Concrete Casting
Over the summer, we did another exciting molding project that turned out really well. I wanted to show it off before I got too far into other projects. We were putting some lamp posts along a boardwalk in my brother’s yard. These lamp posts needed pedestals to be secured to as well as to make […]
Chess Table Part 3 – The Table Legs
This is part 3 of the Chess Table Project. Check out Part 1 and Part 2, if you haven’t yet. In part one, I covered the design and carving of the chess pieces and the idea stages of the table design. Part 2 discussed the process of designing, carving, and assembling the chess board for […]
Best of Big Taste Trophy for Big Brothers Big Sisters
A couple years ago, we had a special visitor at our conference. She didn’t own a CarveWright machine, and had actually just learned of it’s existence. Her name is Bridgette Mongeon, and she was researching the system for her new book. Now 2 years later, her book, 3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft: Exploring […]
Chess Table Part 4 – Table Skirt and Finishing
This is part 4 of the Chess Table Project. Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 if you haven’t yet. Part one, covered the design and carving of the chess pieces and the idea stages of the table design. Part 2, discussed the process of designing, carving, and assembling the chess board for […]
Chess Table Part 1 – Making a Plan & Chess Pieces
This project utilized almost every feature of CarveWright’s CNC systems and is a great demonstration of it’s power to create anything. Below I’ll outline the processes we went through to design and build this project. Planning the Table This project started as a desire to make chess pieces with the rotary jig, but then why […]
Star Wars Beer Taps
Over the last few years, many of my friends have been acquiring kegerators to have beer on tap in their homes. Not only that, but many of them are even brewing their own beers to share when friends come over. Some of them are even pretty good at it. One thing these taps all had […]
Chess Table Part 2 – Vcarve a Chessboard
This is part 2 of the Chess Table project. Check out part 1 here, if you haven’t yet. In part one, I covered the design and carving of the chess pieces and the idea stages of the table design. Now, I have the lumber (some really choice curly cherry and flame maple for the chess board), […]
The Starship Build
I always liked the Starship USS Voyager from the Star Trek TV series. Everyone wants to make the Enterprise, but I like the sleek elegant look of the Voyager, so I set out to find a good 3D model of it online. As always, I went to google and asked where I might find said […]
Metal Embossing and More!
See how I used a CarveWright to make metal stamping dies for embossing tin boxes. All for packaging for my CNC made candies.