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Ross Leidy
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Danish Cord Bench #1: Design
Ross Leidy
My wife and I have some friends who are nearing the end of a house renovation, and I wanted to make them something as a house-warming gift. I deci...
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Flip-Top Cart #2: Onshape practice
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Like some others out there, I've started learning how to use Onshape. I'm still coming up-to-speed, but I really like its parametric modeling - b...
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Flip-Top Cart #1: Some initial engineering
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This is something that I've wanted to build for a while for my small shop, but never got around to it until now. I kind of forced my own hand by f...
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Cat Climbing Structure #11: How do you gift-wrap a cat tree?
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It turns out that two bicycle gift bags will work. Tell me this doesn't look like a giant headless matron in an evening gown. A masterful decepti...
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Cat Climbing Structure #10: Climbing/Nesting Modules
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For the shapes of the climbing modules, I took inspiration from the simple circle-triangle-square shapes that were repeated throughout the 2021 Net...
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Cat Climbing Structure #9: Completing the Uprights
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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
Ross Leidy
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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