Posted on December 31, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, Design Services, Furniture, Services, Tables
This is the final part in a 3 part series covering the design, carving, construction and finishing of a one-of-a-kind coffee table feature a large 3D carving and rustic texturing. The coffee table is made from western red cedar and douglas fir. The first article covered the design process including the creating the models used [...]
Posted on November 6, 2010
by Greg
in Arts & Crafts, CNC Services, Design Services, Fireplace Mantles, News and Stuff, Outdoor Furniture, Services
Customer Case Study – Diamond Lakes Custom WoodWorks LLC In February of this year a company called Vector Arts 3D, based in New York, wrote a wonderful case study about Diamond Lake Custom Woodworks and the unique and customized projects we create for our customers. We really enjoyed working with James to put this great [...]
Posted on August 5, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, Design Services, Furniture, Services, Tables
We have the honor of having an article written about us on the Vectric LTD website at the link below. Read the article This is a technical article on the design construction and finishing of the wildlife scene coffee table we are also running a series of articles on. Vectric LTD is the developer of [...]
Posted on July 28, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, Design Services, Furniture, Tables
In part 1 of “Coffee Table with 3D carving” we covered preliminary concepts and ideas and then got into some of the design aspects of this project. In this part, we will cover the carving aspects. CNC Carving This coffee table was a challenge to carve. The wood carving was completed in two stages. First [...]
Posted on June 13, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, Design Services, Furniture, Tables
This is part 1 in a series of articles describing in detail the process that went into designing and building a unique coffee table with a large 3D wood carving covered by glass. As an unfair teaser, I will refrain from showing a photo of the finished table until the final part in this series [...]
Posted on April 3, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, Design Services, Fireplace Mantles, Services
In the last post about making a fireplace mantle I covered some of the preliminary work that needed to be done so we could get our carving in place so we could size the rest of our mantle. In this post we will cover the building of the mantle framing and attaching all the parts [...]
Posted on March 8, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, Design Services, Fireplace Mantles, Services
We’ve been working on a couple of fireplace mantles with large wood carvings in the face. These mantles are demo’s we are putting together to show people what we can do. Click on any of the images to see a bigger picture. The process of creating these mantles starts with choosing the 3D wood carving [...]
Posted on March 5, 2010
by Greg
in 3D Carving Model Catalog, CNC Services, Design Services, Services
We have teamed up with a great company that produces some very exciting 2D and 3D carving models that we can use in your projects. This same company can also take your ideas and create all the necessary files needed for us to carving them. Please visit take a look at the incredible variety of [...]
Posted on March 5, 2010
by Greg
in CNC Services, News and Stuff, Services
Our CNC cutting and carving capabilities have been significantly upgraded. We can now cut single sheets up to 8 feet long and 5 feet wide and 5 inches thick. This has made it possible for us to significantly improve our shop productivity and efficiency. We can take a sheet of plywood and turn it into [...]