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Mother’s Day Gifts!
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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Mother’s Day is coming up and like everybody else I need to give out gifts to the very deserving moms in my life. I wanted to make something that was unique, memorable and most importantly usable throughout the year. Family photos and photos in general are alway precious to most moms. So, I decided to gen up something to uniquely display the photos. I’m etching the photos onto 1/8” thick acrylic. I just started using Lightburn software and I have to say its a HUGE upgrade over RDWorks. The software makes converting images into a laser engravable format a breeze....
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- Tags: acrylic, battery powered, edge lit, Gift, lighted, mom, Mother’s Day, Photo, portraits, sign
Resin Art
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- Tags: art, burl wood, casting, cube, hello kitty, Mandalorian, mold, resin, sphere, star wars, starship, Tie Bomber
Club Quarantine Party Lights
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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My wife has been really digging the @dnice Club Quarantine dance party. It's been a really nice break while we stay at home. To help her get in the vibe a little more, I whipped up a sign. I cut it out of 1/8" acrylic and put on a portable battery operated stand. Perfect to setup any place in the house while she gets her groove on!
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- Tags: acrylic, battery operated, club quarantine, covid19, dance party, dnice, laser cut, Laser etched, LED, lighted sign
Sabacc Credit Chips
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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With a lot of time on my hands now, I'm coming up with more creative ways to engage the family. I purchased a set of Sabaac cards from Star Wars Galaxy Edge. The card deck is cool but you can't really get that Sabacc experience with out some credits to make it lively. I didn't want to use regular poker chips so I needed to make something that matches up. I started playing around with some ideas. The deck uses three suits. Triangle, square and circle. I wanted to incorporate these into the design like traditional poker chips. The first...
Organizing CNC Bits
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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I have been doing a lot of wood and plastic cutting on the CNC machine for projects. Over the last year or two I have picked up a number of different types of bits for different jobs. Diamond drag cutter for engraving, compression bit for wood, multiple engraver bits and on. I had been storing them in an old plastic container. But that really isn't the best solution and I was always misplacing them. So, since I have this nifty CNC machine that makes things, I figured I should make something to hold my things. Turns out this was...