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We have just released our 10mm laser-cut humpback whale kit on our WoodMarvels.com site. We are hoping to add tremendously to our “mammals” section in the very near future once we are all caught-up with our innovative square dowel system but until then, a refresh of just about all our models is the main focus. We also decided to remove all Google Adsense advertising from our main WoodMarvels.com site, not because the conversion wasn’t good but because we are working [...]

We have now released our submarine, one of our earlier models, as a laser-cut kit available now at our site using 10mm thick Eurolite plywood. Approximate dimensions are 30cm long, 12cm high with a fin span of 10cm and the wheels are 6mm thick. You can find this amazing WoodMarvels.com product by navigating to Theme / Weapons of Mass Fun. You may have noticed that we have changed the naming of our kits at this time as well, no longer [...]

We have completed the entire transition of our Dinosaur Collection to be a complete, self-contained, laser cut on-demand kit! Be sure to order yours right now because there will be a significant delay in on-demand production once the orders come flooding in! > Laser-Cut Kits (4mm) Aproximate sizes on material thickness of 4mm: Brontosaurus:17cm long, 11cm high and with a width of 2.6cm Centrosaurus: 15cm long, 5.5cm high and with a width of 2.5cm Pterodactyl: 18cm long, 5cm high and [...]

Woodmarvels.com has now released the final piece of our dinosaur collection, the parasaurolophus! Like the other wood marvels, this one is available both laser-cut and as blueprints if you want to build your very own! > Laser-Cut Kits (4mm) Approximate dimensions: 17.5cm long, 7.5cm high and with a width of 2.6cm. Material thickness is 4mm. > Laser-Cut Kits (6mm) Approximate dimensions: 26.5cm long, 11.5cm high and with a width of 4cm. Material thickness is 6mm. You get twins with this [...]

Woodmarvels.com is proud to release our stegosaurus laser-cut kit including our integrated square dowel system! This the fourth in the initial series of 5 wooden dinosaurs we designed quite a little while ago and we look forward to adding more to the gang! > Laser-Cut Kits (10mm) Approximate dimensions: 44cm long, 14cm high and with a width of 6.5cm. Material thickness is 10mm. > Laser-Cut Kits (6mm) Approximate dimensions: 26.5cm long, 8.5cm high and with a width of 4cm. Material [...]

Woodmarvels.com is proud to release our centrosaur laser-cut kit including our integrated square dowel system! This the third in the initial series of 5 wooden dinosaurs we designed quite a little while ago and look forward to adding more to the gang! > Laser-Cut Kits (10mm) Approximate dimensions: 38cm long, 14cm high and with a width of 6.5cm. Material thickness is 10mm. > Laser-Cut Kits (6mm) Approximate dimensions: 23cm long, 8cm high and with a width of 4cm. Material thickness [...]

We are slowly migrating all of our designs away from round dowels and into pre-cut square ones that come with the model. There are two HUGE advantages to this! First, the client no longer needs to go to the hardware store to find, measure and cut wooden dowels and second, everything “just fits” right out of the box! So if you feel you are re-living past Woodmarvels.com blog posts, now you know why, it isn’t deja vue > Laser-Cut Kits [...]

I just saw a screencast from Magento, our e-commerce platform, that finally, downloadable products are going to be possible! This is fantastic news as it means you no can get access to your PDFs immediately once the payment is processed by Paypal instead of having to wait for us to manually e-mail it to you! This update also seems to offer storage of previously purchased PDFs, which would be a great feature for our customers. This also opens-up many other [...]

Comment: Hi Woodmarvels people. I really hope you can answer this question. Is it possible to make a full time income or substantial income from Ponoko? Correct Question We got a question today from Earl that I thought a blog reply would be more useful. The question is essentially, can you make money with Ponoko? Asking if you can make money with Ponoko isn’t the right question to ask, the correct question is: Are you ambitious enough to turn the [...]

It seems that with every paradigm shift within any industry, there are those who stick to old methods at their own detriment, mostly due to fear. New ways ARE superior I have seen more then my fair share of websites dedicated to why the “old” way of doing things is far superior to “new” advances. The reasons why the new things are inferior are usually pushed by those with a vested interest in keeping the status-quo. Woodworking websites are one [...]