Corona Virus Projects

[JohnnyEgo]

Installation:
Dragged all the knocked down parts to the basement. I screwed the shelf back together in the hallway, then fit my little platform in the utility room where it is going to live.


Then I dropped the shelf in place between the studs, and secured it to the platform with pocket-screws from the underside of the base. It also has two screws driven through the studs towards the top to keep it from tipping.


Fit like a glove. Well, a semi-tight glove, just in case the walls settle or shift. A little glue and the application of the face-frame finished the job.


This seems so much nicer and less likely to catch fire than the previous jumble we had. I am very content with it. And thus ends my first completed project for 2020!

[Grant H.]

Nice!

Seeing your posts makes me think wood working is a possibility for me, but then I try simple stuff, and it's way harder than I think it should be.

Somehow metal just cooperates better for me...

[Irving]

How do you make the initial reference cut if there is a concern the factory edge isn't square? Is it a simple as using a drywall square? I imagine better tools, but similar concept?

[JohnnyEgo]

Honestly yep, drywall square works fine. In my pre- disposable income days, I'd use a long melamine shelf board clamped to whatever I was cutting to use as a fence to establish one straight long edge. Then I would use a shorter shelf board with a framer's square against that straight reference edge. It's the $20 solution that does the exact same thing as the $2000 solution in terms of straight edges at 90 degrees to one another. It just doesn't clean up after itself.

[BladesNBarrels]

Great sequence.
You make a finished piece of furniture when most people would just tack up some 2 x 4's.
You are an inspiration.
Thanks for posting.

[encorehunter]

We decided we needed to get busy on the home office. I have been using it as a store roo for the last few years. I am trying board and batton for over the sheetrock for something different. I cut a beetle kill try that was still standing, moved it to the mill, milled it and then took a torch to it. It is about 3/8" thick, so not very heavy.

[encorehunter]

Some of the left over scraps from the sawmill. The wife mentioned she wanted a coffee table, so a hours worth of time, a torch and some screws. Hopefully it will keep the Mrs. happy for a few days.

[BladesNBarrels]

Been working in a storage garage with lights and heat, but no entertainment.
I looked around and found a Bluetooth Speaker Kit at Rocklers:



Looked at the plan in the speaker box for wood boxes and thought I would try something a little different.
How about a small Ammo Box?





Used hole saws to drill the appropriate sized holes for the speakers on one side and the controls on the back





Add the Speakers and Control Panel







And, with surprisingly good sound, I have a portable speaker unit that runs the music from my iPhone

[Irving]

Awesome! This thread delivers.

[theGinsue]

I like the Bluetooth unit; it's generations above what was available when I drew up plans to do this 15 years ago.

Does the Bluetooth unit have an integrated battery pack with USB charging?

Any plans to drill small holes (meshed on the inside) to include/ let out bass?