For some reason, which totally escapes me (other than I’ve been pretty busy in the last two years…), I have failed to maintain ‘current’ events on this website. Well, the last few days I have had some time (while waiting for finish to cure on a very important woodworking project) … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tools
Terrain Map Box Birthday Present
Refining my CNC carving skills I realized I could try carving terrain maps on Corian. I saw something similar added on to a wooden box and decided this would make a great birthday present for a friend of mine. So, after capturing a terrain map of Penobscot Bay from Terrain2STL, … Continue reading
Fun Valentine’s Day ‘Cards’
Our daughter asked me if I could make some interesting Valentine’s Day ‘Cards’ that our granddaughter could hand out to her Day Care class. Each ‘card’ would hold a small tub of Playdoh and have a typical Valentine ‘saying’ with a PlayDoh twist! How could I refuse? These were engraved … Continue reading
Finally framed the Wall Art I made for Christmas…
I finally got around to making the frame for the Wall Art I made for Christmas. The frame is made of 24 segments of Maple, glued together into a 24 side polygon and then routed on the CNC router to make a nice, lightweight, round frame. I’m very pleased with … Continue reading
First Freehand turned part on Mini Lathe
I decided that the screw used to lift the weight on the Bandaid dispenser was unsightly and needed some dressing up. I also wanted to try to turn some brass on the lathe. I figured a nice Brass Knob would look good. Something with a nice smooth curve and a … Continue reading