Hey there - my name is Schuyler (pronounced Skyler). Apologies in advance for the long post, but thought this may be a fun opportunity to introduce myself and show some past work.
Finally bought a CNC Router this year for my garage shop after wanting one for a long time.
My background is industrial design and I’m the co-founder of a design studio in Denver, CO. Some of my work can be found here.
My first introduction to CNC routing was in a college course where we had to design something using a 24x24x.75" sheet of material. I tried for a chair… and failed so many times. Ended up with a stool. I had access to a 4’x4’ shopbot at the time and our lab tech set up the cut files for us… luxury.
Then I worked with a colleague on a parametric bench - luckily I just had to do the CAD and file setup on this one. The gal in the photo did the sanding & assembly.
The studio I worked at out of school had a shaper origin - so most projects I utilized that for our prototypes. We built desks, clocks, bikes, etc.
Then I bought one for myself since I didn’t have a ton of space in the old garage and made a few things:
I now have space in the new garage for a machine so I bought a Shapeoko 4 standard size. I got tired of pushing my shaper origin around, especially on small parts. I also craved 3D profile cutting and repeatability.
These are the first three projects so far!
I’ve used it already on some client projects too… but can’t show those projects for NDA reasons.
A project I’m working up to is making a wooden gridfinity toolbox. I designed a 3D printed one that got some traction on Makerworld… but I really want to make it out of baltic birch.
Lastly - I designed a 3D printed wheelchair for toddlers. People have been trying to ship those around the world. The CNC routed flat pack version has much more potential for easy shipping, so now I can really crank out prototypes.
Heres the chaos shop these days… still working on the Shapeoko cart & future enclosure:
Excited to join the community, learn a ton from you all, and share some more projects!