There is nothing more satisfying than looking at your desk or workspace and seeing some of your own fun projects that help to keep you organized.
I wanted to make something that would feature a nice pen or pencil on a desk, I settled on a tray with a nice concave dish to it. After processing some scrap walnut to 48mm x 28mm or 1 7/8″ x 1 1/8″ keeping in mind that the router bit needs to fit within the width plus a little extra. So adjust as needed. I used the edge of my bench and some box tubing…
This was a fun project, I had a rusty scrap of steel laying around and wanted to make a simple container to hold some…
In the shop, I often need to jot down some notes or sketch out a project so I decided to make some clipboards. Start…
Years ago I came across an old house that was being renovated and spotted a piece of 2×4 sticking out of the trash so I grabbed it. Since the growth rings were very tight and thought that I would build a nice box for some of my mechanical pencils with it.
I have long been a fan of Nick Offerman, since the early days where he and Jimmy DiResta built a canoe. Recently I got the chance to power read ( look at the pictures and glance at some of the words ) Nicks book called Good Clean Fun. This is a great book and I will have to circle back to it when I have a bit more time.
After finishing the Walnut IQ Puzzle I had a number of small tools and pencils all over the bench. It was time to make a shop pencil holder!
The shop is still really cold, But I had to get out of the house. You can see frost on some of my tools and also on the wood!
Watch as I make a very simple pencil holder for my growing collection.
I want to thank Jimmy Diresta and Gary Vaynerchuk simply because they are both inspirational and genuine people. Both Jimmy and Gary said that hey often make content and keep it unlisted but the point is that something was made. And that got me thinking about my own projects.
