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I’ve been making things with ShopBots and sharing designs for ShopBot projects since the early days, almost 20 years ago. There have been boats, furniture, and design tools like Open Source Joinery, but the thing I’m most proud of is a side project, Shelter 2.0, that I work on with my friend and collaborator Robert Bridges. Robert and I … Continue reading >>> Shelter 2.0 – An Open Design Project
Years ago I read an interview with the guy at Hinkley Yachts that does their varnishing. Hinkley is known for their beautiful finishes and he described their process: brush on a coat of varnish and wait for it to dry. Then sand with fine sandpaper to prepare for the next coat. … Continue reading >>> Good enough is good enough (for a while at least!) Think about the tools that you use to make things in your daily life: a toaster, a hammer, a knife. Now place these tools on an imaginary graph where one axis describes the ease of use of the tool and the other describes its capability. I find that most tools in my life that … Continue reading >>> Desktop MAX Project: A Tiny Table for a Tiny House Cutting a Nerdy Derby Flat Track Design Decisions: The Nerdy Derby Flat Track project was created with three criteria: It had to be shape-compatible with the original Nerdy Derby track, so that the same cars would fit on each track All the parts had to be cut-able with a Handibot, so no part could … Continue reading >>> The Nerdy Derby Flat Track 
Ted Hall (ShopBot CEO) had a chance to continue his art project that combines CNC carving with an interest in images of shoreline and sky as seen from from the water. It’s been several years since Ted’s last foray into painted carvings of seascapes and time was short, but an opportunity to spend 2 weeks … Continue reading >>> Another Try at Digital Fab Art My name is Lexus Pickett and I am with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. I am currently a senior who is interested in computer aided manufacturing. We are currently cutting out pieces for our Adirondack chairs on our CNC (ShopBot) machine. Our CNC machine has made manufacturing these chairs much easier. We used to use templates … Continue reading >>> Adventures of a High School CAM Class: Episode 9 My name is Eva Bondgien and I am from the Renaissance Academy. We recently received a ShopBot CNC machine and are excited to learn about computer aided manufacturing from our teacher Kyle Stapleton. The project we just worked on was the creation of a cribbage board for the local craft fair. Using a different part … Continue reading >>> Adventures Of A High School CAM Class: Episode 7 |
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