Made of wood: Wenge
Wenge is my favorite wood. It is beautiful, hard, resistant, exotic, hard to come by. Working with wenge wood means your hand is full of...
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Laser cutting, engraving, 3d printing, prototyping
Woodize by Z. Acs
acszolie
Feb 3, 20221 min read
Corner radius measuring tool
Here is a cool tool that I made to measure corner radius. When I draw from an existing object, especially if it requires attachments,...
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acszolie
Jan 18, 20221 min read
New clock
I discontinued the Nixie Clocks due to various reasons, including the lack of affordable services, difficulties in obtaining materials,...
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acszolie
Dec 24, 20211 min read
Christmas candle holder
Wood and fire share a complex relationship; they have an affinity for each other that can be challenging to manage, making it difficult...
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acszolie
Sep 4, 20211 min read
Made of wood: Macassar Ebony
I visited an exotic wood shop in Geneva, and what I witnessed was truly astonishing. The vast selection of exotic woods was...
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acszolie
May 19, 20211 min read
Discovering the annular cutters
I saw it somewhere, and just, you know, take my f...n money. It cuts metal like nothing else. So fast, smooth and easy to use.
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acszolie
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Made of wood: Bocote
I stumbled upon an old, dirty, and cracked wooden board in an abandoned warehouse and inquired if I could claim it. Upon planing the...
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acszolie
Apr 7, 20211 min read
Smelly leather
Working with leather can be quite delightful, but laser cutting it is a different story. The strong and somewhat unpleasant smell aside,...
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acszolie
Feb 23, 20211 min read
My thing for bowties
When I first encountered these intricate joinery techniques many years ago (before YouTube), my reaction was simply, "Wow, how is this...
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acszolie
Feb 4, 20211 min read
Some inlay work, using the laser cutter
I've always wanted to attempt this, but I never had the patience to do it entirely by hand. The laser cutting and engraving process has...
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acszolie
Nov 27, 20201 min read
If you want something done, do it yourself...
Building some tools/machines Some things you can buy, others you can't... or you can, but where's the fun in that? My first project was a...
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acszolie
Aug 1, 20201 min read
Continue the Nixies?
There was a request to create more Lamina Nixie Clocks in turquoise and gold colors. I began cutting and preparing a new DROID version,...
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acszolie
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Laser: ON - Woodize - Atelier, Laser Cuttery
The machine arrived in 2020, and after a two-year break, I could once again smell the freshly cut wood. I missed it. I love it. From 2011...
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acszolie
Oct 5, 20191 min read
Joined Knock on Wood to give woodworking classes
Pure coincidence plays a role in life, or maybe it's karma, or our pre-written path, who knows... I met someone with a fantastic idea,...
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