I made two things this weekend.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 04/08/2019 at 12:05 • Filed to: None

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I do a lot of work with Doug fir because it’s cheap, even though it doesn’t machine very well. That piece of plywood is over 40 years old and began life as a shelf in a cabinet in a school built in the 70s. The straight-grained legs are from a 2x6 I got from the Home Depot’s cull pile. There’s room for improvement, but I just kind of slapped it together.

The book stand is cool because I designed it on paper using the Pythagorean theorem and the inverse tangent function. And the profile is almost spot on.

Nothing > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 12:22

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Both look great. Once I get the walls painted in the garage, I’ll be adding a couple of wall mounted folding tables. I had one on each side of my previous garage, and I used them a lot. I try to keep as much off the floor as possible, and what is on the floors is easily movable.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 12:46

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The only excuse you need to use Douglas Fir is that it smells absolutely amazing.

LOREM IPSUM > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 12:50

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Nice woodwork, as usual.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 12:50

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You need to read The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Dudes built a huge wrap-around porch on their house, replaced all the windows, etc. and they had absolutely no experience.

Future Heap Owner > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 13:34

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Nice! I wish I had woodworking skills.

Are you gonna reference the book stand the next time a student asks when trigonometry will be useful “in real life”?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 14:54

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Nice work!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 04/08/2019 at 16:02

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It does have a wonderful smell.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > LOREM IPSUM 04/08/2019 at 16:03

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Thank you. My standard is tidy . Tidy and functional. I do not have the setup to do highly precise work. So really, Doug fir is very appropriate.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 04/08/2019 at 16:04

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McCullough does good work.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Future Heap Owner 04/08/2019 at 16:05

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I’ll use the Pythagorean theorem as an example. Trig is far away from my 8th graders.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/08/2019 at 16:08

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Thanks. There’s room for improvement, but I was too lazy to drag out the planer. It was a quick job.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 16:12

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He does, and he’s eminently readable. Kind of like reading a Ken Burns documentary. McCullough’s John Adams is extraordinary.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 16:12

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Doug DeFIRo

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 04/08/2019 at 18:19

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McCullough wrote a book about a year in history, 1775, or similar. Excellent, accessible read. The Battle of Trenton was the climax. The boys from New England had rifled barrels and were deadly to the British.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/08/2019 at 18:46

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He wrote 1776 with material left over from John Adams, m uch the same way Steven Ambrose wrote Band of Brothers with material he had left over from D-Day and Citizen Soldiers . I never finished BoB . But D-Day and Citizen Soldiers are fantastic reads. Ambrose has a very similar approachable style to McCullough, but writes longer sentences.