These shelves were designed to lean against a wall.  When I took them in to get their picture taken there was no wall to lean against.  My dear sweet young shelves assured me they could stand up on their own, so I let them try.  I have to say I'm very proud of these shelves for what seems like a magic stance.  Needless to say the second the photographer took his last photo the shelves fell back and ripped the backdrop paper.    The real story HERE.

Beautiful & functional 4D.  That old TI computer needs to find its way to a museum!

42 minutes ago, Cal said:

Beautiful & functional 4D.  That old TI computer needs to find its way to a museum!

Every now and then I come across the box it lives in and consider setting it up to play with.  It uses an old fashioned NTSC TV for a monitor though which I no longer have, although I'm sure I could find one at a yard sale.  There are a few game/program cartridges with it, and the big expansion box that could hold hard drives and a floppy disk reader, and even an LPT1 printer output card.  Teaching myself the BASIC it came with to write programs with is something I associate with woodworking/furniture design.  Being able to solve challenges more than one way, and learning to optimize/simplify code to run faster has parallels with solving fabrication challenges and reduce production times. 

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Uh ohhhh.  If my wife sees these she will want one, or two.  Very nice work.

4 hours ago, Pauley said:

Uh ohhhh.  If my wife sees these she will want one, or two.  Very nice work.

Yep.  These shelves were a requested project done for my ex-wife. When she moved out she didn't take them, but now that she is in her own home she has asked if she can have them.   I personally like the contrast between the shelves and the posts, but a version could be made with hardwood shelves that match the posts.  I've also got an idea for a connection to clamp the edge of 3/8" thick glass and have thought about a shelf version with glass shelves.  A display shelf for more eye catching objects perhaps. 

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