Recent content by Prototype Dept.

Just finishing a small run of treasure chests. Here is a picture of finished vs. raw poplar wood.

I came across some cartoon furniture online, and decided I'd figure out how to build it too. Then I pretended I was making it for my grand-daughter all along.

What's the deal with the grinder mounted under the workbench? I can see that it's a clever use of space, but huh?

Here's a couple of pics of a casting job I just finished. The customer is a supply house for vintage vending machine parts. These are clear Pepsi medallions that they will paint inside.

The Roadhouse was just unfinished 2x4 and T1-11 siding construction. The first thing I did was to stain/seal the plywood floor. Then I put up fiberglas insulation on the ceiling and most of the walls. I ran out of construction budget, so half of the wall that faces the morning sun is filled with...

No western town is complete without a saloon. The Roadhouse is mine and the only thing it has to do with my shop is that some of the memorabilia in it has decorated every shop I've had, going back even to my dad's garage. The 16'x24' building is from a company I had bought 2 sheds from before...

When we first moved here I poured a couple of 10'x10' cement pads and bolted down a Sears metal shed to one, for all the garbage I store but never really want to see. It wasn't too long before a big wind picked up that shed and threw it over the fence. So for a quick replacement I ordered a...

@ Dennis- Hey it's nice to hear from a brother modelmaker. I was in the APMM a long time ago, and I went to one of their first conventions in Milwaukee. It was the only city where I was ever propositioned by a ******. Good luck with the garage, I'll watch for pics. DC1- you've got a good...

They say it pays to advertise, so I do a little bragging on my truck and trailer. But it's never made me a dime. Yep, that's a pair of steam powered rockets to help with the gas mileage. The little connector box to the left of the rocket opens up to hold a smoke bomb. That's the theory anyway...

ZRX- yeah, last night's storm dumped about a foot of snow at my elevation. The Caterpillar was too froze to start and I lost a days work cause I couldn't get out. Could be worse though...my kid spent the night in his car in Mojave. I noticed your Aerospace Valley tag on another thread. Are you...

I need to go out and take new pictures, but it's snowing today. Here's just a teaser to keep you guys checking back. This is the saloon: Here is Hogwash being terrorized by vultures:

Quick! Paint those walls before you start hanging stuff on them! I wish I had. Now I'm too far gone to take everything down to finish the walls.

This is Karen's Smile Gold Mine. It's not a workspace or storage. I just wanted a gold mine.

My wife likes to decorate the house for every holiday and even seasons. We put up the chapel to store all the rubbermaid tubs of stuff and christmas trees. I built shelves in the back half of the shed with walls to hide all that. Next to the chapel is Mourningwood Cemetary, which has wire fence...

I have an insane storage system so that my shop doesn't fill up with household **** and gardening tools and seasonal decorations and car stuff. The obvious answer is to build storage sheds. And as long as you're putting up more buildings, why not turn them into a ghost town! So I built my own...