1000 Sharks

This is my 1000th laser cut item. It's nearly my fifth blog anniversary and I wanted to make something epic so I built this shark tank a...

Cryptex Ring

I set out this evening to make a cryptex , it was fairly ambitious given that I also had to pack for New York. Instead all I managed to achi...

Wavy Bowl

I made some bowls before but I lost some of them at the Newcastle Maker Faire this year, as I'm bringing my 'A' game to New Y...

Counter Mechanism

I finished the counter mechanism , I doubled the size of the wheels to make them easier to run and I added a detent mechanism to ensure that...

Church Window 2

I made a church window a long time ago and I was never very happy with the way some of the layers were offset. The perfectionist in me alwa...

200 Sharks

I'll be attending the New York Maker Faire  this weekend coming. I'm taking as many items and kits as I can possibly manage but I al...

Coaster

I was inspired by some end grain chopping boards I saw on you tube to try and recreate some of the techniques with the laser cutter. This co...

Cheese board

I've had this chopping board in my garage for at least a year and I figured now was the time to finally put something on it. I found a n...

Lampshade

We're doing a bit of decorating which means we shuffled rooms round too and Kim is now studying in a room without a lampshade. It's ...

Counter Prototype 2

I should have known that the master of woodwork Matthias Wandel  would have also built a counter and he did it much better than I did. This...

Shark Kits

I have combined all my tips and tricks for making a good kit into this one new design now available for sale in my store . You've seen t...

Mechanical Counter Prototype

I want to keep track of how many times I've performed a task with a little mechanical counter so I built this prototype. This was intend...

Crucifixes

One of the stranger request I've ever had. Gradwell came round to see me this evening to test if it would be possible to engrave onto th...