Bill YounginMake 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…3 min read·Nov 22, 2022----
Bill YoungYou’re not done until it’s finishedThere’s a thing called the “digital aesthetic” that you see in a lot of CNC-fabricated projects. Parts cut out of sheet materials with…6 min read·Feb 9, 2020----
Bill YounginMake it your own d#mn self!The downside of offering too much choiceI’ve always been interested in digital fabrication’s ability to make customized items, particularly furniture. Something that’s created…4 min read·Feb 6, 2020----
Bill YoungA 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…5 min read·Nov 28, 2019----
Bill YounginMake it your own d#mn self!Stools for Maker FaireA 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…3 min read·Nov 17, 2019----
Bill YoungAre 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…3 min read·Nov 1, 2019----
Bill YounginMake it your own d#mn self!Pete’s legsMy 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…3 min read·Oct 28, 2019----
Bill YounginMake it your own d#mn self!Tiny boatsBoats 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…3 min read·Oct 16, 2019----
Bill YoungJames McBennett and the 4 BearsThose of you that have been following along with my posts know that I’ve become pretty wary of un-constrained customization in the digital…4 min read·Oct 15, 2019----
Bill YounginMake it your own d#mn self!It’s puzzlingOnce the word got around that I was willing to work on projects for teachers, I started to get a lot of requests. I had to turn down most…3 min read·Oct 13, 2019----