Maker Faire is AWESOME I'm finalizing plans, and prepping ideas for Maker Faire Atlanta! I'll be making several different types of things at my table, and will have shirts, stickers and…
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Don't forget, the next episode of my live Q&A show, BrainPick, will be on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 9:30 EST with special guest Marc Spanguolo, The Wood Whisperer!! You…
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I've got young kids, and we're constantly looking for fun things for them to do, and ways to keep them active (and burn off a crazy amount of energy). Our…
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I got contacted recently to do an interview with the financial podcast, Listen Money Matters, which seemed like an odd fit at first. After listening to the podcast I got…
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I've seen these types of clocks before, but never really thought about how they were made. Recently, it hit me.. VENEER! I spent quite a while trying to find a…
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Since I recently set up my new shop, I've wanted to add dust collection. I tried running the wet/dry vac directly to the tools, but the filter got clogged VERY…
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I got the chance to visit Inventables, maker of the ShapeOko 2 CNC milling machine, and talk with CEO, Zach Kaplan. They showed me the office, workshop, warehouse and told…
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A few months back, I made the leap into the world of CNC machines. I spent a lot of time looking at different options beforehand and comparing costs. The ShapeOko…
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I've made a bench from pallets before, but this time, I was commissioned to make four of them, so I thought I'd make them differently and more refined. I wanted…
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Not too long ago, I finally decided it was time to build a dedicated shop. For the past six years, my converted two car garage was one big space that…
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