Wise Form

The chair, next to the jigs…

Here’s the jig for the top of the chair. It’s all 1/4” A36 plate. Still need to make the bending dies, and a stand for the whole thing… The chair only uses two pieces of steel rod, hence the two part jig.

So, I’m in the smack-middle of building a jig to bend steel rod into chairs. It’s a two part jig, the base (shown), and the top. Look close for the awesome joinery at the corners… Many more posts to come on this project!

One more picture to see both walls.

Prototype finished….

So far the prototype has given me a run for my money, but it is coming along… As it stands, It’s two pieces of steel (1 20ft. Stick of 7/16” CRS), and twelve 1.5” radius bends. There will be more to follow…

Five minute study in wire frame chair design. Not at all what the finished product will look like, just seeing what would happen when I started bending bailing wire. I am designing a chair with as few components as possible that will cost very little to produce… LONG way to go yet…

Keyboard, etc. drawer. Did I mention this computer cabinet was almost entirely made of recycled and free materials? The only parts I purchased were the casters and blue paint…. the frame was made from a porch swing that my neighbour through away, the melamine came from a treadmill, the acrylic widow was out of a drugstore display, and the drawer guides were from an old sink display from my last job. Almost forgot, the cooling fan for the computer enclosure was something I found 8 years ago in the trash.

New computer cabinet for the PlasmaCAM. Just something quick and dirty to keep the nasties out of the computer. It’s self cooling with filtered air supplied from a 5” fan, a 4 square foot drawer (to stow keyboard, mouse, software, and consumables), and four swivel casters that all lock to keep it in place. I had to paint it, so I just matched it to the table… Next up, mobile base for the table, sheet material handler, and massive downdraft exhaust system.

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Check out some updated photos of the Tucson Mountain House on our website, photos by Jeff Goldberg / ESTO

Looks amazing! I am super honored to have been able to work with these creative geniuses on this. More Pictures please!

New electrical pulled to the west side of my shop. 3 220v outlets, 4 duplex receptacles (8 110v outlets). Hopefully this will cover that side of the shop until I can just get a new shop. Next up, big downdraft exhaust system for the PlasmaCAM, and a computer cabinet to protect the control computer.

PlasmaCAM, during assembly.

This is a shot of my tiny shop getting cleared and ready for the plasma table.

It’s been a while since my last post, and I’ve been busy. Here is a a quick picture of my newest piece of equipment. It’s a CNC plasma table and apparently you can put a router on it too to do 3D wood carving/cutting. I’m still getting it all configured and plumbed. I need to get a few more outlets dragged to that side of the shop, and a BIG exhaust collection system to keep the shop safe and tidy. Any luck and I should have everything in place in another week or two, if I can stay on top of the rings…