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Laser Project: Book cover

Just a quick test of cutting a fancy cover on an existing book. This was a willing donor from the Little Free Library out front:

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Splendor + Splendor Duel: one box edition

At our house, we like Splendor and Splendor Duel. Splendor has quite of bit of extra space inside the box, so I wanted to consolidate both Splendor games into a single box. A little cardboard prototyping: I used my laser … Continue reading

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Laser Project: computer riser

I have a stack of laptops I use for work. I typically rotate the one I need to the top of the stack, plug in cables for the monitor and keyboard. The laptop stack sits on top of my regular … Continue reading

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Laser Project: number plate

RiverHaven needs a number plate, as its street name and number have been updated. This one was made with two layers of acrylic, painted and glued.

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Laser Sketches, 2023 week 6

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Laser: Monsters and Labels

A quick little exercise while getting familiar with Lightburn: Simple label prototype for the Leviathan House maker: There isn’t much color contrast in the cardboard and soap, but the cutouts might really pop when I have a bigger difference between … Continue reading

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Laser Project 01

I’m currently cutting scrap cardboard while I’m learning the basics of how my laser engraver operates. During our last freez-apocalypse, we had a pipe burst in the attic. The shutoff valve box at the street was full of frozen mud … Continue reading

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Ticket to Ride wood insert

I recently consolidated our Ticket To Ride game with a [custom foamcore insert].  While I was mostly satisfied with what I created, looking at some of the fantastic examples on Reddit’s foamcore subreddit gave me an itch to go back … Continue reading

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Stop. Hammer time.

Man, this place is a ghost town… Here are some pics of a few chunks of an oak tree we had taken down at Rocky Valley Estates: After a knocking the pieces down to size with a bandsaw and getting … Continue reading

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Coop #2 preview #2

Rafters:

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