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‘ISloyd’ – 21st century craft practice

Window Ice Scraper to Reduce – Reuse – Recycle I am interested in reducing my footprint on the planet. Every day, I have a choice …

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Design Opportunity

Letting your mistakes lead you to new ideas “Design Opportunities” often guide my work. “Design opportunity” is a technical term when your mistakes, accidents, or …

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Stash Box

Secure Hiding Place I am an old dad. When my twins were born, a co-worker, who had two young children, told me it just keeps …

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Hand Carved Letter

Hand Carved Letter – Introduction to working with Chisel & Mallet I was laying out, carving, and cleaning up a letter form with just a …

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“MAKING” Ornaments

Holiday kits for JOYful kids As Christmas time approaches, our two laser cutters in the Thayer Machine Shop get very busy, not with engineering projects …

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Moroccan Wooden Motorcycle

I am a woodworker in a machine shop, I sometimes feel like a fish out of water. My first week on the job, I was …

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