See what people are making with CarveWright
We’ve been working on a library project for almost 6 years, and it is nearly finished. Earlier this summer at the CarveWright Conference we gave tours and shared some photos in our post-conference blog. Now, we’ve gathered up photos outlining the progress of this great build to show you some of the steps taken along the…
By Chris Rawls Edited by Joe Lovchik Chris Rawls is one of the engineers who has been with the company since the beginning. He’s tested and helped develop every piece of the CarveWright machine and knows it upside down and backwards. Every now and then, he even gets a chance to make something with it,…
A quick project came up awhile back that I thought was a pretty cool use of my CarveWright. I play bass guitar with a band and we were discussing ordering a graphic printed bass drum head for this festival we were playing. We kind of dragged our feet and then there wasn’t enough time to order it….
I recently had the opportunity to use Michael Tyler’s (carvebuddy.com) spray paint marbleizing technique he demonstrated at the 2017 CarveWright Conference. It’s such a fun and easy technique, that I wanted to repost his videos here for everyone to learn. EZ Marbleizing Effect with Spray Paints Reposted from CarveBuddy.com This video demonstrates how to marbleize a wooden…
A few weeks ago I was presented with a section of an old weathered cedar fence that had been knocked down in a storm. It was brought in by a coworker with the idea we could up-cycle the material into something cool. We came up with the idea of using the CarveWright with a v-bit…
October is one of my favorite times of year. For starters, it’s finally cooling off enough to enjoy being in my shop. Summer temperatures can go on well into October down here in Houston. It’s also costume and prop season, which means lots of things to do in my shop. Halloween driving most of that, but…
If your family is anything like mine, than sitting at the dining table playing games is as much a part of Chistmas as opening presents. It’s such a wonderful way to spend hours laughing and enjoying the company of friends and family, especially when you don’t get to see them very often. Over the years,…
CarveWright user and master prop/costume maker, Shawn Thorsson, has written a book! “In this book, master prop maker Shawn Thorsson uses his unique blend of humor and insight to turn years of painful experience into detailed explanations. He’ll show you many of the tools, methods, and processes that you can use to create professional-looking science…
Shawn Thorsson’s work continues to amaze, not just us at CarveWright, but the entire world it seems. He’s featured multiple times a year in big publications and his work is shared regularly among the social media outlets. He recently had a Behind-the-Scenes video on Wired Magazine’s site, and has a book collaboration project with MAKE:…
