CNC

CNC Woodworking: The Wok Spatula

Video Link: Wok Spatula Build Video. One of my friends asked if I could make a spatula for him. I thought this would be a good opportunity to add some more designs to my catalog,... [read more]
General

Curved Wood Inlays with the CNC

I created the VCarve Inlay Plugin for Autodesk Fusion in order to automate the process on how to create inlays. A few weeks ago I wrote a post all about it: The VCarve Inlay Plugin... [read more]
Woodworking

Custom Program File Names in Autodesk Fusion 360

Post processing is the CNC term used when you turn a design into a GCode file that the machine can actually run. Autodesk Fusion’s default naming convention is not all that exciting, and I wanted... [read more]
General

CNC Woodworking: Curvy Cabinet with Textured Drawers

Back in September I finished two of these Curvy Cabinets with Drawers to match my last bookcase style shoe rack. This project took a lot of time, but that is mainly because I didn’t want... [read more]
Woodworking

Modern Woodworking: A Curved Bookcase (Really for Shoes, Not Books)

We needed a better entry way organization system for our house. Something to store shoes, jackets, and our winter gear: hats, gloves, scarves, socks and any other miscellaneous stuff that collects by our front door.... [read more]
Woodworking

Concept Flower Thing v2

This project started out as a design exploration using “Surfaces” in Autodesk Fusion based around some rough sketches I did on paper. I wanted to create a bowl-like project that was challenging to build in... [read more]
Woodworking

Curved Entry Way Table – Modern Woodworking

I’ve been wanting to build more furniture for our house, and I’ve long been inspired by seeing Michael Peckovich’s work, especially his Curved Entry Way Table that I saw in his book Foundations of Woodworking.... [read more]
Woodworking

Part 2: The Best Miter Station – CAD and Shop Work

In my last blog post I discussed a bit about my miter station design ideas. I finished up a video where I discuss some of the overall CAD design concepts and how I did a... [read more]
Woodworking

The Dragon Scale Bowl

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]
Woodworking

The Articulating Wood Snakes

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]
Woodworking

Ep 1: CAD Dovetail Design in Autodesk Fusion 360

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]
Woodworking

Oak and Epoxy Five Petal Flower Bowl

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]
Woodworking

Building a Wall Cabinet / Medicine Cabinet

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]
Woodworking

The Mirror Frame v1 and Other Concepts

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]
Woodworking

The Five Petal Flower Bowl

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]
Woodworking

The Falcon Automata

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]
Woodworking

The Corner Cabinet – CNC Woodworking

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]
Woodworking

The Voronoi Texture Cabinet Design

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]
Woodworking

Video & Notes: CNC Vertical Work Table

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]
Woodworking
Wood inlay - pineapple shape with walnut wood on cherry

Video: Perfect CNC Inlays

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]
Woodworking

Hex Salad Bowl with Wood Inlay – CNC Woodworking

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]
Woodworking

Video: Hexagonal Salad Bowl

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]
Woodworking

Video: How to Make a CNC Spoilboard

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]
Woodworking

CNC Dust Boot / CNC Dust Shoe / Dust Manifold / Version 2.0

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]
Woodworking

Burning Man 2023 Art Bike Project

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]
Adventures, Video

Salad Utensil Set – Hibiscus Inlay – Cherry and Walnut

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]
Woodworking

Video: CNC’ed Salad Bowl – A Failure?

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]
Woodworking

Videos: Shallow Flow Bowl – CNC Woodworking Projects

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]
Woodworking

Video: Wood Heart Boxes

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]
Woodworking

Avid CNC ATC Post Processor for Fusion 360

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]
Woodworking

Avid CNC ATC Post Processor Setup – Vectric VCarve / Vectric Aspire

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]
Woodworking

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