Workshop Build Out

For Thanksgiving this year we went and visited my parents. They are under two hours away and part of our bubble during the COVID-19 pandemic. They recently bought a new house and I helped my dad to configure his woodworking shop.

Due to space constraints the miter saw and saw table are staying in the garage while other tools are expected to end up in a work shop. Unfortunately the workshop does not have enough space for the saw table and the larger lumber.

This End Up, Classic Queen Platform Bed - Update and Improvements

We emptied out our storage unit of everything coming to Boston. One of the items we brought, that we have not had with us for two years, is our This End Up Classic Queen Platform Bed (my posts about the bed). When we went to reassemble the bed we found that the brackets for holding up the sides were rusted. We took a trip to Home Depot and looked for brass brackets as replacements but could not find what we wanted. Instead we wound up with brushes to remove the rust and paint to cover the brackets.
For brushes we used HDX Assorted Mini Brushes (3-Pack) and for paint we used Rust-Oleum Professional High Performance Enamel Gloss Black Spray Paint. I also used Permatex Fast Orange Fine Pumice Lotion Hand Cleaner as a lubricant with the brush and to help clean off the rust.
Here are some of the rusted brackets next to some of the cleaned brackets.

 

Ikea SKARSTA Sit/Stand Desk

This is what met desk, in slightly cleaner times, looks like right now.

First a review of the Ikea SKARSTA Sit/Stand Desk and then a detailed assembly.

As a desk it works great. Despite have two monitors and a lamp all weighted to one side of it there is little or no tilt even when lifting the desk to max height. The surface seems fine, if not particularly to my style. And, having bought the larger of the desk surfaces for this there is quite a lot of real estate. The metal frame is solid and works great.

My only complaint about the desk is that when cranking it up, it makes an awful racket. My wife’s is much quieter, but still noisy as you get toward the top of its extension.