How to make wooden gears. This page also available in Spanish Some people are intimidated at the prospect of making their own wooden gears for the screw advance box joint jig. So I figured I'd cover the topic of gear making in a bit more detail. You can click on any image in this article to get a larger view. The method I use to make the gears for the box joint jig is the same as for the gears for the wooden router lift, but I'll focus on the ones for the box joint jig in this article. It's vital to use good plywood for the gears. Start by making a template for the gear shape. Glue the paper template onto a piece of birch plywood about 10 mm (3/8") thick. Next, use an awl to punch a divot in the center between every two gear teeth. Build a The Little Helper Tower. PDF version Bring your child to counter height with this Little Helper Tower.
Features adjustable height platform, removable tip resistant kit, and optional fold flat modification. Handmade from this plan >> Dimensions Dimensions: Dimensions are shown above. Materials and Tools Shopping List: 1 – 1×8, 8 feet long 4 – 1×2, 8 feet long 1 – 1×3, 8 feet long 2 1/2″ screws (is you are not using pocket hole screws) 1 1/4″ screws wood glue paint and finishing supplies Tools: measuring tape square pencil safety glasses hearing protection drill circular saw jigsaw sander level countersink drill bit Cut List. Take a stand: building DIY standing desks. Hacked IKEA Expedit Standing Desk With Built-In Look. Making Your Own Standing Desk: The Best of Both Worlds? Ever since we reported about the dangers of sitting down for long periods of time, especially in front of your computer during your work day, we've been looking at different ways of creating our own standing desks.
While some of the desks that we've found aren't as polished as others, there are easy ways of spending your day standing up, working without ever sitting down. Standing desks are an easy way of staying healthy while working for long hours in front of your computer. While standing desks aren't suitable for everyone, they can help with the lethality of sitting down for more than 8 hours in a row. 1. Hacked IKEA Expedit Standing Desk With Built-In Look: This is by far one of the most sleek-looking DIY standing desks that we've come across. 2. 3. 4. 5. Standing Desks. Are Standing Desks Bad For Your Health? Image credit Herman Miller Standing desks have been around for a long time; I keep showing pictures of Herman Miller's Action Office from the sixties in the hope that they will introduce their standing desk.
Even in 1958, their designer Bob Propst could write: "Compelled by lack of choice, we are forced to conduct most office activity in a sitting position. The result, as medical studies and insurance data make clear, is a steady decline in vitality, energy, and general body tone. " But over at LifeHacker, they make the case that we should Forget the Standing Desk; You Just Need to Move Regularly. They quote a page the egonomics team at Cornell University. We quote a bit more of the CU Ego recommendation: As Lifehacker notes, the Cornell people suggest this bottom line: The bottom line:Sit to do computer work.
Full study pdf here The page that Lifehacker cites is from 2004, and does not link to any studies other than the one that examined the benefits of the adjustable desk. A standing desk for $22. I’ve been interested in standing desks for a while.
I keep reading things like: he who sits the most dies the soonest. All the options online are expensive. Until now. Ryan Witt from Decisive and I combined our brains to see if we could come up with a better solution: Make Yourself a Standing Desk This Weekend. Build an Adjustable Standing Desk with Pipe and Kee Klamp - Blog - Projects, Ideas, Inspiration, Kee Klamp, Fittings. This project got stared the other day when I read and discussed a couple of posts on the Lifehacker web site about the health risks of working while sitting all the time.
I got inspired to do something about it and decided that I would build myself a desk that I could stand at. One of the goals that I had for the desk was to make it versatile enough to be used in a number of settings. My thought was something that I could use in my office, but might also be used with a treadmill. In this video I talk about the idea for the standing desk: Design My design consisted of a telescoping pole that went from floor to ceiling and a perpendicular pole that could support a keyboard or laptop. Sketchup Model Thanks to my pal Sam, the Sketchup Master, you can also download this project and play with it in Sketchup. Building the Standing Desk Design is one thing, implementation is another. Parts List In this video I talk about the advantages of using Kee Klamp and Kee Lite parts: Basic Costs 1. 2.