Miles Radakovitz: Reading Table

So for all of us involved with this class there has been a lot of twists and turns taking us from our initial plans to our final results. I was…

Construction update: reading table

So thus far I have a table. I began by with a piece of live edge elm wood I got from a sawmill in town. I then cut the wood…

Aesthetic Roots: Industrial Chic

When one thinks of the aesthetic of industrial chic one might often think of a place like Rayback collective. Lots of exposed piping, lots of dark colors and dark metals,…

Favorite YouTube Builds: Adam Savage One Day Builds

featured image credit:https://hoodline.imgix.net/uploads/story/image/27361/Main_Image_Downing_Journeys.jpg?auto=format For many of us young engineering folks Mythbusters was an incredibly influential show on discovery channel. I personally was always enamored with the scale of objects that…

Reading table: Covid Update

So with covid 19 closing down school and much of the other things in the area my project will either take two routes. First: if I can get everything figured…

Design review: reading table

My inspiration for this project comes primarily from the work of George Nakashima and the industrial chic aesthetic. George Nakashima is an american woodworker who chose to keep the live…

Top 5 Constraints: Reading table

1: Stability Nothing irritates me more than a wobbly table, if the table I made was wobbly there is a good chance I would not use it. To combat this…

Upcycle Project Final Report: Sawhorse Bookcase

Abstract The purpose of this project is to look at upcycling. Upcycling is the process of making something useful out of discarded materials. Examples of upcycling can be seen all…

Upcycle Progress: Bookshelf

The first step of things was to restore the sawhorses. I used a wire brush and sandpaper to clean the rust off of the brackets and clean the wood before…

Upcycle Inspiration: Bookcase

For this project I am inspired by two things; my need to store books and plants and the tables made from planks and piping that you see in many of…

Aesthetic Exploration: Crust Punk

Crust punk is a sub-genre of punk music made with acoustic instruments including but not limited to guitar, banjo, mandolin, washboard, washtub bass, or whatever else you could realistically transport…