Artist's Easel

[Dave Richards]

Designed by Amanda Russell. Model and shop drawings done for Fine Woodworking.

Easel by Amanda Russell


Easel by Amanda Russell

 

[Darren Wright]

Very nice work Dave!

 

[Dave Richards]

Thank you sir!

 

[Brent Dowell]

Very cool!

 

[Ted Calver]

Very nice. I like the design. As an aside, I paid big bucks for a high quality easel and a full set of oil paints back in the day as a Christmas present for the missus (art major), because she often mentioned that she would love to do more painting. To this day she has never used it.

 

[Dave Richards]

Very nice. I like the design. As an aside, I paid big bucks for a high quality easel and a full set of oil paints back in the day as a Christmas present for the missus (art major), because she often mentioned that she would love to do more painting. To this day she has never used it.

I get it. There are a bunch of things around here that I bought for my missus that have yet to be used.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

There are a bunch of things around here that I bought for my missus that have yet to be used.

Man.. MAAANNNN.. I ain't gonna be throwing no rocks in that direction.. I tell you what!

Nice easel design. One of these has been on my todo list for a long time (it's a long enough list I'm not even entirely sure where it is on the list.. but it's still on the list). I like your rendition of the wing nuts, a nice stylish flair to those.

 

[Dave Richards]

Thanks! Those wing nuts are based on the one specified by the author from McMaster-Carr.

 

[Darren Wright]

Man.. MAAANNNN.. I ain't gonna be throwing no rocks in that direction.. I tell you what!

My wife splurged and bought me a plasma cutter I threw into my shopping list on amazon a few years ago. I had forgotten I added it and was surprised when I unwrapped it. I wanted it for a cnc plasma table, but didn't know much about plasma cutters and turned out it was a high frequency vs a blow-back start, which aren't good for other electronics in the room. I haven't used it much and she reminds me every xmas or birthday when I put a high dollar item in my list.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

was a high frequency vs a blow-back start

See that's one of those things I didn't even know was a thing... It's what you don't know..

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

That's very nicely done, Dave. And unlike some of the drawings you post, I think I could actually do this one in Sketchup, even with my limited skills. It'd probably take me about 20 time longer than it took you, but still...

 

[Dave Richards]

That's very nicely done, Dave. And unlike some of the drawings you post, I think I could actually do this one in Sketchup, even with my limited skills. It'd probably take me about 20 time longer than it took you, but still...

Thanks Vaughn. I think you don't give yourself enough credit.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Thanks Vaughn. I think you don't give yourself enough credit.

I appreciate your encouragement, but obviously you've not watched me use SketchUp. Seriously, I know I could probably get fluent with it if I put the time into it, but I've got too many other things I'm trying to get better at doing.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Impressive, as always.