by Greg Porter | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
This was filmed while attending the YouTube Next Up 2016 Creator Camp in New York City. There we learned about lighting, cameras, special effects and script writing to help us create better content. A HUGE “Thanks” to my classmates who are the actors and...
by Greg Porter | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is the first of two videos showing the making of a steel handled, twisted sharpie. The handle is mild steel and was twisted by heating the steel to a dark red, then twisting the steel into the desired spiral shape.
by Greg Porter | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our HP laptop had a hinge blow out. Rather than take it to a repair shop only to be told the computer is old and needs to be replaced anyway, I decided to take the machine apart and see if the damaged hinge could be fixed. What do you know… It was a...
by Greg Porter | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am a big fan of the hounds tooth pattern and the various ways it is used in the fashion world. I wanted to use the pattern on a woodworking project, so I designed this nightstand with a unique hairpin leg and a hounds tooth inlayed top. I used African Mahogany and...
by Greg Porter | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I needed a way to clamp awkward guitar bodies and necks to my bench and I didn’t want to pay a grand for the Festool Multi-Function Table and the clamping elements to go with it, so I built my own version. You can make one of these in an afternoon with 1/2 a...
by Greg Porter | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Watching a CNC machine that you built with your own hands come to life is one of the more exciting event you’ll ever witness (child birth excluded!) I spent a few months designing, welding and tuning up the stepper motors on my CNC machine. This was the first...
