1. Drawer Dividers

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    I wanted to make drawer dividers for my tool boxes, especially the out of control screwdriver drawer. I did a little search, and decided that it was worth it to just pay $3 for an SVG of drawer dividers from Pacific Grove Designs on Etsy.

    The pattern is designed for …

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  2. Thank you Eryck

    How to engrave a picture

    'Engrave only support 2-bit bitmap'

    Filled the transparent area with white.

    Converted to Greyscale than back to RGB

    Saved as JPG

    Try: Optix by Plaskolite, INC Extruded Acrylic maybe 1/8"? Engrave 300x22 Cut 30x80

    Engrave not very distinctive. Cut did not work-did two more …

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  3. Shop Boxes

    In the Global Connections lab at NASA Ames research center we used these yellow shelf bins.

    And I adopted that as my personal standard.

    yellow shelf bins

    But not everyone likes them. Christine rightly points out that it is basically impossible to keep them clean.

    My friend Tom Yoder made these great shop …

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  4. Project ideas

    • Shadow boxes and frames
    • cocktail robots, natch
    • shelf dividers/organizers for tool boxes
    • shop boxes, like Tom Yoder's, but more like the double yellow boxes.
    • Photo outline popups, ala Papa Don's and Robbie's. Glue photo to board, cut out outline of person and put on a stand.
    • projects/finn_dragon/Dragon-149393 …
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  5. Laser cut grating

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    This is a laser cut grating or grill cover. The holes are 1/2". This is a walnut veneer over an MDF core.

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    Ed then suggested that I make smaller versions suitable for model boats, and he took them to the model boat club where several were snapped up by …

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