Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Projects

I've been fairly busy lately.  Classes are ramping up toward finals week, and my Enterprise team is working to build a running car by the end of the semester.  Beside all this I somehow managed to find the time to put together a few projects.  My future father-in-law gave me a circular saw for Christmas, so I've been putting it to use and gaining some woodworking experience.

The first project was a temporary door to separate Ashby's bedroom from the rest of her apartment.  I made the frame to fit snugly in the existing doorjamb and then wedged it in place with wooden shims.  Next was a bed-frame for Ashby's apartment.  I designed it to be unusually high so that there would be plenty of storage space underneath.  Finally, I built a combination of a workbench and locking tool cabinet.  Now I have a sturdy place to work on projects and to keep my tools safe and secure.  Ashby helped me make the door frame one weekend in January, and I completed the other projects between then and now.  Below are some pictures of the projects in progress and completed.


Ashby's bedroom door
The bed frame undergoing the 'some final assembly required' stage.
The victory photo... it supports my weight without budging!
Raw materials for the workbench.
Measure twice, cut once... over and over!  I've gotten
 a lot better at cutting the pieces to the right size.
Preparing to cut the workbench top.  This is the part that has to look nice!
Starting to take shape.
Now you can really tell what it's going to grow up to be.
The finished project!