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
Making a Workshop Slab Foundation – The Truckee Workshop Part 6
In the previous post I talked about excavation. Jump back there if you missed it, or check out all the posts for my Workshop Project 2021. Once the digging was done the guys from Bobby... [read more]
Dec
4
2021
Excavation – The Truckee Workshop Garage Part 5
I hired Bobby Jones Concrete to do both my excavation and concrete foundation. Initially I had contacted them to just do the concrete, but they mentioned they also did digging. It was easier for me... [read more]
Nov
29
2021
Site Prep – The Truckee Workshop Garage Part 4
At this point I was waiting for my permit application to be reviewed, but I could start doing some general site preparation. The site had a huge pile of construction wood from when the house... [read more]
Nov
27
2021
The Overall Process – The Truckee Workshop Garage Part 3
Check out my previous article where I discussed how I got plans for my workshop. I want to go back a bit and discuss the overall top level process for getting an owner-builder permit. When... [read more]
Nov
24
2021
Getting Plans – The Truckee Workshop Garage – Part 2
Previously, I discussed some of the initial workshop layout in part 1. The Truckee area gets a lot of snow which limits the construction season. This greatly affected my decision on how to get the... [read more]
Nov
19
2021
Workshop and Woodshop Design – The Truckee Workshop Garage – Part 1
We live near Lake Tahoe, California in a town called Truckee. When we bought the house it didn’t have a garage, and I was perfectly fine with that. I knew I wanted to have a... [read more]
Nov
6
2021
3D Artwork: Faux Watercolor Tree
I stumbled across a Blender tutorial where Diego Gangl created a faux watercolor texturing technique in Blender. It is amazing! I decided to take the effect and apply it to a generated tree using the... [read more]
Nov
6
2021
macOS 12 Monterey and User Interface Inconsistencies
Details matter, but they are getting lost. At Apple I worked on the main User Interface (UI) framework called AppKit for about 13 years. I would help enforce UI consistency in applications by logging bugs... [read more]
Oct
31
2021
3D Artwork: Tree with Pink Cube
I’m playing around with tree generation using Blender with the Sapling plugin. I first traced the outline of a maple tree and used it as a leaf instance. The tree plugin has a ton of... [read more]
Jul
28
2021
3D Artwork: Bonsai Tree with Blender
I’ve been working on learning Blender, a free open-source 3D program available for macOS, Windows and Linux. I have a lot of goals with learning it, but the main thing is just to have fun.... [read more]
Jul
26
2021
Video: How to Shift Gears on a Unicycle!
I have been riding a geared unicycle since around 2006 or 2007. At that time Schlumpf Innovations partnered with Kris Holm Unicycles to develop a shiftable geared unicycle hub. Florian Schlumpf already had a regular... [read more]
Jul
13
2021
Pt1: Timber Framed Greenhouse Design
I’ve been fascinated with timber framing since I learned about the concept about a year ago. We have a lot of trees on our property and I’m planning on building a greenhouse utilizing traditional timber... [read more]
May
16
2021
The Duality Unicycle Handle – Part 2 Strength
This is a continuation of the last post introducing the project. This project isn’t done (it isn’t strong enough), but feel free to play with things and download the files. I uploaded the latest STL,... [read more]
Apr
28
2021
The Duality Unicycle Handle – Part 1
Last year I ventured into the world of 3D printing when one of my friends gave me an old Airwolf 3D printer. It required a lot of tinkering to get good prints, and I learned... [read more]
Apr
27
2021
Secret Locking Batman Dark Knight Box
What’s up CNC woodworkers! This is a batman themed “Dark Knight” box made on my CNC router. The lid fits perfectly on top of the box and has a secret latching mechanism activated by magnets... [read more]
Oct
18
2020
Ep 4: CNC Woodworking – Making an Epoxy Drip Bowl in the Shop
The is the final episode in my tutorial series on how to create a bowl on a CNC machine. This isn’t just a basic bowl, but has some cool 3D drips milled into the top... [read more]
Sep
28
2020
Ep 3: CNC Woodworking – CAM / Tool Path Design in Fusion 360
This is episode three on how to design an epoxy drip bowl in Fusion 360 for the purposes of creating it out in wood on a CNC machine. I walk through how to create a... [read more]
Sep
19
2020
Ep 2: How to Design an Epoxy Drip Bowl for CNC Woodworking – Stock / Mold Design in Fusion 360
This is episode two on how to design an epoxy drip bowl in Fusion 360 for the purposes of creating it out in wood on a CNC machine. If you missed it, go back and... [read more]
Sep
17
2020
Professional Mountain Unicyclist – TV Commercial Work
I’ve been unicycling for a long time, and I recently heard about a casting call for a mountain unicyclist. I’ve done paid jobs as a circus artist, but they are mainly for doing cyr wheel... [read more]
Sep
16
2020
Ep 1: How to Design an Epoxy Drip Bowl in Fusion 360 for CNC Woodworking – CAD Design
I decided to do a tutorial series demonstrating a lot of the techniques I use to make a wood drip bowl on my CNC machine. In the above video I discuss all the steps I... [read more]
Aug
18
2020
Heart Bowl in Cherry Wood with Purple Drips – CNC Woodworking
I made a few of the heart bowls on my CNC machine out of redwood and hard maple. Check out the CNC Heart Bowl video over on YouTube to watch me making them. I had... [read more]
Aug
12
2020
Purple Epoxy Butterfly Bowl – CNC Woodworking
This project idea started out with WiseBond epoxy asking if I wanted to try out some of their new color shifting mica powders. I’m part of their affiliate program, which allows me to get a... [read more]
Aug
10
2020
Epoxy River Table Style Bathroom Vanity Cabinet
Hey epoxy woodworkers! I needed a new vanity for my upstairs bathroom, so this is what I came up with. Make one for your own house! Let’s get into the details on what you need,... [read more]
Jun
7
2020
Batman Dark Knight Wood Bowl – CNC Woodworking – 3D CNC Wood Carving
I thought I’d continue my bowl making and create a batman themed bowl using the dark knight logo. I machined it on my Tormach and used walnut wood, because that is the perfect dark night... [read more]
May
30
2020
The River Box / Waterfall Box
Okay! I’ve made a few of these “river boxes”. My first one was back in August 2019 with the Spalted Blue River Box. Since then I’ve made a few others. I made one for my... [read more]
May
23
2020
Drip Butterfly Bowls – CNC Woodworking
I made some of the initial drip butterfly bowls before the heart bowls, but I had wanted to release the heart bowl video specifically on mother’s day. These bowls are a combination of several ideas,... [read more]
May
17
2020
Heart Bowls – CNC Woodworking
My dad’s wife Karen mentioned that she liked my Chaos Bowl and wanted to buy it. There’s no way that I would charge money for my immediate family members to get some of my woodworking... [read more]
May
9
2020
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