Author Topic: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc? (Read 236034 times)

Target · « **Reply #350 on:** March 21, 2019, 12:51 AM »

Good lord this Cranioscopicallity is spreading like a virus.
-mouser (March 19, 2019, 08:57 AM)
Do I sense some internal resistance?
-cranioscopical (March 20, 2019, 06:01 AM)

That was a circuitous path to that current pun.
-wraith808 (March 20, 2019, 02:20 PM)

Circuitous? More like a straight conduit to the pun...
-skwire (March 20, 2019, 02:45 PM)

Just DODdering along, more like...
-cranioscopical (March 20, 2019, 07:18 PM)

This thread keeps soldering on....
-Shades (March 20, 2019, 08:41 PM)

we're determined to wiring as much out of it as possible

no doubt at some point we'll loop back to the beginning again

skwire · « **Reply #351 on:** March 21, 2019, 08:10 AM »

Good lord this Cranioscopicallity is spreading like a virus.
-mouser (March 19, 2019, 08:57 AM)
Do I sense some internal resistance?
-cranioscopical (March 20, 2019, 06:01 AM)

That was a circuitous path to that current pun.
-wraith808 (March 20, 2019, 02:20 PM)

Circuitous? More like a straight conduit to the pun...
-skwire (March 20, 2019, 02:45 PM)

Just DODdering along, more like...
-cranioscopical (March 20, 2019, 07:18 PM)

This thread keeps soldering on....
-Shades (March 20, 2019, 08:41 PM)

we're determined to wiring as much out of it as possible

no doubt at some point we'll loop back to the beginning again
-Target (March 21, 2019, 12:51 AM)

But only if we switch to a closed-circuit design.

wraith808 · « **Reply #352 on:** March 21, 2019, 03:10 PM »

At some point it would be more fun to see photos of other people's DIY home improvements..
-mouser (March 20, 2019, 08:43 PM)

I thought the answer to that would be obvious by now? None of us are as gifted as you!

mouser · « **Reply #353 on:** April 12, 2019, 02:58 PM »

Small update, I tiled the backsplash behind my sink with photo tiles that my father took of the old neighborhood in new york city where I grew up:

Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

skwire · « **Reply #354 on:** April 12, 2019, 03:04 PM »

Nice homage to your Pops.

wraith808 · « **Reply #355 on:** April 12, 2019, 05:45 PM »

Nice homage to your Pops.
-skwire (April 12, 2019, 03:04 PM)

mouser · « **Reply #356 on:** September 28, 2020, 12:45 PM »

My latest project, a custom board game table top for recording youtube board game videos:

Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

Maple rails, with a 3' x 4' center playing area, inset about 2.5" deep, with a recess to hide mat edges. The bottom is hard wood veneered plywood (cherry). I could have used standard plywood for the bottom as I can't imagine ever playing on it without a mat, but I happened to have a good full sheet of the cherry veneered plywood so I used that, and finished everything as if it were going to be seen.

I used my "normal" finishing method, which I swear by, and think I have described above: Analine dyes followed by 6 or so coats of Arm-R-Seal semi-gloss, followed by 2 coats of Arm-R-Seal satin, about 8 hours apart each coat, sanded lightly 300grit between coats. Takes lots of time but its smooth as silk and almost foolproof.

mouser · « **Reply #357 on:** September 28, 2020, 12:55 PM »

See if you can spot cody

wraith808 · « **Reply #358 on:** September 28, 2020, 01:34 PM »

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Maple rails, with a 3' x 4' center playing area, inset about 2.5" deep, with a recess to hide mat edges. The bottom is hard wood veneered plywood (cherry). I could have used standard plywood for the bottom as I can't imagine ever playing on it without a mat, but I happened to have a good full sheet of the cherry veneered plywood so I used that, and finished everything as if it were going to be seen.

I used my "normal" finishing method, which I swear by, and think I have described above: Analine dyes followed by 6 or so coats of Arm-R-Seal semi-gloss, followed by 2 coats of Arm-R-Seal satin, about 8 hours apart each coat, sanded lightly 300grit between coats. Takes lots of time but its smooth as silk and almost foolproof.
-mouser (September 28, 2020, 12:45 PM)

Wow! Really nice! I've been thinking of getting on- maybe I should just pay you to make me one!

Ath · « **Reply #359 on:** September 28, 2020, 01:38 PM »

Wow, looking fantastic, real craftmanship!

See if you can spot cody
-mouser (September 28, 2020, 12:55 PM)

Found 'm

cranioscopical · « **Reply #360 on:** September 28, 2020, 04:55 PM »

See if you can spot cody
-mouser (September 28, 2020, 12:55 PM)

I think you should shelve that idea!

Dormouse · « **Reply #361 on:** September 28, 2020, 06:06 PM »

See if you can spot cody
-mouser (September 28, 2020, 12:55 PM)

Spoiler

Pride of place

Dormouse · « **Reply #362 on:** September 28, 2020, 06:12 PM »

I used that, and finished everything as if it were going to be seen.
-mouser (September 28, 2020, 12:45 PM)

A follower of Henry Ford I see
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

'Tis pretty spectacular
Sadly I've never had the patience for that level of practical perfection

mouser · « **Reply #363 on:** September 28, 2020, 07:22 PM »

Early test screenshot from a lighting test video, still some tweaking to do..

Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

wraith808 · « **Reply #364 on:** September 28, 2020, 08:14 PM »

Very nice! I like the fact that you can have games facing outward.

mouser · « **Reply #365 on:** September 28, 2020, 08:49 PM »

Yeah I had to lose about 100 books into recycling to make room for that

Deozaan · « **Reply #366 on:** September 28, 2020, 09:09 PM »

Personally I don't like the way the blue light reflects off the games and shines into the camera. Makes me feel like I'm watching a Michael Bay film.

mouser · « **Reply #367 on:** September 28, 2020, 09:33 PM »

I can dim the led strip lights and change their color.. maybe we can find a better setting. I can definitely see those lights being one of those things that some people like and some don't..

Deozaan · « **Reply #368 on:** September 29, 2020, 04:44 AM »

I don't mind the way they illuminate the shelf and the things on it. In fact I do like it. But the shiny game cases reflecting the light directly into the camera makes me feel like the light is shining right in my eyes. Some games are worse than others. All the Pandemic games do it. The Cthulhu and Fall of Rome games do it. Flash Point looks fine. The three on the farthest left look fine. The one farthest right looks fine.

Maybe if you could cover/wrap the LEDs with some thin fabric or something to diffuse the light so they just cast a soft color like the way it appears on the three games on the left. Then again, that might be a fire hazard if it causes the LEDs to get too warm. I dunno.

Don't worry too much about it. Most people probably won't mind it.

tomos · « **Reply #369 on:** September 29, 2020, 04:55 AM »

^ I don't necessarily dislike it but definitely takes over -- it's the strongest part of your screenshot (and leads the eye away from the board).
Possibly warming the tone of the light and changing the angle of the games so they don't reflect so much? Maybe subduing/dimming the light a bit if possible.
#suggestions :-)

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #370 on:** September 29, 2020, 07:32 AM »

I completely agree that the games have become the focal point of that image - dimming the lights may be the way to go or finding some way to make it less "look at me"

wraith808 · « **Reply #371 on:** September 29, 2020, 09:31 AM »

I was thinking of it as highlighting the games that the current cast is about- or that you wanted to highlight. It's good for that, I think, if the games that are there are intentionally placed.

mouser · « **Reply #372 on:** September 29, 2020, 10:56 AM »

I was thinking of it as highlighting the games that the current cast is about- or that you wanted to highlight.

Exactly.. it will be for highlighting recent or upcoming games for review.

mouser · « **Reply #373 on:** September 29, 2020, 10:57 AM »

Maybe if you could cover/wrap the LEDs with some thin fabric or something to diffuse the light

Good idea, might be worth a try.

mouser · « **Reply #374 on:** October 01, 2020, 01:26 AM »

More toned down look:

Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?