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June 14th Live Workshop Follow Up

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Designing and Machining 2D Furniture

On Sunday June 14th I held a Live Sunday Workshop via Zoom. The topic was about how I design a modern hall table in CAD and how to setup your CNC to machine it. On the next workshop on June 21st, I’ll show you how to convert the 2D furniture into 3D carved furniture. Lots to see! Speaking of which, here’s a link to the recording on my YouTube Channel… youtube.com/digitalwoodworking.

June 14th, Live Sunday Workshop 2D Furniture

https://youtu.be/oPzfCgXYbKg

See you at the next Sunday Workshop on June 21st.

June 14th and 21st Live Sunday Workshops

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Okay it’s time to get serious. Two, back-back Sunday Workshops and Furnture Design and CNC Machining. On the June 14th workshop, I”ll show you how to take a very basic design and turn it into a modern hall table. Then I’ll show you how I setup the machine operations and how to make it on a small CNC.

On June 21st, I’ll follow up and take the previous week’s 2.5D design and make it into a 3D CNC carved design using a couple of simple 3D CAD techniques. And, how to machine it, of course. Plus… Well, let’s just say that I’ll give you something to consider regarding future furniture design using the power of digital woodworking tools.

If a question that comes up during the workshop, just use the chat function in Zoom and I’ll do my best to answer it live. I may have a few questions of my own, too and will send out polls during the event. 

See you at the next TWO Sunday Workshops. Part one is 2D design and machining. Part two is 3D design and machining.

To join the workshop, at the time of the meeting click the links below.

June 14th Sunday Workshop PART ONE

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84819051001?pwd=c0oxcHhMVHcxSDlCbzNmMmNkQVRiQT09

Meeting ID: 8848 1905 1001   Password: 239927

June 21st Sunday Workshop PART TWO

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83477019799?pwd=aG5UVTZVU2ZPa01QK3cvRzkwbS9adz09

Meeting ID: 834 7701 9799   Password: 299007

May 31st Live Sunday Workshop

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Digital Woodworking Q and A

Okay it’s time. Previous workshops have been filled up, I rarely leave time fAfter 4 Live Sunday Workshops, it’s time for an open Q and A. I’ve been doing a lot of talking that last forr workshops, leaving little time at the end for questions. Now, it’s your turn. On the May 31st workshop, I’m opening up the workshop for questions, advice and quick demos. So that I can come prepared, if you already have questions you’d like to ask, email ahead of time to me at workshops@woodworking.digital.  If it’s something complicated or a process or technique or a demo you’d like to see, email questions ahead of time so I can be ready to show it during the workshop.  But, no worries. If a question that comes up during the workshop, that’s okay, too. Just use the chat function in Zoom and I’ll do my best to answer it live. I may have a few questions of my own, too and will send out polls during the event. 

See you at the next Sunday Workshop.

To join the workshop, at the time of the meeting click the link below.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81959653414?pwd=SFl5MnVZejZHMVNVSTkvbGsxbWMrdz09

Meeting ID: 819 5965 3414   Password: 350891

2020 Digital Woodworking Workshops

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On March 14-15th, 2020 and June 20-21, 2020 I’ll hold exclusive two-day classes for 2-4 students at my shop. We’ll cover basics, beyond the basics and advanced techniques in Digital Woodworking. Whether you new to these tools and techniques, just want to learn more or more advanced, these workshops are custom designed for each student’s needs. Here are the Class Syllabus and Schedule. Contact Tim for more information.

Plywood Thickness Tester

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The prototype of the plywood thickness tester. To see how to build one visit the Digital Woodworking YouTube channel

There are a lot of great CNC projects that use plywood. From plywood furniture to shop projects, plywood is a great medium for CNC machining. The challenges are plywood thickness varies all over the map and getting a good fit, particularly on plywood joints is tricky. I’ve found that making a precision plywood thickness gauge solves both problems.

Popular Woodworking Magazine just published my article on making the plywood thickness tester. If you can’t wait, I’ve posted the files in my download area and published a video on YouTube. The files are free. Just visit the free download area for access.