Wow, some of those are wonderful. I particularly interesting are the items that fit over the arm of a chair. For those of us who use laptops, drink hot beverages all at our chairs or sofas, it would be great. Lots of good projects there.
I've got a real neat desk type thingie picture stuck somewhere, but right now can't find it. It is for an easy chair, or couch, straddles you, with legs, can use it for writing, laptop, whatever. May have one or two for in bed too. If I can find the chair/couch desk, I'll post it later. And it is not a laptop desk. I do a lot of searching for inspiration for various projects, and run across a lot of neat stuff, very often not even close to what I am actually looking for. So I think all of these are probably fallout from some of my research.Wow, some of those are wonderful. I particularly interesting are the items that fit over the arm of a chair. For those of us who use laptops, drink hot beverages all at our chairs or sofas, it would be great. Lots of good projects there.
Of course. But a surprising amount of people think a tool tote is the thing to have.I think the Tool Tote & Step is pretty useless, you can't use the step with the tools in it, so you have to take them out, turn it over stand on it, turn it over and put the tools back. A bucket full of tools and a folding step are more practical.
I guess that since I don't work in the field, I've never found a need for a tote!Of course. But a surprising amount of people think a tool tote is the thing to have.
The tote seems like a novel idea, but not really practical for field use. Around the house, it might be pretty handy when you only have a couple of tools. But regardless, the tools have to be removed in order to use the stool. I wind up with a couple of plastic buckets and a tote I got at the big blue box store...and a two step stool. And wouldn't you know it, the very tool you need is always at the bottom of the bucket under the drill drivers, pry bar and everything else. :frown:I guess that since I don't work in the field, I've never found a need for a tote!
Sometimes they are wet. Not from any chemical, just damp from shipping, storing outside, etc. But they do have some good uses. Western Red Cedar, I believe.I have looked at the cedar fence pickets that Lowes sells, some of them have nice grain that would show up well with a clear finish.
That pallet wood wall hanging would be an easy project. Just figure out what your dimensions need to be when hanging on your wall and go from there. Say it is 36Wx24H. The boards appear to be some variation of 3 1/2 inch as the widest. Maybe 1 1/2-2 inches for the narrow ones and about 2 3/4 to 3 inches for the intermediate.Have been very intrigued with this wall hanging, not so much in the pallet wood construction though. I have looked at the cedar fence pickets that Lowes sells, some of them have nice grain that would show up well with a clear finish. Knowing the overall dimensions, I've gone as far as to blow up the photo on my screen and try to figure out the approximate width and length of the various strips.
Haha. I win. Have a Tool Inspiration folder, where I put tool pictures. It has a folder in it, on a specialized tool Then there is my Woodwork Inspiration folder, where I put inspiring pictures. And that folder has 17 folders on specific types of woodwork (boats, chests, beds, Tikis, etc., etc..), and folders of my previous my builds, fonts, my cane handle designs, and so on. And anything I want to make, I just figure out what dimensions I want it to be and go from there. When I do an image search on anything, I just save any picture that draws my attention, I don't care what it is. Then later I go thru everything and discard all that are obviously what I do not want. Then when I am actually ready to start on whatever, I go thru the pictures of it several times, each time discarding more photos, until I get down to maybe 6-10 pictures. Then I study those, see what feature I can use from each, sketch, modify, modify, modify, until I come up with a design I like, figure out dimensions, and good to go. Some of the stuff I can make from the rough sketch, other times I draw out a finished design.And I thought I was the only one with a folder where I'd copied photos of future "projects".
Knowing the overall dimensions, I've gone as far as to blow up the photo on my screen and try to figure out the approximate width and length of the various strips.