Photography: Sun Setting Over Lanai
I took this photo in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. The island of Lanai can be seen in the distance with the sun setting behind it.
Oct
26
2022
Short Video: Batman Box CNC Woodworking
I’ve been reworking some of my earlier YouTube videos into “Shorts/Reels/TikToks”. It’s interesting because I get a lot more views. Check out the original video: https://youtu.be/nOVbJVuCh5k As of today, the original video got 3700 views,... [read more]
Oct
25
2022
Video: Timber Frame Woodshed – Learning & Building
My last post I put up the plans for my timber frame shed – they are super generic and the minimal information I needed to build the wood shed. Here’s a complete video on the... [read more]
Oct
14
2022
Timber Frame Woodshed “Plans” & CAD
Soon I’ll be posting a video about making my timber frame woodshed. For now, here are some links to the plans. I use the term a bit loosely; it is the minimal amount of dimensions... [read more]
Oct
6
2022
Borneman Timber Frame Layout Guide – 3D Printed (Free STL Download)
I’ve been fascinated with timber framing for a few years. This is when you use lots of big pieces of wood, called timers, and traditional woodworking joinery, such as the mortise and tenon. It fell... [read more]
Sep
6
2022
Mountain Bike: Knobbies at Stanford Rock
The past two years I’ve been doing some night mountain bike rides with a group of people called the Knobbies. We do rides around the north shore of Tahoe, such as in Truckee, Incline, and... [read more]
Aug
4
2022
Video: Log Tenon Cutter for $5 to make log furniture
My deck’s railing broke last winter due to some snow falling off the roof and onto it. I needed a way to make some log tenons to repair broke pieces. I searched around on the... [read more]
Jul
22
2022
Photos: Lotus Bowl #3, Cherry with Purple Ghost Epoxy
I wanted a slightly larger size than Lotus Bowl #1, and I realized I could turn it slightly to get a larger piece out of the same limited Y axis that I have on my... [read more]
Jul
18
2022
Photos: Lotus Bowl #1, Madrone with Epoxy
Following up my last post on the Lotus Bowl Video. Here are a few photos of my latest CNC woodworking art piece. This bowl is rather small; I’d really like to make bigger bowls, but... [read more]
Jul
17
2022
Video: Lotus Bowl – CNC Woodworking
In this video I show how I made my new Lotus Bowl. I was inspired by the lotus flower, and wanted to create a shape that would have lots of overlapping features. The first bowl... [read more]
Jul
14
2022
Video: Workshop Tour – Shop Design and Layout Ideas
In this video I want to show everyone my new shop and discuss some of the design and layout ideas I had for my tools. I covered a lot of the basic stuff here on... [read more]
Jun
12
2022
Garage Doors – The Truckee Workshop Part 19
We have garage doors! It was a long process to get them. Way back in September we started looking at options. I originally wanted some faux-wood doors, as I’m not too into the steel modern... [read more]
Apr
6
2022
Drywall Finish, Painting & Lights – The Truckee Workshop Part 18
There has been a lot of details left to finish my workshop. If you are just jumping in to this, check out my overview of all the posts on how I built this shop: the... [read more]
Apr
4
2022
DIY Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating – The Truckee Workshop Part 17
In my last post, I talked about the drywall install. If you are new here, check out my overview posts for the Truckee Workshop Project. Truckee gets really cold in the winter, and I needed... [read more]
Mar
23
2022
15,000 Pounds of Drywall – The Truckee Workshop Part 16
The last post I talked about getting my shop insulation done. If you are just jumping into this page, then check out the overview of posts in ascending order: The Truckee Workshop Project. The Nevada... [read more]
Mar
21
2022
Shop Insulation – The Truckee Workshop Part 15
In the previous post, I discussed my shop electrical wiring decisions. If you are jumping in here, be sure to check out all the posts on the entire Truckee Workshop Project. Truckee is cold in... [read more]
Mar
19
2022
Electrical – The Truckee Workshop Part 14
In my last post I discussed what workshop lights I was going to use to get the right amount of lumens per square foot. That was necessary in order to layout the electrical wiring inside... [read more]
Mar
17
2022
CNC Woodworking: Wood Drips on Bowl
For quite a while I’ve had the idea of making a wood bowl that has wood drips off the top and over the edges. This idea is just an extension of the epoxy “drip” bowls... [read more]
Feb
12
2022
Workshop LED Lighting Design – The Truckee Workshop Part 13
Designing proper lighting for a workshop can be tricky. I’m going to try to break it down into some simple decisions in case you are wanting to do something similar. In the last post I... [read more]
Feb
2
2022
Butterfly Bowl – Translucent Purple with Madrone Bottom & Drips
The very last CNC woodworking bowl that I made was this translucent purple butterfly bowl, with madrone wood “drips”. This was before I moved away and packed up my workshop and was made in 2020.... [read more]
Jan
28
2022
Photography: Truckee Sunrise
The sun is rising in the east, but the camera is pointed towards the west. The initial rays of the sun give that alpine glow when the clouds are just right. This was one of... [read more]
Jan
14
2022
3D Artwork: Lotus Experimentation
A flower I designed and rendered. This one isn’t for machining, and was just for playing around with to create something as artwork for the computer. It looks great as a desktop background! Click on... [read more]
Dec
30
2021
CNC Woodworking: Lotus Bowl Design
July 2022 update: I made this bowl in real life. Check out the result: Lotus Bowl CNC woodworking. This is an animation rendering of a concept bowl that I designed from scratch. I’m hoping to... [read more]
Dec
28
2021
Exterior Siding & Roofing – Truckee Workshop Part 12
After wrapping the house the next step was to get it sealed for winter. Check out the previous post where I did that work: Wrapping the Workshop. The roofers came and put on the roof... [read more]
Dec
26
2021
Photography: Truckee Snowy Sunset and Moonrise
I took this photo from our deck using my drone[aff link]. The moon was much bigger in person, and I edited the image a bit in Lightroom. You can tell by looking at the sky... [read more]
Dec
25
2021
Photography: Morning Truckee Sunrise
We got about three inches of snow a few days ago, and the forecast is for up to 8′! Here is the sunrise from this morning off our deck in Truckee, California.
Dec
16
2021
Exterior Prep and Wrap – Truckee Workshop Part 11
In the last post I wrote about how me and the crew got the building semi-roofed; the OSB sheathing covered most stuff and would keep out most rain. It did rain a bit and test... [read more]
Dec
12
2021
Ceiling and Roof Construction – Truckee Workshop Part 10
In the last post I talked about how we go the steel posts and main beam installed for my garage/shop project. I was working really hard to get the roof on and keep everything dry,... [read more]
Dec
10
2021
Steel Posts and the Ridge Beam Install – Truckee Workshop Part 9
The outer shell of the structure went up pretty quickly, and it was soon time to get the main ridge beam installed and begin roof sheathing. My plans called for two steel posts supporting three... [read more]
Dec
8
2021
Framing a Woodshop – The Truckee Workshop Part 8
Once the wood was delivered it was go time for construction. I needed to get it roofed before winter started rolling in, and the pre-framed walls gave me a pretty good head start, but this... [read more]
Dec
6
2021
Wood Package Delivery – The Truckee Workshop Part 7
The slab was done and it was now time to get the wood package from Pacific Modern Homes Inc (PMHI) via my dealer California Precut Homes (CPH). Once my plans were approved by the county... [read more]
Dec
5
2021
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