Wood!
A good friend of mine had some maple trees taken down a while ago and he offered me the logs. Yesterday, with a 112 degree heat index, a friend and I loaded the...
Category: Woodworking
Building Marceline the Vampire Queen’s Axe Bass
My friend VK approached me about helping her build a working bass as a prop for going to conventions as Marceline the Vampire Queen from Adventure Time. I had n...
Band Saw Boxen!
I’ve done a bunch of stuff since my last post, but I’ll start out with the Band Saw Boxen that I made. Here are the finished photos of the two boxen...
Assembling a Dust Deputy
The Oneida Dust Deputy is a small molded plastic cyclone-style dust separator for use with a shop vac. They claim it removes 99% of the dust from the vacuum flo...
Porter-Cable Profile Sander Repair
I have a Porter-Cable Model 444 profile sander. I’m not sure where I got it, and I’m not sure I’ve ever used it. I think I either bought it us...
Ferrules and New Belts for the ShapeOko
Yes, more mods and accuracy calibration for my ShapeOko mill. There was a discussion on the forum about how it was a bad idea to tin the ends of wires when they...
3DMG Props – Complete!
I know there have not been any more updates about building these, but it’s because we had a tight deadline and were working hard. But I’m happy to s...
Making 3DMG Props – The Beginning
What the heck is 3DMG you may ask? 3DMG stands for 3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear. Still in the dark? Both of my daughters are into Cosplay. What is Cosplay? Accor...
Making Marshmallow Crossbow Pistols
Another long, picture filled how-to. This time I am making crossbow pistols that shoot mini-marshmallows. Click on the more link if you want to follow along.
Precision Leads to Accuracy
Lack of precision, not so much. This is actually not a ShapeOko post for a change. Well, it’s related… One of the things I sell in my Etsy store is ...