This is absolutely spectacular. So gorgeous! 100% made my day 
I love not having to tile around the outlets!
Right?!?!?! Except that if you misplace an outlet by 3/8 of an inch in OnShape by typing 3/4 instead of 3/8, you have to cut a whole new segment instead of just a few tiles 
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Looks great!
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Oh man, I feel that pain. Probably should have cut that first one in foam rather than Baltic Birch! Anyway, what people will remember is how beautifully the final result turned out, not how many mistakes you made.
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For my first speaker building project I followed metric plans. I bought myself a metric tape measure and straight edge, and after that experience I don’t think I will ever go back to fractions! In fact, the two projects that I have built since I have converted from inches to mm because I found it so much easier to work with the 10-base units.
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And you do get used to going 1 foot, oh that’s 304.8mm. eh 305mm is close enough.
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If you still want to work in inches you can get tape measures and scales in decimal inches. That gets you away from the fractions at least.
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That’s good to know, but I think I’m ready to fully commit to the metric system and be done with feet/inches. Fractions or not, metric is SO much easier for me and I can’t believe that I didn’t switch long ago. And honestly in 20 years of hobby woodworking I’ve ever had a project that I needed to be more accurate than 1mm…so unless I get into precision machining I doubt I will need to worry about decimal places.
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Can you put the files for this somewhere? My sons 4H group needs a few of these.
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I love this!!! my fater in law is currently converting a VW crafter which is based on a sprinter! would it be cheeky to ask for a copy of the files so i can cut this for him?
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That came out great!
How did you do the black on the cut edges?
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Thanks! I stained the wood grey, put a couple coats of a spray on sealer, then put on some masking film before cutting. After cutting, I kept the masking on and spray painted black, which filled in the cuts/lines. After the paint dried, I sanded lightly to remove some black that bled over and/or places where the masking had peeled up when cutting.
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Built new steps for my corgi Ripley to get up on the bed. The commercial ones we’ve had for six years aren’t tall enough, have begun to degrade, and she’s not as spry as she was once so she’s gotten nervous with them.
These reach taller and will hopefully make it easier for her to go up and down once she glances them.
She does NOT like them yet.
The steps themselves are each a pair of 1x6 utility planks glued together and are solid. I painted them with spar urethane for longevity, but even though they’ve cured hard, I underestimated how long it would take for them to stop stinking so I’ve got them in a warm room away from where we sleep for a couple day. Oopsy doopsy!
I put those little hoops on the two inside cuts for the steps in QCAD so the planks could sit flush but afterwards I realized they weren’t necessary because I used a trim router to smooth the edges of the steps before coating them anyways and they had a 1/4" radius that far exceeds the 1/8" bit I used, heh.
I used the Maslow to cut the risers out of 1/2" ply, put indents in for three 18" 2x4 pieces to be the back structure and then wood-glued the steps on for the rest of the structural strength. I can step on them myself so my 33lb dog should be fine.
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A few projects with the M4. I’ve been trying to dial in the accuracy of cuts, especially detailed lettering. And I am still seeing some slop on the plunge or ramp in every cut but these came out okay…
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Those look awesome! How did you color in the cuts?
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Used a spray on clear poly over everything. Pay real close attention to getting poly inside the cuts. And then a black acrylic. Then sand off the top to reveal crisp lines/black.
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I built steps for my old dog too, but not with my Maslow. One thing that increased his happiness with them a lot was more grip on the steps. I used some leftover adhesive backed boat deck foam. Nice and grippy but also sort of pretty.
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