Simple Shaker Christmas Ornaments
Holiday Shaker Ornaments Project Overview: Hopefully, this will be up in time for all your holiday crafting needs. Shaker ornaments are not new, there are thousands of variations and styles,…
Using Deepnest for the Glowforge (or Other Laser Cutter)
Using Deepnest.io Project Overview: This is a really simple post, made even simpler because if you don't want to read you can watch a video! WATCH THE VIDEO Take some…
UV Resin Revisited
Revisiting UV Resin Project Overview: So the first you might notice is that this blog has a new format! I spend most of my regular workday working on web stuff…
Laser Cut Name Sign Design | Additional Techniques
In my previous post, I showed a few techniques for the basics of sign design. In this follow up post, I will share a few additional tips and tricks and…
Simple Name Sign Design
Making name signs is one of the most popular Glowforge projects. It's very easy, and it's a great project to start with. It's also pretty lucrative for many sign makers.…
Getting Bright Colors with Unicorn Spit
In a previous experiment, I tried painting a pair of maple plywood earrings with alcohol ink. For the most part, it worked fine, but I wanted to see what my…
Advanced Sign Techniques II – Adhesives & Standoffs
I'm currently working my way through some more "advanced" sign-making techniques. This post will primarily focus on one of the most annoying things in sign making - attaching everything together.…
Soldering LEDs for Signage – Sign Design Techniques
In a previous post, I worked on creating an LED backed university sign as a gift. Well, I'm at it again, but this time I wanted to try my hand…
Designing Jewelry Stands for Laser Cutting
In my previous post I did a lot of experimentation with making small pressure fit earrings or charms (or whatever I haven't totally decided what they will be). Well, now…
Acrylic Super Haul – Testing a Range of Acrylics on the Glowforge
Recently I've been doing a lot of research into different Acrylic suppliers. Although there are plenty of places to get solid colors, I really wanted to start trying some more…