I was surprised to find that, as I started, I couldn’t even view the website because the hosting company had updated some software without updating all the requisites so the site didn’t even work!  Sigh…

In any case, if you’ve been one of the ones who have been checking in, I apologize for letting this languish and will try to do better in the future!!!

How could I refuse?

These were engraved and cut into 3mm Baltic Birch plywood with my CO2 laser and then sanded and finished with a clear coat of water based varnish.  I made 18 of these so that all the kids would get one.  Great fun!

Batch of 12 Valentine’s Day ‘Cards’ drying in Finishing room.

Here is this year’s line up:

Continuing the tradition of the annual collection of Ornaments:

Then, on with the gifts…

Advent Calendar, given in November. Santa moves across the board on each day of December.

Wall Art, ready to be framed.

Sign to go on my granddaughter’s playroom or bedroom door.

Two sided maze. Ball falls through to other side to continue the path to finish.

Cheeseboard to match kitchen decor.

Carved/Turned Box. Made with Corian and Cherry wood.

The good/bad part of this style is that most of the woodwork is curved, with very few straight lines.  I concluded that, to keep the proper flow and sweeps AND still have all the interlocking joinery line up, the framework, at least, needed to be cut on a CNC Router.  Cool, I’ve got one of those

To make a VERY LONG story shorter, I did some trial cuts of some of the longest parts in January of 2019.  From these experiments, I realized that the CNC router needed to be larger to reliably make the parts.  Consequently the project languished until I finally upgraded my CNC Router to a larger, more solid, one this year.  This spring I made the base, then made the top, and left the pieces to cure over the Summer while we were in Maine.  When we returned, and got some time, once Kate & Paul’s Wedding reception was completed, I did the final finishing, assembly, and installed it in our Living Room.  I’m quite pleased with the result:

Completed Coffee Table installed in Living Room.

Coffee Table right view, ready in shop.

Coffee Table, Left view, ready in shop.

Coffee Table base, all assembled, ready for finishing.

I made this turned Box with a Corian Carved lid.  The box is made from Zebra wood.

Carved/Turned Box with Lid On

Carved/Turned Box, side view

Carved/Turned Box, inside view

To cover prototyping and last minute additions and changes, I made over 200 blanks.  Good thing, too!  There were a few cutting mistakes, some name misspellings, some last minute additions (subtractions weren’t a problem), marriages, divorces, and even a ‘he’ becoming a ‘she’…

Here a couple of ‘random’ examples of the tags I made…

Examples of the name tags I made for Kate’s Wedding reception. The stands are made from HDPE that I machined in my workshop. The gold one is after Paul painted all the ones used at the reception. Pretty fancy!

So, I decided to make a Corian Carved top on a wood turned box as a gift for one of my sisters.

Completed Carved top box.

Magnolia Box opened.

Carving the Corian top.

Turned Cherry box showing inside and back side of carved top.

This came out so well, I had to do another!

Turned Box with Carved top

CircleFish Carved Corian top, Maple wood turned box