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Brass Carving

I’ve been branching out a bit from my CNC router use in woodworking and into some heavy metal. Besides Floor and Pallbearer, I’m also talking about aluminum and brass. I’ve made a few brass branding irons. I used standard woodworking v-bits with good results. I just make sure I use one of my older bits. […]

Posted byThe TinkererSeptember 6, 2014September 6, 2014Posted inProjects, ToolsLeave a comment on Brass Carving

Tiki Head – stacked model case study

I was recently asked to build a tiki head statue for a local restaurant. The lure of rum soaked drinks made the job hard to turn down. I figured my recently acquired CNC router made the task possible for me since I have no formal sculpture training. As with most everything, it seemed simple before […]

Posted byThe TinkererMarch 5, 2014March 11, 2014Posted inGeneral, ProjectsLeave a comment on Tiki Head – stacked model case study

Far Side of the Moon

“What do you want? You, you want the moon?! Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. I’ll give you the moon, Mary. Well then, you could swallow it, and it’d all dissolve, see? And the moon beams’d shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the […]

Posted byThe TinkererJuly 9, 2013July 9, 2013Posted inProjectsTags: baltic birch, carved, CNC, GLD100, LED, moon, shopbot2 Comments on Far Side of the Moon

Recipe: Tool Drawer Organizer

Ingredients: messy tool drawer camera CNC router wood or foam to fit the drawer Software to taste Process: Organize your tool drawer Take picture of it trace your tools in illustrator or any other vector based software import your drawing into cam software carve material using a CNC router admire

Posted byThe TinkererFebruary 27, 2013February 27, 2013Posted inProjectsTags: CNC, customize, organize3 Comments on Recipe: Tool Drawer Organizer

My Completed Projects

Tree on a Hill Workshop

Recent Posts

  • Brass Carving
  • What’s So Special About Engraving Bits?
  • Can Your CNC Router Replace Your Planer?
  • Cut on the Up and the Downstroke
  • A Guide to CNC Bits
  • Tiki Head – stacked model case study
  • My new favorite CNC router accessory
  • I like big bits and I can not lie
  • Far Side of the Moon
  • Wooden Sink

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