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Sharing my journey through making using wood, 3D Printing, electronics, and more. Follow my progress @

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Want to take a deeper dive into one of my projects and follow along? Over on my YouTube channel I go more in-depth into many of my projects, showing how I made them and the tools that I use.

https://t.co/ox8uCPuEbB

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What if your coasters were more than just stacked in a pile when not being used? 🧩

I designed an acrylic router template that lets you make a set of 4 wooden coasters that fit together!
Super easy to make with just your plunge router.

👉 https://t.co/x0QNe8GHjB

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Making wooden 🧩 puzzle pieces with the router.

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Doing that thing again where I post a video and it gets 2 views. 😂

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Woodworking + Mean Comments = This 😂

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Fence pickets aren’t just for wooden jack-o-lanterns! In this week’s video where I make content that doesn’t get watched, I made the ultimate squirrel picnic table.

https://t.co/Ct8QyY1EIm

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I did that thing again where I make a video and no one watches it. Don’t click the link. I think YouTube is broken.

https://t.co/dYmHHwBI9l

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Time to fire up the @xToolOfficial P2 and get some work done.

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It all started with a piece of @leathersupplies vegtan leather cut on my @xToolOfficial P2 laser, and now with some final saddle stitching it’s turned into something that is both functional and beautiful.

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After cutting this leather on my @xToolOfficial P2 laser, dying the leather, and rolling the edges, now it’s time to stitch in the zipper.

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Working on a small leather bag and I’m adding a rolled edge to this piece of leather I cut on the @xToolOfficial P2 laser before I stitch on the zipper.

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I love making functional items with my @xToolOfficial P2 laser and I think leather is a great media to make beautiful and functional projects. In this video series I walk through how I make a magnetic leather bookmark.

https://t.co/ESLXDM86jp

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Apparently a real time build video of a basic magnetic bookmark that was cut on my @xToolOfficial P2 laser was not the way to go if I wanted to get views. 😂

https://t.co/GhSJEoQv3p

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I’ve been running through a ton of filament lately while working on my 3D-printed LEGO-compatible letter series. Since I won’t be touching these spools for a while, I’m vacuum sealing them for long-term moisture protection.

👉 Full series here: https://t.co/vQyIAYiW6V

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It’s Letter H in my 3D printed LEGO-compatible alphabet series!

Printed with CC3D’s heat-sensitive PLA 🔥, this letter starts purple 💜, but as the hot extruder lays it down, it turns pink 💖! As the print cools ❄️, it slowly returns to purple 💜.

#3DPrinting

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Today we’re moving on to the letter G in my 3D-printed, LEGO-compatible alphabet series 🧱✨.

I’m printing this in @Polymaker_3D Panchroma UV-shift—starting natural, but watch what happens when it hits the sun ☀️➡️🧡.

What should I use for letter H? 🤔

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@garyvee 46 years old and still have some of mine.

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I just spotted a mistake in my wallet design 😬. Can you spot what I did wrong?

I was about to burnish some of the edges ✨ and that’s when I noticed it: a subtle design flaw 🧐. Which means I’ll have to recut a few pieces ✂️ and redo the dye 🎨.

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Finishing the edges on my minimalist leather wallets ✨👜

These tricky spots can only be beveled after assembly 🛠️

I’m making 4 wallets total—coming to my store soon! 🛒🔥

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I’m dyeing up some veg-tan leather in saddle brown for a new batch of my minimalist wallets 👜✨
Each piece here will become one of four handcrafted wallets I’ll be listing in my online store soon 🔨🤎
Simple, clean, and made to last. 💪🪵

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Next in the LEGO-compatible alphabet is the letter F, printed in @GIANTARM3D Silk Gold. This filament has a smooth, metallic shine that really makes the letter pop. Drop a comment with the next brand or color I should try, and check the link in my bio for the full filament list!