Here’s a snapshot of the pub sign. Almost finished! This was designed on the computer, cut on the CNC (Computer Numerical Control router) out of HDU (high density urethane), details added with Magic Sculpt and painted.

Progress on the pub sign is slow but steady. Just the Raven and fox to finish up. Hoping to do that this weekend. Just signed up for Vancouver Maker Faire 2012 today!!

Spring is here, the sun is shining and I’m working in the shop! Life is good. We’re starting to gear up for Vancouver Maker Faire 2012. First project to finish off - the Fox and Raven pub sign! This one has been sitting on my work bench for far too long. I finally started the painting this week. Here’s the progress so far: You may notice a sign making beginners mistake (I’ve made several) painting before gluing on the letters.

I should probably be posting a bit more often, so here is a video of a recent test print of Mr. Alligator. The trick here is the crazy speed, and also the vibration of the pulleys. More coming soon! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuQZ-TEaSpg]

I’ve been hanging around in the Fur section of Dressew a lot lately. Dressew is the best fabric store in Vancouver. It’s huge! They also have the largest selection of fur fabric anywhere in the lower mainland, which attracts a certain…clientelle. Before you ask, I wasn’t buying any to wear! I’ve started on a few new projects which require vast quanities. The first is Oleg the Yeti: He’ll stand about 30" tall.

Below are a couple images of the upcoming projects we are cutting this weekend on the CNC! In other news….Derek has emerged from the basement! The good news? The 3D printer is printing! Yay! The not so good news is that it is only printing grotesquely malformed lumps of orange plastic. Other than a working 3D printer, there is only one thing that could have caused Derek to leave the basement….

Firstly, I would like to apologize for the lack in updates over the past 2 months. Sorry to keep you all on the edge of your seats, you may now resume normal seat position. Couldn’t be helped. We’ve only recently recovered from Vancouver’s first Maker Faire that took place this year on June 25th to 26th. It’s taken this long to dig ourselves out of the disaster zone that we call our workshop and get things reorganized, or, as the term organized didn’t apply to begin with, how about we just say organized.

I’m getting super excited for this weekend. There are so many makers projects that I want to see. There will be a woman teaching workshops on how to make bacon from scratch! Mondo Spider and Panterragaffe will be there. Any conference that requires all visitors to sign a waiver before they’re granted entry (seriously) is pretty awesome in my books. Only 2 more sleeps to go! Speaking of sleep, I’ve been having strange dreams lately.

Vancouver Maker Faire is this weekend! It’s the very first one in Vancouver so make history and be there! Get your tickets here: http://www.makerfaire.ca/ Derek and I are putting the final touches on our projects. We actually finished everything! Amazing! Here’s a pic of the brass octopusses/pi on the bench arms. We added these this week. We’ve put a grainy video up of the project set up in our living room.

Here’s us at the Media Day for Maker Faire 2011. Maker Faire is a week away! Maker Faire is next weekend so get your tickets soon!