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The design process behind the Rusk Straf was relatively straight forward from the start, I knew what I was looking for and this was achieved rather quickly. I guess there are just so many ways to go about designing a twin-engine aircraft! Rusk Straf Dual-Ramjet Stealth Plane: Design Evolution (720HD)

Sure it’s a mouthful but the Rusk Straf Dual-Ramjet Stealth Plane is a really cool wooden aircraft that I’ve been wanting to design since I did the P-38 Lightning about a year ago… consider this the futuristic refresh of that old plane. If you are wondering where the “Rusk” came from, it’s an empire I imagined in my science fiction book 2847A.D.: Solar Horizons which I wrote a while back. You can find this aircraft along with the P-38 Lighting [...]

If you want to see how the Spring Basket and Easter Island designs evolved from start to finish, you can see them here. In both cases, I knew exactly what I was looking for, simple – straight forward designs – which had as few pieces as possible while still being visually interesting. You can buy both designs at WoodMarvels.com under Theme / Holidays / Spring (Easter) in DXF, EPS, PDF and laser cut kit form. As always, lots of other [...]

This Bobcat Mini is now available at WoodMarvels.com thanks to our newest designer collaboration, Mathew! This project has “Woodraulics” which is an amazing word. You can find it right now in EPS, DXF, PDF and physical laser cut kit under Collaboration / Mathew. 3DS Max 2012 is amazing and this was the first project I rendered using this Autodesk update which I use to make all my design work and outputted animation work. Updated texture, better lighting and a few [...]

I’m happy to announce that the layout for the third volume of WoodMarvels.com designs is now done! It has taken over a year to build-up since the last volume and will be the same 200 pages and large sheet format as the other volume with a few extra surprises. Like the previous book, it will be made available at both Amazon.com in physical form and at my site, WoodMarvels.com, digitally for download. It includes the following designs. Level 1 Hippopotamus [...]

This is the second “Easter” Spring inspired design designed by WoodMarvels.com. This floral inspired wooden basket is based very loosely off the famous lotus. As with all the designs featured on the site, this is built strong and made to last! You can buy this Spring Basket at WoodMarvels.com under Shop by Theme / Holidays / Easter (Spring) in DXF, EPS, PDF and physical laser cut kit. Spring Basket: 3D Assembly Animation (720HD)

I’m happy to launch this new Easter Island Secret Storage Head Bookend… other than a long title, it’s a rather hefty statue true to the stone ones on Rapa Nui where it’s thought the people cut down all the trees and were left to starve and die on the island without a way off. Alternatively, maybe just the mini ice age affected their civilization where wood was needed to keep their stone homes warm! Either way, Easter Island is a [...]

March blew by at great speed… April already! Wow! I designed a few new things that will see the light of day in April but until then, I launched a few other projects in March. Things are usually dead sales wise this time of year but oddly enough, this year, things are just going up with international sales picking-up steam! So, what happened at WoodMarvels.com over the past month of March? Tom joined the ranks of WoodMarvels.com designers selling their [...]