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A very special thanks to Angus at Hines Design Lab whom I announced a partnership with about a month ago. He has cut and assembled our really cool Mars Rover: Opportunity design and now, you can see the end results on Make. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/impressive_laser-cut_wooden_mars_ro.html There is A LOT more in the pipeline, I got videos, assembly photos… you name it and possibly another partnership to announce as well related to the Rover.

Although I really enjoy working and learning from other designers here at WoodMarvels.com, I still need to take a break and design my own stuff as well. Importance of applying new knowledge Learning new things from others is nice but not very useful until you put them in practice. If you wait too long though, you quickly forget what you learned and never really progress. After I designed the Platform Crane B, I pretty much went on a design binge [...]

WoodMarvels.com is now an official Vector Clip 3D reseller, what’s unique about this clipart business is that it offers digital downloads, up to 10 a day of the thousands of designs they have on their site. Thanks to our partnership with them, you can now get an annual membership at great savings off their regular price. You can buy it right now at our main site under the heading “vector clipart”, makes for the perfect product for any laser and [...]

I thought September was nuts, well, October was nuts on steroids! Wow… so much happened and I don’t even remember half of it! This is why I do these public monthly reviews at WoodMarvels.com, it’s a way for me to evaluate my business and seek new opportunities. I had a few problems with uploading videos since I moved to China, hopefully those will get sorted out sooner than later but this month, total video views grew by a healthy 108%. [...]

Stephane is our newest designer here at WoodMarvels.com and the first model he has designed is his amazing Farmer’s Junior Tractor! He originally made this model for his two sons out of wooden dowels and as soon as I saw it, I just had to make a laser cut version and launch it here! Believe it or not, this assembly animation took upwards of a week to render… but the quality and feedback so far has made it well worth [...]