not be end to end (some of it should stick out past the supports). This makes the uprights “fade out” a little (not be perfectly vertical.

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Since this will be an “extended summer” (sabbatical) the building will continue. Just wait til I learn how to use a CNC router…..Homemade Christmas presents!!!

​(some other things i have built….but no videos