Category: Business Stories

With the endless possibilities of what you can make with CarveWright, it creates also creates so much opportunity. Since the very first CarveWright was introduced, people have been adding it to their small business, or creating a brand new business. Whether it be the small sign makers and etsy shops to the Hollywood level prop studios, or the luthiers making violins and guitars to the chocolatiers and their custom molds. With CarveWright the ideas ands successes never stop.

Make A Charging Dock – Free RAVEN Project

Charging Dock

This phone charging station makes a great product to sell. It also makes a wonderful gift, or just make it for yourself.  Links to all the supplies and the free RAVEN project files below.  The charging dock was inspired by similar products I’ve seen on Etsy and other sites. The interlocking pieces fit together perfectly […]

Perry Bonin – Carving Out A Business

Perry Bonin of New Iberia, Louisiana ordered his first CarveWright in 2008 after attending a woodworking show in Austin, Texas. He became really interested in the vast capabilities it could bring to the woodworking shop he had built for himself after retiring. At that time, he had been focusing on building large furniture projects, which […]

Clint’s Custom Carving – Clint Stoutenburgh

If you’ve spent any amount of time on the CarveWright users forum or Carvaholics Facebook group, you are familiar with Clinton Stoutenburgh (AKA cestout).  Clint has been carving with us from the very beginning after acquiring his first unit in 2007. As many new users do, he joined the user’s forum and started asking a […]

Whimsy and Woodchips

Written by: Connie Ratisseau Sharon Berrum first spotted a CarveWright (actually, a CompuCarve) at a Sears store near her Central Oregon home in 2007.  As an avid dollmaker, her first thought was that it would keep her husband occupied, so that she could dedicate more time to her sewing. Once they opened the box and […]

Brent Hutchens – Rustic Carved Mantels

Getting Started Brent Hutchinson of Springtown, TX began his CarveWright experience the way many other customers have done. He bought his first machine in July of 2012 for a specific job, which he had been “almost guaranteed”. As a CarveWright employee, it always scares me when someone has a deadline before they ever even touch […]

Making The Mad Hatter’s Chair

A couple of years ago, I was asked to work on another project with sculptor Bridgette Mongeon.  You may recall the Best Of Big Taste Trophy I did with her back in May of 2015.  Bridgette is a really interesting artist.  She marries 3D technology with her more traditional hand skills into a very streamlined workflow. […]

Lithophanes By Michael Aimino

Michael Aimino found CarveWright to be the write choice for starting his business making lithophanes to sell on Etsy.

Love (and Sawdust) is in the Air

Written by: Connie Ratisseau Rick and Cheryl Mock of Bryan Ohio spend a good deal of their time celebrating LOVE. Not just their own, but their Etsy store, CarvedArtStudio511, keeps them busy memorializing and celebrating Wedding Anniversaries, and much more. They have carved over 1,000 plaques in just 4 years and now have 4 CarveWright […]

Jeremy Harmon – J. Harmon Designs

Like most “Creatives”, Jeremy Harmon’s talents spill over into many different mediums. Besides woodworking, Jeremy is an artist, musician and videographer. Using technology is a big part of almost everything he does. Adding CarveWright to his shop was an exciting step for him. Getting tech into his shop to see what it could do to enhance […]