Piece / projectThe bagpipe music stand
A custom cherry music stand, a carved bagpipe motif, and a good reason to learn CNC.
THE WORKSHOP, ONE COLLECTION AT A TIME
Big builds. Little things.
All part of the work.
I'm Michael. I make furniture, practical tools, fitted spaces, computers, and curious objects. Browse one part of the workshop, or work your way through the whole collection.
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Furniture & tables
Cottonwood, a dark river, and crystal clarity
Furniture & tables
Multicolor river, walnut banks
MANUFACTURING / A PART THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM
Multicam CNC tool-fork redesign
THE COLLECTION / 14 ENTRIES
Furniture & tables
Tables, stands, and restored furniture. Individual pieces stay together.
Piece / projectPiece / projectCottonwood, a dark river, and crystal clarity
Natural cottonwood edges frame a dark resin river with exceptional visual clarity and a reflective finished surface.
Piece / projectA second life for a piece of Douglas fir
Timber from an old TV stand became a bench with a simple black-pipe base.
Series / groupA pair of opposites
Twin yin-yang martini tables in birch and resin. Two small tables designed to belong together.
THE COLLECTION / 20 ENTRIES
Cutting boards & small goods
Boards, serving pieces, coasters, and small wood objects.
Series / groupCutting boards, in good company
Patterns, contrasting woods, and a whole batch of boards. Useful objects with room to play.
Piece / projectOne brief. Two sides.
A commissioned board with a walnut chopping face, a contrasting serving face, and an open-ended visual brief.
Piece / projectWarp drive, for yarn
A Star Trek-themed cherry warping board. A useful weaving tool with a little science fiction built in.
THE COLLECTION / 8 ENTRIES
Built spaces & architectural models
Rooms, fitted furniture, and the models used to think them through.
Piece / projectA little more room for plants
Aromatic cedar, rope, and a new spot by the window.
Piece / projectShelves that belong to the room
Built-in shelving with dark faces and natural wood edges. Designed for the space, not squeezed into it.
Piece / projectA wine rack that fits
A small CNC-cut insert for a mini fridge. Simple, specific, useful.
THE COLLECTION / 7 ENTRIES
Shop tools & fixtures
Jigs, clamping, equipment housings, and tools made for another job.
FEATURED CASE STUDYMulticam CNC tool-fork redesign
Reverse-engineered in Fusion, printed in TPU on a Voron V0.2, and put to work in the CNC tool rack. A documented response to repeated breakage and replacement cost.
Piece / projectA wooden home for a HEPA filter
A custom flow-hood build that brings a large filter and a purpose-built plywood enclosure together.
Piece / projectCNC-made router sled
CNC-cut panels became a tool for the woodshop. Sometimes making things starts with making the tool.
Piece / projectA clamp made for the boards
Instead of buying another set of clamps, I made a fixture around the job in front of me.
THE COLLECTION / 8 ENTRIES
3D printers & printed solutions
Printer builds, modifications, repairs, and compact functional parts.
Piece / projectQidi spring belt tensioner
A screw-adjustable housing that reuses the Qidi Plus4 tensioner spring, turning a fixed stock arrangement into something a maker can adjust.
Build / setupEffZero: the build and the parts
A blue-and-pink printer, a satisfying homing sequence, and a set of M8P-related parts shared on GitHub.
Piece / projectKeep the wardrobe. Replace the fitting.
A broken plastic joint became a reverse-engineering project instead of a reason to replace the whole wardrobe.
Piece / projectA lid that starts with the thread
A reverse-engineered jar lid with a 1/4-inch pitch and a translucent-blue prototype.
THE COLLECTION / 2 ENTRIES
PC builds
Computers as assembled systems, with the inside and the component choices in view.
Build / setupThe first custom PC setup
The desk and system setup documented with the first custom PC build in June 2021.
Assembled buildA compact PC, from the inside out
A Mini-ITX PC built around a Core Ultra 7 265K, a Gigabyte Eagle RTX 5070 Ti, 64 GB of DDR5, and a 280 mm liquid cooler.
THE COLLECTION / 3 ENTRIES
FPV aircraft
Aircraft builds and configuration work, kept in one flight-focused section.
Build / setupLEGO-themed FPV build
A colorful aircraft build with component selection, wiring, assembly, and configuration behind the playful exterior.
Build / setupShendrones Squirt cinewhoop
A separate ducted FPV aircraft built around a GoPro Bones setup.
Build / setupPlayer1: moving to 6S
An experimental 6S FPV build with documented frame, motor, and flight-controller choices.
THE COLLECTION / 2 ENTRIES
Art & material experiments
Decorative objects, resin experiments, and circuit sculpture.
Piece / projectA circuit, out in the open
Exposed connections, a sculptural wire frame, and light. An experiment in making the circuit part of the object.
Piece / projectCopper spiral & geometric resin
An early circular resin piece with a copper spiral and a repeating ring of gold triangles.
THE COLLECTION / 1 ENTRIES
Software
Collaborative applications and identifiable implementation work.
A COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE PROJECTCelestial
TyperReact + TypeScript
Piece / projectTyperReact + TypeScript
Celestial Typer
My chart and data-visualization contribution to a collaborative React and TypeScript application.
BETWEEN THE FINISHED PHOTOGRAPHS
There is a story behind the surface.
A demanding fit, a revised tool, an eighteen-hour finish. The notebook connects the decisions and experiments across the work.