A WoodWork in Progress

At the office I work at, we issue and receive a lot of challenge coins. All over my desk and shelf, there are coin boxes and pouches with coins. I decided it was time for them to be displayed on a wooden stand. It cleans up my desk space and makes it easier to display all the coins in a smaller space. I had researched coin stands made by others, and most of them are low and wide. They take a lot of space on the desk. I wanted mine to be vertically oriented, so it would have a smaller footprint. I found one that matched what I wanted, so I used that as an inspiration for mine. The one shown below is made from several boards shaped and glued together. I wanted something similar, but with the addition of side walls that would not only keep coins from rolling off the sides, but also would hide the edge of the boards. This is the inspiration I used for mine.  Found on Alibaba . I already had some maple boards available from the chess board. Fortunately, it was all I needed. No trips to ...

Our living room has a fireplace that our family likes to spend time watching. Part of that requires our couch to be in the right place to view it. We also recently made the decision to purchase a projector to show movies on the wall above the fireplace, which is another reason our couch needs to be oriented to face it. When re-arranging the living room, it was agreed that a console table behind the couch would be very useful, and would help eliminate the need for a coffee table. So, I designed a console table to fit our needs and more importantly, fit our couch. Our couch is only a few years old and wouldn't be changed for a long time, so I was confident that whatever table I make to fit this couch will be used for many years. One requirement we had was to integrate outlets for lamps and for phone charging cables. For a long time, we had thought of placing those outlets on the top of the table (I had seen many other designs for console tables with this placement). I decided shortly...