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The design on this tabletop is one that I came up with for my parents' cherrywood table, but one they didn't pick. I used the same hairpin legs on this table as I did on the cherrywood and epoxy table...

The design on this tabletop is one that I came up with for my parents' cherrywood table, but one they didn't pick. I used the same hairpin legs on this table as I did on the cherrywood and epoxy 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 cred...

An 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 CN...

My parents comissioned this table - thanks Mom and Dad! They picked the wood and the epoxy color, I came up with a few different designs, and they chose this one. It's still in their livingroom.

My friend, Don, offered me a chance to make a guitar for him. I'm no luthier, so rather than start from scratch, he bought a kit. He liked the pattern on my pentaflake tabletop and asked that I do som...

Ok, if you can make a halftone image on a 3D printer, why not on a CNC machine? These were proof of concept tests. (In case you can't tell, the top portrait is of Albert Einstein.) I used a conical bi...

See HipNerd Origins 2 for the story of the first Pentaflake Tabletop. I decided that my first big project with my new CNC would be to make a new tabletop for my outdoor table. I still wanted to go wit...

I wanted some shade just outside of my garage door, so I picked up an inexpensive canopy (from Harbor Freight, naturally). I still have it (though I've replaced the canopy fabric multiple times), and ...

I saw a YouTube video for the Maslow CNC project, and went and purchased it right away (I think I got in on the 2nd round). The machine became quite a big project in-and-of-itself. The video says 'Pt ...

In 2018, I bought a Maslow CNC kit, and decided to get serious about setting up a shop in my garage. First step was to build this workbench. (Actually, the first step was to clean out the garage, year...

Here are some of my early projects and videos. Molecule Sculpture I knew that dodecahedrons do not pack 3D space, but I wondered what it would look like if I stuck them together, and it turns out it l...

My first successful 3D print The idea of 3D printing intrigued me, but I had a habit of picking up hobbies, and not  following through on them, and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a machine t...

This Ring Dishes item is sold by HipNerdShop. Ships from Encino, CA. Listed on Aug 4, 2026

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