Yes, It’s true, I made t-shirts and Christmas cards with the CarveWright! I used an old process called block printing. It’s been around forever, and many of you have probably even done it before. Traditionally, one would trace an image onto a block of some sort, carve away (by hand) the negative space to create…
This is part 4 of the Chess Table Project. Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 if you haven’t yet. Part one, covered the design and carving of the chess pieces and the idea stages of the table design. Part 2, discussed the process of designing, carving, and assembling the chess board for…
This is part 3 of the Chess Table Project. Check out Part 1 and Part 2, if you haven’t yet. In part one, I covered the design and carving of the chess pieces and the idea stages of the table design. Part 2 discussed the process of designing, carving, and assembling the chess board for…
This is part 2 of the Chess Table project. Check out part 1 here, if you haven’t yet. In part one, I covered the design and carving of the chess pieces and the idea stages of the table design. Now, I have the lumber (some really choice curly cherry and flame maple for the chess…
The featured project at the 2014 CarveWright Conference was a carved chess table and chess pieces. This project utilized almost every feature of the CarveWright system and is a great demonstration of it’s power to create anything. Below I’ll outline the processes we went through to design and build this project. The Chess Pieces Earlier…
I’ve been busy getting ready for the CarveWright Conference coming up June 26th-28th. There is so much to show off this year that I’ve had a hard time juggling so many projects at once. I am making good progress and have some things I’d like to show off. The new rotary jig has been getting…
It is that time of year again in Scouts and other groups…time to build your Pinewood Derby cars. The goal is to transform this… into a masterpiece of art and speed! Each year I make three cars (one each for my son and daughter and one for me). Finding the right balance in the time we…
The latest bit offerings from CarveWright allow for carving 2.125″ deep! They are the 1/16″ Long Carving Bit and the 1/8″ Long Carving Bit shown to the right. I’ve been working with these bits for the last few weeks on a variety of projects to see what I could do with them. Once I got…
In my virtual travels around the net, I occasionally come across something that blows my mind. Recently this happened, and I discovered it was being done with a CarveWright. I try to keep up with the world of 3D fabrication in general. With all the recent 3D printers and CNC machines flooding the market it…
Over the summer, we did another exciting molding project that turned out really well. I wanted to show it off before I got too far into other projects. We were putting some lamp posts along a boardwalk in my brother’s yard. These lamp posts needed pedestals to be secured to as well as to make…
September 5, 2013 So, I found a Fender Telecaster in a ditch that looks like some kid went Pete Townsend on it and needed to hide the evidence before mom found it in pieces. The neck is in perfect shape, and there are pickups and some hardware. Now, what to do with this. I am…
I am always looking through the CarveWright users forum to see what people are doing, and I am constantly impressed by the work they are presenting. We have some very talented customers, and their work speaks volumes about the CarveWright system. I wanted to just highlight a few that I really enjoyed in the last…
For the 2013 CarveWright Conference I wanted to build something big. I wanted a project that inspired and spoke to a variety of people and their diverse interests. I wanted to do a piece of cabinetry, but also wanted to use some experimental techniques to show off some new possibilities. We had created a “New…
Dick Bipes (DickB on the CW forum) posted this video today on the CarveWright users forum. He calls is B³ for Baileigh Bit Box, and is his submission for the Sawmillcreek.com contest sponsored by Baileigh Industrial. It is a very impressive box with custom designed hinges and a unique curved shape all designed and created…
Directors Bandstand Project 04/18/13 I am sure that all of you CarveWright owners can understand that owning such a cool machine means that you are constantly bombarded with people who would like your help with this project or that. I usually oblige eagerly because we constantly have new things to try or test on the machines here…
