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Ross Leidy
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Cat Climbing Structure #9: Completing the Uprights
Ross Leidy
With the sanding out of the way and the threaded couplers epoxied into the feet, the only thing left for the upright components was to apply some f...
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Cat Climbing Structure #8: Cat Trays
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I'm still working on ideas for the climbing components, but since this is a Christmas present for my wife and daughter, I need to have something to...
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Cat Climbing Structure #7: Strut Edge Detail
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The strut edges receive a thumbnail detail on each long edge. I used a 3/8" radius roundover bit in the router table and adjusted the bit height u...
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Cat Climbing Structure #6: Boring Counterboring
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Each hole in the 8 struts receives a counterbore for the head of a connector bolt/nut. Some counterbores are on the outside face, which are where ...
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Cat Climbing Structure #5: Foot-work
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Each side of the feet has a dado to accept a spacer that ultimately helps keep the struts equally spaced and parallel with each other. I want the ...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #8: Rinse and Repeat
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With the prototype complete, I assembled the remaining two lamps. [20200201-IMG_3503.jpg] [20200202-IMG_3511.jpg] [20200202-IMG_3512.jpg] The bot...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #7: A slightly rocky assembly
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Installing the veneer strips didn't quite go as planned. My initial idea was to apply a little contact cement to hold the overlapped end in place. ...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #6: Glue-up
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There's nothing much to see here. With all the pieces sealed, the glue-up took all of 10 minutes. The roll of masking tape was the perfect size to...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #5: Bottom cover plate
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My plan is to have a unique bottom cover design for each of the pendant lamps, and the for the first one I used an "atomic age" motif. Perhaps fitt...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #4: Pre-assembly Prep
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With the veneer strips adjusted so they formed loops as close to circular as possible (by eye), I scored the ends where they overlapped on either s...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #3: Socket mounting and test lighting
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I'm still just dry fitting here in order to see how things would look with a light inside. [20200118-IMG_3418.jpg] The original plan was to mount t...
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More Veneer Pendant Lamps #2: Basic Structure
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Like the spiral pendant, my plan is to use cherry for the ribs and top and bottom caps, anigre veneer, and a BBP ring as the base for the removable...
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