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A loss in so many ways

Whenever the topic of creative ShopBot owners comes up, Rob Bell (Zomad) is always at the top of the list. Rob was a programmer that…

Sep 4

A loss in so many ways

Sep 4

Bill Young

The bit you must be.

If you’ve read much of my ramblings and rants about fabrication and design, you know that I’m a big fan of digital tools and workflows. You…

Jul 23

The bit you must be.

Jul 23

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Make it your own d#mn self!

Make it snappy…

Some of the earliest designs I did for ShopBot in the late 1990’s…the work station and the coffee cabinet…used a snap joint that utilized…

Nov 22, 2022

Make it snappy…

Nov 22, 2022

Bill Young

You’re not done until it’s finished

There’s a thing called the “digital aesthetic” that you see in a lot of CNC-fabricated projects. Parts cut out of sheet materials with…

Feb 9, 2020

You’re not done until it’s finished

Feb 9, 2020

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Make it your own d#mn self!

The downside of offering too much choice

I’ve always been interested in digital fabrication’s ability to make customized items, particularly furniture. Something that’s created…

Feb 6, 2020

The downside of offering too much choice

Feb 6, 2020

Bill Young

A heartfelt gift or a cruel hoax?

Anyone that’s used any of the Vectric software…Aspire, VCarve Pro, PhotoVCarve…is familiar with Brian Moran. He and Tony left Delcam with…

Nov 28, 2019

A heartfelt gift or a cruel hoax?

Nov 28, 2019

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Make it your own d#mn self!

Stools for Maker Faire

A month or so before one of the early Maker Faires…maybe the first Austin Faire in 2008?..I got an email from the MAKE folks asking if I…

Nov 17, 2019

Stools for Maker Faire

Nov 17, 2019

Bill Young

Are we really cheaters?

I’ve been to a couple of events recently where using a ShopBot in the process of making things was called “cheating”, making me and all…

Nov 1, 2019

Are we really cheaters?

Nov 1, 2019

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Make it your own d#mn self!

Pete’s legs

My buddy Pete stopped by the shop the other day and asked if I would make some table legs to match an existing table. Turns out that they…

Oct 28, 2019

Pete’s legs

Oct 28, 2019

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Make it your own d#mn self!

Tiny boats

Boats are in my heart, and along with using my ShopBot to cut bits and pieces for full sized boats I occasionally made little boats as…

Oct 16, 2019

Tiny boats

Oct 16, 2019

Bill Young

Bill Young

I’m a boat carpenter turned CNC evangelist and co-founder of http://www.Shelter20.com and http://www.100kGarages.com, Mostly I turn plywood into dust and noise.

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