1. Shop Boxes

    In the Global Connections lab at NASA Ames research center we used these yellow shelf bins.

    And I adopted that as my personal standard.

    yellow shelf bins

    But not everyone likes them. Christine rightly points out that it is basically impossible to keep them clean.

    My friend Tom Yoder made these great shop …

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  2. Project ideas

    • Shadow boxes and frames
    • cocktail robots, natch
    • shelf dividers/organizers for tool boxes
    • shop boxes, like Tom Yoder's, but more like the double yellow boxes.
    • Photo outline popups, ala Papa Don's and Robbie's. Glue photo to board, cut out outline of person and put on a stand.
    • projects/finn_dragon/Dragon-149393 …
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  3. Laser cut grating

    cover image

    This is a laser cut grating or grill cover. The holes are 1/2". This is a walnut veneer over an MDF core.

    grating

    Ed then suggested that I make smaller versions suitable for model boats, and he took them to the model boat club where several were snapped up by …

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