Ross Leidy

Due to the base construction, there is now a pair of enclosed compartments in the base which I wanted to be able to access.  There were two ways th...

As I mentioned earlier, given the desired cart height and the max height of the shelf (dictated by the tallest tool), I was concerned that the late...

While I was working out the details for how to mount the casters, I spent some time finishing up the rotating platform.  I made the fixed and slidi...

With the CNC cart completed, I could get back to working on the flip cart.  I had purposely delayed work on it because I was struggling with part o...

The weft weaving starts in one corner, attaching the a doubled cord (roughly 120ft length folded in half) at its center onto a side rail.  This is ...

Once I completed the final sanding and prepped according to instructions, I applied Rubio's Monocote Pure to the frame.  It was my first experience...

The leg edges and leg stretchers received a fingernail profile.   This was done with a 1/2" radius roundover bit in the router table.  Note my slig...

With all the pieces cut to shape, I moved on to cutting the mortises and slots, which I did with the help of a couple jigs.  They were all cut with...

The next step was to create a set of router templates for some of the pieces.  My original plan was to print paper templates, glue them to MDF, and...

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...

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...

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...