Three Shop Organizing Projects

April Wilkerson breaks out the design skills this week, showing us how she comes up with the DIY storage solutions that keep her shop so tidy. I'm impressed with her forethought, innate sense of ergonomics and ability to find and utilize otherwise dead space:

Wooden Case for Sunglasses

Jimmy DiResta makes a killer, custom-fit organic-looking sunglasses case out of wood:

Building an Air Cleaner

Matthias Wandel builds an air cleaner and shows us a lot of problem-solving, from dealing with things going out of square, to figuring out how the air flows around the fan, to coming up with a clever vibration-insulating trick. We also get to see a side of the shop Wandel rarely shows, his "designated chaos area:"

Doomsday Bunker Puzzle Table

A bit of sponsored content from Steve Ramsey this week, who makes a multifunctional table for his Doomsday Bunker:

How to Transfer a Photo to Wood

Here David Picciuto shows us an interesting technique to transform a print of a photo onto a piece of wood. I didn't even know this was possible:

Installing Floating Drawer Slides

I didn't realize Ana White lived 100 miles from the nearest Home Depot! Explains why she's become the DIY maven. Here she builds a table for her daughter and demonstrates her method of installing floating drawer slides, with plenty of compensating tricks in case the casework isn't perfectly square:

Making a Tabletop Game

Bob Clagett whips out a gameboard and pieces to make a Quarto set:

Lumber Storage Rack

Sandra Powell turns sheet good scraps and some dimensional lumber into a sturdy wall-mounted lumber storage rack:

Walnut & Brass Power Supply Box

Linn from Darbin Orvar needs a new power supply box for her electronics area, and figures since she'll be using it so often, she might as well make it beautiful. Hence she creates this handsome walnut and brass unit:

How to Scarf-Joint Two Pieces of Wood Together

Here Louis Sauzedde demonstrates his mastery of material, revealing his method of removing a rotted plank from a boat, then scarf-jointing in a replacement:

One From the Archives: Staked Workshop Stool

Laura Kampf needed a stool for her workshop, and created this staked design using walnut and oak scraps. There's at least a couple of clever tricks here, from the block she uses to get the leg angles consistent and using styrofoam as a pierce-able base so she can precisely level the feet. And the brass wedges up top are a beautiful touch: