Another Extreme Makeover Project as Example

Project Brief: I thought this project that I did not long ago for the TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition might be a good example of the kinds of things ‘Fabbers’ using CNC tools can do for ‘Makers’ with an idea for a project they want cut or machined. I was contacted to see if [...]

The Cartesian Robot Project

By: Jacqueline J. Bosley

Project Brief: The Cartesian Robot Job that was posted on the 100 K Garage Board by a Maker from Chicago Illinois.

Project Scope: The project was a very straight forward, requiring us to only cut the customer-supplied drawing files. After reviewing the files and noticing that there were several cuts and holes that [...]

Monkeys Workshop: Fun and Unique Children's Furniture

Project Brief: Develop a line of fun furniture and art utilizing the CNC router.

Monkeys Workshop Bed Heads

Project Scope: I (Jason Berghauer) am employed by LGM, www.lgm3d.com , a company focused on architectural visualization.  We have in our shop, a ShopBot PRT Alpha with a special 16″ Z-axis that we use to mill terrain forms.  Let’s face it, 2009 [...]

Custom Race Car Guitar Body By 2018 Customs

Project Brief: At 2018 Customs and Studio we specialize in designing and fabbing custom guitars. For this build, my Maker wanted a custom race car guitar body that he designed which will be painted up like the #18 M&M’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race car. The design was sent to me on a sheet [...]

Custom Guitar Body By 2018 Customs

Finished custom guitar.

Project Brief: At 2018 Customs and Studio we specialize in designing and fabbing custom guitars. For this build, my Maker wanted a custom guitar body that was a variation in its design and construction from an Ibanez Fireman, a guitar originally designed by guitarist virtuoso Paul Gilbert.

Materials: The body was [...]

Extreme Makeover: My First Project for Ty

Project Brief: One morning a couple of springs ago, I checked the voicemail of my cell phone and found a message from Ty Pennington from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. “Hi Paul. This is Ty Pennington and I was wondering if you would ….”  Well, they had a pair of solid interior doors to his “SECRET [...]