I hope everyone had a great first weekend of summer. For those of us in the good old U.S. of A. it was Memorial Day Weekend. That time of year where we honor our Military heroes. Typically we do this by having a massive barbecue, going to the lake,...
Ok so I’ve been saying for a while that I’d post a walk though of the Artisan Dice Workshop (A.K.A my garage) for a while now. We’ve finally gotten everything set up the way it needs to be (mostly) and looking presentable so here goes. Click each...
Ended up fighting with the laser cutter until the wee hours of the morning. I do not like instructions that include the words “solder this wire to this pin”. If I wanted to build the damn thing I would not have paid several thousands dollars to buy one. So...
You can see them here set out to cure over night with a fresh coat of shellac. I promised every one a look as some finished sets as well. You can see them in the gallery below. I also threw in some photos of the routers we use to make the boxes and some other dice...
Nearly as black as ebony, but with a more pronounced grain, and not nearly as expensive, Wenge wood (a tree native to the Congo) is popular with guitar makers like Ibanez who used it in their fret boards. ...