Well, my blog falls a bit behind, but a month ago I made this new bowl, which I call the “Dragon Scale Bowl”. Initially this idea started out as an exploration of “scales” using Rhino... [read more]

Video Link: https://youtu.be/4gjCOKrucIA My son’s 6th birthday was coming up, and it seems to be a modern kid’s party tradition for all the attendees to get a gift bag or something. I’ve previously 3d printed... [read more]

I design a lot of my projects in Autodesk Fusion 360. Well, I guess it is just called “Fusion” now, which I think was a bad move by Autodesk to rename the product. People can... [read more]

A while back I posted a new bowl design, which I call the “Five Petal Flower Bowl”. I keep messing up and writing “pedal” instead of “petal” — I guess I have mountain biking on... [read more]

I just finished building a medicine cabinet for my bathroom. I wanted something that matched the mirror frame design that I did about a month ago. This project file is shared over on Corbin’s Workshop... [read more]

Yeah, I did spend $1100 to make two of these mirrors for my bathroom, but it was worth it! And it really wasn’t that much; the majority of the cost was purchasing software: Rhino. I... [read more]

Oh boy! I kind of forgot to share this project on my blog. I wanted to make a new bowl design, and just play with some shapes in Fusion 360. Ahem…I mean, “Fusion”, as they... [read more]

This is a mechanical flying falcon automaton, powered by turning the crank arm in front of it to move the wings up and down. I recently just realized that “automata”, which is what I’ve been... [read more]

In Part 1 of the DIY Solar Install I talked about some of our decisions on why to go DIY. It really came down to cost, and I’ll talk about my total spend in a... [read more]

Goals Our main goal with solar is energy independence, but to utilize the power grid as our “battery”. I know with NEM 3.0 in California that a battery backup is recommended, but I decided to... [read more]

First off, check out the build video: The Corner Cabinet – CNC Woodworking Fine Furniture I finished this project about a month ago, but I never got around to posting it to my website. My... [read more]

Video Link: The Voronoi Texture Cabinet Design on YouTube I started this cabinet late last year and finished in early January. My goal was to build something to hold a lot of my CNC accessories... [read more]

Normally when you think of California you think of sunny beaches and a warm temperate climate where you can easily grow fruits and vegetables. However, we live near Lake Tahoe, and it is cold in... [read more]

Video link: CNC Vertical Work Table Build It’s been a while since I posted on my blog, and I’ve got a few videos on YouTube that are interesting to talk about. This one above is... [read more]

This video is for CNC woodworkers on how to get perfect inlays with a straight bit. Using a straight bit is required when you want a deep inlay; something greater than 1/2″ thick and up... [read more]

Watch the video build: Hex Inlay Salad Bowl – My Hardest CNC Project My last hexagonal salad bowl was made with epoxy and cherry wood. I laminated up a bunch of pieces of cherry and... [read more]

Video link: No cyclone dust collector, no problem! My dust collector is terrible at fine filtration. It is a cheapish 3 HP Grizzly dust collector. Something similar to this base 3 HP G1030Z2P that is... [read more]

I finished this new salad bowl a few days ago. I decided to do my “signature style” of epoxy drips on a new bowl design. I played around with a lot of different shapes using... [read more]

Video link: The Ultimate CNC Spoilboard – over on YouTube. A lot of the base footage for this video was filmed when I built my CNC machine back in January and February of 2023. I... [read more]

Video link: 3D Printed CNC Dust Boot This is a new CNC Dust Shoe that I designed in Fusion 360. You can download it for free over on my workshop site: CNC Dust Boot for... [read more]

Video link: Burning Man 2023 Art Bike. This is my art bike project that I created for this year’s Burning Man! If you haven’t heard of Burning Man, it is a week long participant run... [read more]

This is the latest incarnation of my wood utensil set. I had a few people say I should do a salad set — and this is what I came up with! The overall shape is... [read more]

I had a lot of issues making this bowl, and it took over a month to get it completed. I did a lot of test cuts…and I went through a lot of problems before I... [read more]

I’m selling my 1969 Volkswagen Beetle Electric Car, called the Plug Bug. Currently asking $6500 Main Details: This car looks beautiful and is fun to drive, but I don’t have an indoor space to keep... [read more]

This is my “Shallow Flow Bowl” design that I did a while back in Fusion 360. I decided to make a few of them out of wood for sale on Corbin’s Workshop and Etsy and... [read more]

I made a few more of these boxes and finished up a video on the whole process. This was one of the first projects on my Avid CNC that I got earlier this year. Some... [read more]

If you are using an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) with an Avid CNC then you have to customize or install a new post processor to make it work properly in Fusion 360. UPDATE: the current... [read more]

If you are using an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) with an Avid CNC (Mach 4 or Centroid), then you need to customize the post processor for Vectric. The one provided by Avid is not right!... [read more]

In one of my last posts, I discussed how I setup the hardware for my ATC on my Avid CNC. This video describes the software side of things. I’ve been working on this software for... [read more]

I needed a tool rack for my HITECO ATC spindle on my Avid CNC machine. I experimented with 3D printing some holders, but I felt like they were too weak. So, I ended up machining... [read more]

Video link: ATC Setup on Avid CNC This is a companion article for the above video where I talk about setting up an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) on a CNC machine. For the Mach 4... [read more]