Category Archives: Scrap
Industrial wall reading lamp
Industrial lights like the scissor lamp and jielde are the reason I started making lamps. I actually made a shabby version of the scissor lamp about 5 years ago using aluminum bar (since I couldn’t weld) and a task light … Continue reading
Geodesic dollhouse update
I wanted to do some kind of “update” on the geodesic dollhouse I’m doing for the I’m A Giant challenge since it’s been quite a while since I’ve even mentioned it. I was way behind and probably wasn’t going to … Continue reading
micro furniture on etsy
I’ve finally got a few micro furniture pieces put on my etsy store and just wanted to give anyone who wanted one a heads up. Like always, the hardest part of selling things is figuring out a price that’s right … Continue reading
“Eyeball” desk lamp
Roxy needed some lighting for her little study area that I put together for her downstairs, so I made this wall-mounted swiveling lamp. I’ve had the idea of using a steel sphere I bought at a metal supply shop for … Continue reading
Lock-miter Scrapwood Bookshelf
Roxy needed a place near her desk to put all of her law books. So, I made another cabinet out of left over wood pieces to hang above her desk. It has sliding doors to conceal the stuff inside too. … Continue reading
Micro-”potence” style lamp
After making all of this furniture, I wanted to try and make a lamp. So I bent and brazed some steel tubing, ran some wiring, sanded a little oak handle, and made a miniature version of my “potence” style lamp. … Continue reading
More micros
I’ve got a few more micro furniture pieces to share. I went kind of crazy and built some more stuff the last couple days after work. I learned how to braze as well. Brazing is kind of between soldering and … Continue reading
micro Furniture
I made some furniture. Small furniture. 1:12 scale, which comes out to 1″=1′(for the dollhouse). I went down to the shop on Sunday to grab a tool for the railing I’m working on, and while I was down there…. I … Continue reading
Brick Veneer Wall
We’ve been changing up the guest bedroom/den lately and started with furring out the log walls, which is basically just building a wall over an existing wall. We loved the log walls but the problem was that the original builders … Continue reading
























