Raised dog dishes wrap-up

Dan — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:40:52 +0000

They’re done, and I’m really happy with how they turned out. This was my first experience with black walnut, and I must say, I really like the wood. It was really easy to work with my limited hand tool collection and skill set. Most of the work was done with power tools, but I used my hand tools for a lot of the finishing and finesse work.

I have read that walnut is the “premier” North American furniture making wood, and after this project I can see why. The only real drawback of walnut is that it has large pores/grain. I had originally wanted a glass smooth surface for the top, but I quickly changed my mind when I realized how much work that would require. Ok, that’s enough of me babbling on it’s time for the photos.

collapsible spray booth

Dan — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:47:51 +0000

I was on vacation last week so I built myself a collapsible spray booth. The walls are made up of 8: 45″ by 90″ panels. The corners are formed by joining 2 panels with door hinges; thus allowing the booth to be collapsible for storage. The 4 corner units are bolted together using 2 parallel boards: 1 along the top of the wall, and 1 along the bottom. The top of the booth is a single sheet of plastic film held in place by the top parallel boards.

This construction is not an original design, but is based upon the design shown here.

I create a positive pressure inside the booth with a filtered box fan blowing air into the booth. This allows me to spray solvent based finishes without the need for an expensive explosion proof fan. My modular panel design allows me to use any number of input fans and output filters. Currently I am using a single input fan above and behind the user; combined with an output filter located opposite the fan and below the user. This configuration is beneficial because it draws over-spray down and away from the user.

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Raised dog dishes wrap-up

collapsible spray booth