WoodMarvels Blog

The recently released Electronics Trophy had humble beginnings, as you can see from this animation showing how I built it from start (sketch) to finished project. The goal was to make it  look like a CPU with several fans that can move, it kept along that path very well but the bottom fan didn’t make much sense as I added so many more feet to the processor, meaning you don’t see “under” very well. I could have made a gear [...]

There are just some things that work better in Acrylic and as such, I’ve added a new heading at WoodMarvels.com called “Acrylics”. The first product is this great looking protractor designed by David Newman, who already has 11 other items in the “wood” section of the site. There are two versions included, the much larger teachers version at 35cm x 19cm and the student version at 15cm x 9cm. You can buy this in both DXF and EPS formats, both [...]

I wanted to design something that was literally “dead easy” and what’s easier to build than a dead fish! This fish pad is perfect for protecting table surfaces from heat or weight damage. It’s a quick to cut project and the physical kit comes with 3 clones… use the eye to keep them all together on a hook! You can find this in CNC router DXF format, laser cutting EPS format as well as PDF and physical form under Shop [...]

Yeah, I skipped a month… just so much happening behind the scenes it’s rather incredible I got through it. Traditionally our peak season for sales starts in Mid-August so I had to lay the groundwork and gets lots of things updated to prepare for the upcoming worldwide onslaught! It doesn’t feel like two months have passed… more like a few weeks! So, what happened at WoodMarvels.com over the past two months? I launched ShopMarvels.com which is an online directory and [...]