Fidgety Clicky Button Box
Monday, January 4th, 2021
Small button box, milled wooden housing, acrylic control panel, and 10 “clicky” buttons. It doesn’t actually do too much, but is surprisingly fun to play with.
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Wooden Car
Monday, January 4th, 2021
Another CNC’d wooden car with some pink acrylic sides.
Canlactus
Sunday, December 6th, 2020
Canlactus, devourer of worlds.
CNC Jig for Slots
Sunday, December 6th, 2020
My latest tin can toy is based on Galactus. The main feature are the antennas on the side of the helmet. And the parts that connect the antenna fins to the head turned out to be the trickiest pieces. I made a jig for the mill so I could slot the aluminum. Then I turned them to the correct size on the lathe.
Walnut Caster Car
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020Made a fun little walnut Caster Car. Everything was CNC’d on the Bantam mill then sandwiched together.
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Deceptively Difficult Part
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
This walnut part was deceptively difficult to wrap my head around. Perfect part for the 4-axis though.
Iron Man Totem Pole
Monday, February 25th, 2019
Messing Around with some designs.
Wooden Doll Peg Experiments
Monday, January 21st, 2019
I recently taught an art toy design class where I used off the shelf wooden doll pegs as a blank canvas for my students. I liked the idea of using a humble craft material as a starting point. Below are a bunch of experiments I did in color, form, and texture.
Caster Car
Tuesday, July 24th, 2018
A toy car experiment, borrowed heavily from Tai Geng’s otto and Playsam’s Streamliner.
Two pieces of milled plywood and some modified caster wheels made for a pretty fast little racer.
Octopus Toy Prototype
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Octopus Walk. Maple and spring door stops. Kind of a first pass at an octopus toy. The proportions are way off, but I wanted to see if there is anything in the movement that I liked.
