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 [...]

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 [...]

The 'Bubble' Furniture Collection

 

Teenagers "Bubble" Bed.

Project Brief: A Maker approached us about designing a bed for her teenage daughter. The challenge to this project was that she wanted something unique and feminine but that also reflected her daughter’s personality. We drew out several designs for her to mull over and it was what she coined as the ‘Bubble [...]

Trade Show Exhibit Fixture: Quick and Simple

Early concept drawing.

Project Brief: My Maker wanted a simple, light, and quick-to-assemble display cabinet for trade shows to help market a new line of women’s creams and beauty and bath products. The unit needed to ship flat on a small palette and to be able to be assembled by one woman with no tools.  [...]

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 [...]