I’m back from my six-month self-imposed exile (more on that another time).
While I continued teaching during my time away (69 students in that stretch, bringing my lifetime total to 195) I’ve been feeling the itch to break out of the structured curriculum and dive into another wild project.
Consider this your official invitation to come along for the ride.
A student recently reminded me of the City of Austin program that provides free logs, cutoffs, and cookies to artists (https://www.austintexas.gov/event/wood-reclamation-large-logs-great-art-projects-and-milling). I stopped by last Friday and scored some beautiful mesquite I plan to turn on the CNC lathe (again - details to come).
But the stars of the haul are two large cookies (Elm? Ash?) that will be my immediate focus. They’re roughly 32” in diameter and end-grain, making them a perfect candidate for demonstrating the CNC’s flattening capabilities.
Instead of doing it solo on my home machine, I’ve booked time at the end of my CNC class this Wednesday night at 8pm. I’ll be doing a live demo on how to flatten large, end-grain cookies using the CNC: what to do, what to avoid, and a few lessons learned the hard way.
Everyone is welcome, even if you haven’t taken the CNC class (yet).
See you at the Swift,
Steve
