DiResta: Pirate Chest
In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy fashions himself the pirate chest to hold all his loot.
woodworking
Professor Strobel’s Superb Bowls
Professor Scott Strobel carves out time from his busy schedule as a Yale vice president and overseeing two labs in biophysics and biochemistry to make things of beauty: wooden bowls reclaimed from fallen trees around campus. Playing off a pun of his university’s football stadium, and with an approving nod from his colleagues in the Yale administration, he calls them “Yale Bowls.”
Diresta: Bandsaw Letters
At the request of some YouTube subscribers I made a more revealing video of my bandsaw technique and process.
How-To: Turn a Sewing Machine into a Scroll Saw
If you’ve got an extra sewing machine, but you need a functional scroll saw, then you can thank Instructables user SDX42 for this clever tutorial to make a sewing machine into a a scroll saw!
Tutorial: Laser Cutting Techniques and Projects
Ideas for designing projects that exploit the strengths (and avoid the weaknesses) of laser cutters.
Here are three projects, each of which demonstrates techniques and systems I’ve developed specifically for this form of digital fabrication.
DiResta: Walnut Meeting Table
I do not often use Sketch Up, but in this instance it was convenient for me to show my client the scale of the table he wanted. I created the image and was able to show him several views of the table.
Digital Fabber’s 2nd Annual CNC Jamboree
Digital Fabber’s CNC Jamboree recently held its second annual event in Long Lake Park in Lakeville, OH last month. It looked like a really cool event with demonstrations of CNC machines, classes on CBC best practices, and a show and tell of projects.