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How to Make a Bar Stool, a Hand Tool Storage Wall and a Loft Bed in This Week’s Maker’s Roundup

Loft Bed Build

Found another maker to add to the mix! Here Laura Kampf builds a loft bed for a friend, whose tiny room has an unneeded door that can be blocked off. We’re impressed that Kampf chose to build the bed using timber-framing methods, rather than using those lousy-looking big-box-store joist hangers:

Axe Restoration with In-Store Demo

In this video Jimmy DiResta hauls his own 10-inch bandsaw to the Filson store in Manhattan’s NoHo, giving a rare, live demonstration of how to make an axe handle. He also shows us, at both his country and city shops, how he restored the head, finishes the handle up, and creates the leather cover.

New, Free Workbench Top

You’ve gotta love that Matthias Wandel is not only a meticulous engineer, but an enthusiastic dumpster diver. In this video he spots a huge piece of melamine-topped particle board in the street and reckons it will make a perfect new top for his workbench:

Drill-Powered “Scooter-Type Thingy”

This is why you want Izzy Swan around during the zombie apocalypse. In this video he takes a gear reduction box, some metal, some wood, a 36-volt cordless drill and creates a functioning personal transportation device. Mistakes abound in this video, but Swan has left them in for educational value:

Bi-Level Vertical-Lift Bridge Model

Here Frank Howarth shows us a father-and-son project involving lots of problem solving. If you’re a schoolboy who needs to build a model of a bi-level vertical-lift bridge for a class project, you can’t do much better than having a shop-savvy architect dad:

Turned Jewelry Box

Tired of taking crap from safety hawks for wearing his wedding band around spinning power tools, Marc Spagnuolo now switches to a silicone substitute while in the shop. Which means he needs a place to store his real wedding ring during shop hours, which is a perfect excuse to turn this cylindrical jewelry box with a friction-fit lid:

Garage Ceiling Overhaul

Here April Wilkerson’s husband gets an assist from April, as the two of them replace a garage ceiling:

Making a Hand Tool Storage Wall

In order to organize his hand tools, Jay Bates is opting for the “First Order Retrievability” system popularized by Adam Savage. Bates gets an assist from Matt Lane, who already has experience with his own hand tool storage wall:

How to Make a Bar Stool or Shop Stool

Just four guys horsing around in a shop, while banging out a workmanlike stool from cheap materials:

Laser-Cut Stacked-Slice Skull

David Picciuto’s got a Full Spectrum Laser machine, and this week puts it to use creating a convincing human skull using both cardboard and modeling clay:

Fast, Inexpensive Shelving

Here Ana White takes inexpensive 1x2s and 1x6s and quickly transforms them into shelving:

Land Cruiser Storage and Built-In Drawers

Cool project from Bob Clagett, who builds a storage unit to go in the back of his truck, yet remains more or less invisible:

Learn to Use Sketchup

For those of you that can’t afford licenses for the big-dog CAD programs, Sketchup provides a reasonably robust, free alternative. Here Ron Paulk shows you the best way to get started with the program:

Super-Bright DIY Portable LED Light Panel

Another great one from Linn from Darbin Orvar, who this time builds a slim, portable, powerful LED light panel: