My maker projects, arts and crafts.
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Adam the HipNerd

Windmill

I was thinking about making some kind of wind powered sculpture, and looking stuff up online when I came across a video where a guy developed a cool method of making a windmill by sticking metal tape to bicycle wheel spokes. Then, shortly after that,…

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Plastic Recycling Project

I have a big box of mixed plastic scrap from 3D printing. In this project I tried to recycle some of it. Not one of my more successful endeavors. The main skill I learned in this project was bending sheet metal, which has come in…

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Penrose Tile Side Table

Made this Maple and epoxy Penrose tile pattern table in 2019. Worked really hard on the base, only to realize afterwards that it was not good (neither sturdy nor good looking). I give myself some credit, though, because it was my first time designing a…

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Barstools

A old coworker commissioned me to make these Star Wars themed stools for seating in front of his home Star Wars game cabinet. I bought the stools cheap online, cut the seats off, carved them on my CNC, then glued the seats back on. I…

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