C-Brace Stand by Brett Engmark

Solid State Depot member Brett Engmark designed and built a beautiful wooden stand for his daughter’s leg brace in the SSD wood shop.

I designed this stand for a c-brace my daughter my obtained to help her walk. It needs to stand to be charged. I wanted a design that was artistic, simple and functional. Something that could sit in a living room and feel like furniture.

It’s made of black walnut. The braces are bent laminations made from thin slices of walnt and glued on a form. I’ve made 2 of these in the SSD shop, 1 for my daughter and another for her friend.

– Brett

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Wood Engraved Map by James Bailey

I used the ShopBot CNC router with a fine engraving tool to engrave this custom map of the Sword Coast from Dungeons and Dragons. The map is part of a larger gaming table I built at the SSD.

Plenty of space on the ShopBot bed for this project!
Even over such a large workspace the machine is awesomely precise and delicate with the cuts.
Spraypainted black to fill in the lines, then sanded the surface to expose the wood so the lines really pop
Gluing up the map in a frame
Applying finish: 4 coats of General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Semi-Gloss
Action shot of the map (and the gaming table) in use for D&D