Hey fellow crafters, I set out to make a piece for our first Guild Gold supporters. Something worth the trust of being at the top of the Guild. No one signed up at Gold yet – and that’s fine. It takes time to build a true community and trust, and I’d rather earn that level […]
Hey fellow crafters, How’s the time been since the last issue? On my side it’s been a busy stretch. I got my old Shapeoko 2 CNC installed and running again in the new workshop, fought a planer that ruined an end-grain board glue-up, added a Laguna drum sander to the tooling lineup, and worked through […]
Hey fellow crafters, You’ve seen the finished photos. The deep green stone flush against the wood, the resin surface perfectly level, no gaps, no air bubbles. It looks precise. Controlled. Like something that went exactly to plan. You voted to keep the malachite art panel as wall art. So be it. Last touch-ups are underway […]
3D Resin Cast Hey fellow crafters, You mixed a color that looked perfect in the cup. Poured it. Waited 24 hours. Opened the mold to find something cloudy, muddy, or just not what you expected. The pour itself was fine. The resin was good. So what happened? Most color problems in epoxy start before the […]
Well, I’m an engineer by training and a maker by compulsion. My workshop started as a 15m² room at the back of a family flat in central Bohemia. It was the leftover space nobody had a plan for. I claimed it. That was 2010. The first real project I still remember was a chest for […]
Hey fellow crafters, resin coloring has been one of your top three questions since I started tracking what you actually struggle with. Wrong colorant, wrong timing, wrong substrate — and the result in the mold looks nothing like what was in the cup. So here’s the guide that actually covers it properly: How to Color […]
Hey fellow crafters, I promised this one last issue. And I’ll be honest — it took longer to write than expected because I kept second-guessing how much to include. Bubbles are the single most common frustration you told me about. I get it. You warmed the resin, mixed slowly, waited before pouring. And you still […]
Hey fellow crafters, Quick one today – no full issue, just something I promised to deliver. Last issue I went through the welcome survey – almost 500 of you filled it out. Bubbles came up more than anything else. Several of you named it directly: bubbles in cured resin, micro bubbles in deep molds, bubbles […]
Hey fellow crafters, Before we get back to techniques and project deep-dives, I wanted to do something a little different this week. When you joined the Guild, I asked you to fill out a short welcome survey. Not as a formality – I actually read every single response. All of them. And what came back […]
Hey fellow crafters, One of the most repeating questions I get is: which resin or epoxy brand should I use? The product page says “crystal clear, professional grade, perfect for river tables” – and so does the one next to it. And the one after that. No wonder it’s confusing. This issue is dedicated to […]