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Poplar Wine Rack 01

madebydan — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:49:51 GMT

A modular wine rack that can be multiplied to hold as many bottles of wine as you desire. Fits nicely into cupboards to keep things nice and tidy. These are the files to have it made from the 4mm Eurolite Poplar. Some assembly required. File also contains some spare parts.

Bagatelle Table

Ponoko — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:59:42 GMT

At the end of last year we spent a day at the office working on our own holiday creation challenge. Dan challenged the team with a brief to "design and make something that would keep a child entertained for hours". This is Team 1's design - it's sort of a hybrid mashup of a 'parlour' bagatelle with a pinball machine inspired ball launching mechanism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagatelle We created a simple box from good ol' reliable and underrated hardboard with an insert in the base made from Italian poplar, for contrast The base then had some holes cut and scores engaved. As it was a very complex design we concentrated on getting an initial prototype out very quickly. Things we learnt from that process: • nodes are incredible the first prototype fell apart, the final design was such a tight fit that it required clamps but once in place held better than glue http://www.ponoko.com/mingleandshare/design_tips • the force of the spring pulling on the back of the box required us to add in a second plate • we had to tweak the holes by countersinking them, otherwise the ball tended to run right over them. • the raster engraving was too deep in places and the ball often got caught in it and followed it down. • we cut several different curves to fit in the top to see which worked the best to create some randomness in the balls trajectory With some tweaking of the locations of obstacles and additional decoration this could definitely provide 'hours of entertainment'.

Endoplasm Hanging Planter

pollen — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:08:31 GMT

The Pollen Endoplasm is a light weight hanging planter made from Italian Poplar ply, It is designed to string together with other Endos to form daisy chains of greenery in and around your home. The Endo measures 395wx375h mm. Follow the steps in the photos to assemble your planter. You will need 3mx2mm synthetic chord to make the hanger. By cutting 1m off and using together with the remaining 2m length you can form a loop for hanging. Pay special attention to the knots used - this figure 8 knot loosens off easily for adjusting the level later. Staining and or coating your planter will extend the life of this untreated plywood, I used a red wood dye and boiled linseed oil.

Crane Spotting - lamp

OriBlack — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:55:22 GMT

A self assembly lamp kit made of 4mm Poplar plywood. Comes with detailed instructions manual. A wonderful gift from age 10 - 100