I have a small shop, a one car garage, so efficient storage is important to say the least. The bench and cabinets are a modified version of plans I found in Handyman magazine. All the cabinets and equipment are on wheels and the tops of the cabinets are the same height as the table saw and miter saw so they can serve as outfeed tables. The rolling cabinets can also be clamped together to make a large work surface. The gap under the tops serves as flat storage and allows things to be clamped to the top if needed.

No, it isn’t always that clean :)

I got an old 1955 Shopsmith that was very rusted and neglected to put it mildly. After lots of sandblasting, sanding, painting and replacing damaged parts I have a beautiful piece for my shop :)

Here’s another platform bed I made. This one is designed to match the style and materials of the rest of the bedroom furniture. As an interesting sidelight, I built the bed in two pieces; the platform and the headboard. The platform fit through a doorway just fine, but couldn’t make a sharp turn to get it into her bedroom, so I had to take it back to my place and cut it in half to make it work. Doh!

This is a refinement of a the traditional drawing horse to accommodate a notebook computer and Wacom tablet. I use this in the figure drawing studio to draw using the computer. It puts the screen in the artist’s line of sight whick alleviates the disconnect between the tablet and the subject being drawn.

It was a fun project to build and always starts conversations :)

The project was to make a king-size platform bed at a specific height with storage access underneath at the foot of the bed. Also to have a headboard with a shelf on top and strong enough to lean against for sitting up in bed. The idea is to have it look like it’s floating and have a clean, geometric, retro look to it.