Author: Frederico
Blog Update
After some thinking, I’ve decided to take things a bit slower with the blog. I’ve been doing this for a couple of years now, and there’s always been a looming pressure to post new co... Read More
Lasercut Treasure Chest
I’ve been working on a little project for a friend during the month of January. It’s a lasercut ‘treasure chest’-looking box that will contain some badges that the kids have to... Read More
Better lathe than never
At the end of the last year, I’ve been running into an issue with my lathe. I have been using it to turn parts for the LAYZOR kits, but sometimes it would unexpectedly bind and stop spinning. I ... Read More
Secret Santa yarn bowl
This year, I participated in a Secret Santa for the Belgian maker community. You all know the basic idea, but instead of buying, people make something for their ‘victim’. My instructions: ... Read More
Christmas puzzles
First of all a happy New Year to all readers! This blog has been around for four years now, and it seems people are liking it, so expect more to come! Then again, around the end of the year I usually ... Read More
Another birth gift
I’ve made a few birth gifts over the years, see them here: #1 – #2 – #3 – #4 This time, it’s a colleague of mine who’s expecting, and since I already knew the gende... Read More
LAYZOR 8mm pine test
Not much to add, just watch the clip: Pretty happy with that result!... Read More
Living hinge 2.0
Most of you will undoubtedly have come across the so-called ‘living hinge’ pattern which, when cut into thin wood stock, allows it to be bent along one axis (as illustrated below – n... Read More
PSA: Check your water flow!
A friendly reminder to those of you who own a CO2 laser cutter: always make sure your coolant is running! The other day when I was doing some test cuts during the latest batch of upgrades, I forgot to... Read More
LAYZOR final upgrades
I’ve been tinkering with my LAYZOR ever since I’ve built it, and now I believe I have gotten to the point where there isn’t much else to add without having to resort to huge modifica... Read More
Skateboard (5) – Graphics
Previous posts: part 1: Design tool part 2: Mold part 3: Glue-up part 4: Shaping Last thing to do was add some cool graphics. I didn’t want to hide all of the nice maple texture, so I took a min... Read More
Skateboard (4) – Shaping
Previous posts: part 1: Design tool part 2: Mold part 3: Glue-up The board came out of the mold without issue, and it looked majestic! Over the following days, the form did bend back slightly, so next... Read More
Skateboard (3) – Glue-up
Previous posts: part 1: Design tool part 2: Mold Last time I wrapped things up on the mold build. I glued some brass tubes in place so I get perfectly placed drilling guides for the truck mounting hol... Read More
Skateboard (2) – Mold
Previous post: part 1: Design tool Okay in the video about the skateboard design tool, I stated that this project might be put on the backburner for a little while, but guess what; here I am already w... Read More
Skateboard (1) – Design tool
Whatever I could write about this tool would just be repeating myself, so I kindly refer to the video below. Subtitles in English are available.... Read More
Table restoration
Here’s another quick one. Restoration may sound a bit dramatic, but I really believed this table was destined to go to the landfill sooner rather than later. Not only was the wood worn badly, th... Read More
Random filler projects
The photo above is a temperature reading of my laser cooling fluid. Note that the laser hasn’t been fired for weeks. It’s just that damn hot in Belgium right now … Seeing that the am... Read More
Egg slicer restoration (1)
Over a year ago I bought this egg slicer on a flea market in my city. I don’t really need an egg slicer if I’m being completely honest, but I liked the vintage looking design, and it cost ... Read More
Garden shizzle
Roger always used to say: what you do yourself you do always better! Anyways summer is coming so I worked on my outside to-do list for a change. Last year I built a little shelter over my motorcycle&#... Read More
Trophy plaque
This year, my brother finished his bike trip around the Belgian border. Just for shits & giggles they held some sort of competition amongst themselves. Long story short at the end there was a R... Read More
Dymaxion Globe
From Wikipedia: ” The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and flattened to two dimensions. The flat map i... Read More
Guitar wall hanger (2) – Finished!
See also: part 1 This project is not an original design. Well not by me anyway… The original hangers I bought can be found here. I am attempting to make my own because they were quite expensive,... Read More