Author: rlphillips84
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Custom Burl Wood Shelf
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Burl Wood Shelf How’d we get here oh burl of mine? The backstory on this burl wood shelf of ours. A close friend of mine was into epoxy/wood tables a long time ago. He had these burl slabs hanging around as extras for years. To keep it brief he wanted…
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Bulletproof Personalized Custom Bed Frame
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Why a personalized custom steel bed frame? How’d we get here? My son needed a new bed, graduating to a full sized mattress. Seemed like a great way to flex and make a personalized custom bed frame. I kept the design simple, and strong. The build went together very easily…
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Steel Fab | Steel and Wood Display Kiosk
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Why are we here? The steel fab of my steel and wood display kiosk was a necessity build. In the course of putting my name out there, I decided to put myself in the public eye. I have a Painted Tree kiosk. I’ve have more ideas than time. I’m looking…
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Steel Fab – Cat Guard – Absolute Protection – Up Armor
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In steel fab you end up building a lot of random things. When you need something to can carry significant weight, last forever, or in general versatility, steel often gets the call. This was a unique steel fab project. The mission. Protect the couch. Sometimes you need something just to…
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Sweet 3D Modeling – Steel Guitar
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My first real test of my 3D modeling skills. This steel guitar is built to scale and is a Martin D-35 just like Johnny Cash played. Here’s a modern reproduction. I have been learning the fundamentals of 3D modeling for unrelated purposes. Its been a passion project learning the facets…
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A star is born @ 41
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I’m absolutely playing catch up with this as it happened months ago. I’m a fairly private person, and maybe someone would have put this all over their social media. I’m not really that guy, I like things quiet. Anyway, I was in a commercial for Company cam. They just surpassed…
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Calico Shelf
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Trellises = Shelf How’d we get here? Like a calico cat, this shelf is a patchwork. I’d consider this a necessity build. We needed something to hold the candles my wife makes at the Painted Tree kiosk I run. Not wanting to drop a bunch of money into another project…
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Will I ever catch up? Small Victory
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Victory! Finally, sweet sweet victory. Today, December 19, 2025 is the day I have all the main pages of this website “optimized”. It’s finally fully functional (aside from where it isn’t). I find nearly everything I do comes with a tremendous learning curve. Despite the ease of a modern website…
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Beer Signs!
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I made my first beer sign just over a year ago. However, it sucked. So did the next 20 or 30. With each batch one problem was solved, in turn a new method of sucking was discovered – every single time. From perfecting the mounting process, to solving the masking…
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Rust – Friend or Foe
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Typically that crusty red devil known as rust is the arch nemesis of our dear friend steel. If you want to learn more about rust check out the wiki. More often than not though we are trying to keep rust away from our steel products. However sometimes rust looks pretty…
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School, Football, Brick & Mortar @ Painted Tree
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The biggest news here is Brick & Mortar! After laying low and getting the business model more or less constructed we are coming to Painted Tree! But man, while a blessing, it couldn’t of happened at a busier time! When it rains it pours they say! We (Lincoln, Ne) just…
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Happy Birthday! Awesome Lighting & Signage
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I try to keep everything welding or business related, this isn’t an exception to that. We brought some lighting to the event with a tunnel and some signage as the birthday card. My wife’s birthday was at the beginning of the month and we just celebrated last weekend. She’s the…
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Custom Mailbox Post
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All the scrollwork was bent and fit by hand. The frame size was custom to fit the selected mailbox. This post fits a jumbo size box which are becoming more popular with average size of mail increasing. I’ve heard postal carriers appreciate larger mailboxes in general as it makes their…
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Specialized Tools Custom Equipment Cart
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Specialized Tools | Specialized tools exist in every shop. We find some situation that really doesn’t have an off the shelf solution. Ironically we have a specialized tool that needs a specialized cart to work safely and securely. In a large shop you can leave this equipment bolted to a…
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Specialized Tools – Custom Welding Cart
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Specialized Tools Specialized tools, every shop has them. Have you ever went shopping for a table that you need a specific height? Maybe a book case that fits into a very particular spot in your house. You make some concession in the process. I don’t like the color, but its…