It used to be that CAD software and other 3d design solutions were complicated and difficult to use without years of training. Today, however, the traditional forms of software are becoming easier to use and there are alternatives such as Google sketchup which allows users to intuitively design 3d models for free. The creation of physical objects from those models is also within the grasp of the average user today, thanks to 3d printing and other types of automated manufacturing. [Read more…]
3d plywood lettering now available in all colors of the rainbow
So I finally got around to cutting some new colors of 3d plywood lettering, and uploaded the pictures to my shop on Etsy. The “attached” lettering shown above, makes a great present for children. [Read more…]
Making a perfectly stacking stool (with a cnc router)
I had been chasing this idea around in my brain for months and months, and then a client approached me (a young Australian, looking to furnish his cafe in friedrichshain with furniture he made himself) with a very similar design, and for me, that was the tipping point. Too often have I discovered that a design I have been “working on” has already been designed by someone else, and if the design is too similar, then I will be the copy cat, regardless of the fact that the idea originated in my head. [Read more…]