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Archive for January, 2008

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It took us but a few months but we have reached a new milestone here at WoodMarvels.com… our 50th model! We have thus launched two new portraits, one called “Waves of Hope” and “Freedom” which essentially describes our motto here at WoodMarvels. There are many options in life, but spreading hope and the idea of freedom are always in style. Enjoy building and showcasing these great looking wooden portraits at your home or woodshop.

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Well, we are starting yet another new series here at WoodMarvels.com… Portraits! Nothing shows your dedication to the craft of woodworking like your very own wooden art lining the walls of your home or cottage. There are great projects to get very well acquainted with your scroll saw or jig saw. These are unique patterns of which there are many more to come. You can find both of these wood blueprints in the “Portraits” category.
We hope to have the animations [...]

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Well, as you can see, we are done streaming all our animations so not only what your new Marvel will look like but also how it’s constructed. Each new model we release now will have the streamed animation tacked on as well, just go to the product listing or information page to see the 3D animation.
We have been rather busy over the past few weeks but now that this streaming business is behind us, I am pleased to announce the [...]

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At WoodMarvels.com, we pride ourselves with providing great plans at an affordable price but even better, we try to make our wooden marvels as easy to produce as possible using the fewest steps from start to finishing. Unless otherwise indicated, most of our joint cuts are at 90 degrees and usually require no more then a good jigsaw, sharp woodworkers chisel, some glue and a drill as equipment. You will notice that we rarely have a need to use nails [...]

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After a lot of hard work improving every aspect of WoodMarvels.com, I am pleased to announce the launch of our Woodworking Tools & Equipment Shop has now been launched. You can now purchase all your shop equipment from the comfort of your computer and have everything shipped right to your door!
Our Woodworking Tools & Equipment Shop offers you a way of supporting WoodMarvels.com on it’s continuing mission to release great woodworking project plans at an affordable price, utilizing the best [...]

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Things are progressing very well, I expect the entire process of streaming all of our current wooden project plans 3D animations to be finished by sometime Monday. Only a few more are left to be done and we have also taken this opportunity to update ALL of our blueprint template files with a an easy to use grid format. Being able to see a 3D animation of what you are about to build is invaluable… and we are more then [...]

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This is currently our only Level 3 model but we have plans on building a number of more complex wood project plans in the very near future. Stay tuned and enjoy this animation.

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We are now about 40% through streaming all our 3D “how to build” wooden animations, things are progressing very nicely and we look forward to seeing the positive impact of this on our site well into the future. Here is the stream of how to build a wooden crab, you can purchase the wood project plans for this under our Crustaceans category.

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Things are progressing very well, we have added streaming 3D to 15 percent of our products now. So far my favorite is the streaming video of our Mayan Temple Bank.

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Ever since the seed behind WoodMarvels.com began to take root, I wanted to stream all the animations for our products online for both clients and guests. The major obstacle to this was bandwidth costs but now, thanks to Revver, WoodMarvels.com can now offer this to everybody (clients and guests alike). We believe it will better help you understand what you are purchasing and 3D animation is a fantastic tool to follow along with our wood building project plans to better [...]

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