Coffee Table Inception. So my kids ordered a custom jigsaw puzzle from Puzzle You of our dog for my wife’s birthday back in March. I took the opportunity to get one of the coffee table I finally made late last year. #maker #pghmaker #diy #jigsawpuzzles #wood #woodworking #coffee #table

The #bass is done. Shout out to New Perspectives Music for the plans and guidance. Since I don’t play, my daughter is the tester and says it plays well. I’ll revisit the setup in a week or two. Single active pickup is from EMG and the strings are from Ernie Ball bought at ‘N Stuff Music in #pittsburgh. Now I have to make another for my son. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #bassguitar #wood #woodworking #cncrouter #empireofdust

I glued the bubinga fingerboard to the #bass neck this afternoon. The hard maple neck is reinforced with 2 (probably overkill) carbon fiber rods and a truss rod. Inlays and side markers are Total Boat #epoxy with Black Diamond Pigments for the blue/green color. Now on to the body. #maker #pghmaker #diy #wood #woodworking #clampchamp #bassguitar #luthier #empireofdust

On to the fingerboard for the #Bass project. Made from a piece of Bubinga I’ve had for many years with Total Boat epoxy inlays, I’m installing the frets here using my drill press and an eBay fret press caul. The frets are precut and radiused from Bitter Root Guitars. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #bassguitar #wood #woodworking #cnc #empireofdust

Although I don’t play, I always wanted to make a guitar. Both kids have guitars, so Bass it is. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #bass #guitar #wood #woodworking #cnc #cncrouter #empireofdust

I think Jimmy Diresta once talked about the potential of an empty bench on the Making it podcast with Bob Clagett and David Picciuto. This bench hasn’t been this clear since I moved to my current shop. New projects incoming.
#maker #pghmaker #woodworking #luthier #bassguitar #cncrouter

45 gallons of scraps and offcuts from the last few projects. Going to wait for a little better weather to burn this. Of course I kept too many pieces better than these that’ll go in the next batch.
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#maker #pghmaker #wood #scrap #offcuts #woodworking #woodworker #shopcleanup #empireofdust

A couple of weeks ago I moved a couple of heavy awkward items myself.
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#maker #pghmaker #safe #dynaflow #transmission #Buick #enginecrane #enginecranegang #enginecranesmovetheworld #empireofdust

Finished and installed the coffee table in our Den. Jenny seems to like it.
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #woodworking #wood #coffeetable

First coats of Total Boat Halcyon on the #coffeetable. I’m planning 2 coats of amber gloss followed by a coat or 2 of clear satin. Water based, easy to apply, and looks great so far.
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #wood #woodworking #varnish #finishing #coffee #furniture #empireofdust

Trimming the #coffeetable top with the @festool track saw. .
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#maker #pghmaker #walnut #wood #woodworking #furniture #saw #tracksaw #festool #empireofdust

Since I was in vise restoration mode, I cleaned up this basic #woodworking vise that’s been under a different bench than the Wilton Bullet. This one needed a bath in Evaporust, a little fettling for past abuse, and an unnecessary paint job. I turned handle from some scrap & mounted it in my outfeed/assembly table. I found a catalog at vintagemachinery.org from 1904 showing this model.
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #vise #wood #workshop #rust #restoration #lathe #woodturning #empireofdust

I used the stitching pony to make this simple sheath for one of the #blacksmith knives I made at Rivers of Steel with Artifact metalworks from some #scrap #leather I’d picked up a while back. .
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #steel #anvil #bladesmith #stitching #leatherwork #pittsburgh

Forging a pair of scrolling tongs this afternoon and got this great shot. No filters
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #steel #anvil #blacksmith #forge #gasforge

When we finally cut the cord, we lost the clock on the Xfinity set top box. It’s the thing we miss from the cable service. I ordered a cheap LED clock kit. Easy assembly, but I don’t think I ordered a clock that displays time in Klingon. Third pic shows the less than successful result. Only 8 bucks and an hour or so lost. .
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #helloimakeis #electronics #soldering #kit #empireofdust

I’ve been 3D printing since 2013 with a MakerGear M2 fused filament printer, and am truly amazed at what the AnyCubic mono 4k at $189 can do. These are right out of the box, no tuning. The print quality is mind boggling.
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #makerverse #helloimakeis #resin #SLA #3Dprinting #3DPPgh #empireofdust

I finally got around to making drawers for a bench I made a few years ago from a reclaimed door I got at Construction Junction (an architectural salvage & reuse nonprofit here in #Pittsburgh ) and some square steel tubing. The drawers are simple plywood and pocket hole joinery draw fronts are cherry, and the pulls were from someone running a brushing scam. I only have 18 more to use.
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #makerverse #helloimakeis #wood #woodworking #steel #welding #reuse #empireofdust

More #introduction content. Here are a few examples of some of my CNC work. The @makemagazine Makey is painted MDF as are the others. Empire Of Dust is how I refer to my shop with apologies to YouTuber AvE. The @NASA Apollo 11 plaque was made in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. The Once on This Island sign was made for my kid who had a nice role in a summer camp production.
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #helloimakeis #woodworking #wood #xcarve #cnc #cncrouter #empireofdust