This project will explore the use of temperature and soil moisture sensors to understand when to engage a drip irrigation system after a rain storm. T...
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Communicating Soil Moisture with Light and Sound
Progress: 85%
Mother Miranda (Resident Evil Village) Cosplay
Progress: 80%
Mother Miranda is... basically an evil scientist trying to resurrect her dead daughter. Honestly I want to make a cosplay of her final form, but her f...
Engagement Ring
Progress: 100%
I've always wanted to design and build, as much as possible, the engagement ring I'd use! Well the day has come for me to start! I began by sitting ...
Hawks, My Hero Academia Animatronic Wings
Progress: 50%
Hawks from my Hero is a dream cosplay of mine. I used a square aluminum tubing for the framework. Feathers are individually articulated along the fram...
The Motley Plane
Progress: 100%
It all started with a guy named Paul Sellers who made a router plane out of wood. Then someone made a 3D printed version. So I used the 3D printed b...
Simple walnut table
Progress: 100%
This is a small solid walnut table that could be made at Xerocraft, possibly as a class or two. The legs are joined to the aprons with the Dowelmax sy...
My ElectroGurdy
Progress: 100%
My latest project is an "ElectroGurdy." I decided to take what I learned from my first hurdy gurdy project (https://xerocraft.org/projects/160-dans-du...
Ball in a Box, CNC NOVAKON
Progress: 100%
I have always wanted to machine from Aluminum a Ball in a Box. My father was an avid wood carver and made many variations of the the Ball in a Box...
Cross cut sled
Progress: 100%
The wood shop will be introducing a new cross cut sled for the table saw. It features Matchfit accessories, a Veritas flip stop, shop made hold downs...
Dan's Dulcy Gurdy
Progress: 99%
I'll walk you through the creation of my "Dulcy Gurdy," a Symphonia, an early form of the hurdy-gurdy with roots tracing back to the 12th and 13th cen...
Miata rebody project
Progress: 90%
I bought a 1995 Miata "death cart" (car in which everything that is not needed for racing is removed to reduce weight). I removed the rest of the body...
3D printed jigsaw insert
Progress: 100%
Table insert to improve dust control. Includes cutouts for rubber stoppers that keep the insert from rotating or rattling
Bedside table set
Progress: 100%
I built a pair of bedside tables with built in wireless charging for phone and watch as well as USB power outlets
Arduino Router lift
Progress: 100%
Motorized router lift for my shopsmith using an arduino
Eucalyptus Bowl
Progress: 100%
Eucalyptus bowl, 2 1/2" x 6", turned from wood block. Finished with Dr's. Woodshop high friction finish.
Small Maple Lidded Box
Progress: 100%
Maple lidded box, 2" x 4 3/4".
Chess Set (Board and Chess Pieces)
Progress: 100%
Chess board (Maple and Walnut) w/Walnut and Cherry boarder. Chess pieces (Walnut and Maple).
Cutting Board w/Juice Groove & Business Logo
Progress: 100%
11" x 15" Maple, Walnut and Cherry. Juice groove and business Logo done on CNC.
DINO D
Progress: 100%
The "DINO D" project began with a broken toy discovered in a resale store. An Arduino ESP32 microcontroller, allows remote operation guided by bluetoo...
Laser Cut Messenger Bag
Progress: 100%
This is a Leather Messenger bag designed in Lightburn and hand saddle stitched. It's made from 5-6oz Wickett & Craig bridle leather. The pieces we...
Cornice board
Cornice board
Endgrain Cutting Board (Maple/Cherry/Walnut)
Progress: 100%
11.5" x 19.5"" two glue-ups after milling varying widths of maple, cherry and walnut to achieve random pattern end-grain cutting board. Juice groove...
Beach Chair (Photo on Cavass)
Progress: 100%
Beach chair photo printed on canvass. Custom frame using "Alligator Juniper" natural edge.
Community Library Box
Progress: 100%
I'm starting a library box for a friend as inspired by Don's build. I'm beginning with something simpler to get familiar with the tools in the wood sh...
Multimedia Component for Environmental Monitoring
Progress: 20%
This template was designed in Fusion 360 and exported on a plasma cutter. This will eventually house microelectronics that will communicate soil and w...
Light Up Skull Halloween Decoration
Progress: 100%
This year I plan on creating a distance-triggered light-up skull. The final plan is to have a sound play and the eyes light up when people approach it...
Enamel Jewelry
Progress: 100%
I created 2 pins and 2 earring sets, I didn't have much luck with the ghost earrings but I kept trying and made a earrings set and a pin successfully.
Enamel Jewelry
Progress: 100%
I made some cool jewelry in the enamel jewelry class. We made pins and earrings that had copper bases.
Wood chisel mallet
Progress: 100%
Completed the handle on the wood lathe with John and another woodcrafter. They also helped me put holes in the circular pieces I had so I could put th...
Wooden mallet
Progress: 100%
I made a wooden mallet out of the re-purposed wood to use with my woodworking tools.