Boydston Grove is Taylor & Krisztina Boydston. We live & run our business from Jacksonville, FL. We live the DIY life; doing projects that involve woodworking, crafts, furniture makeovers, and more. We were inspired to turn our passion to create, DIY, & redesign into our livelihood so that we could do what we love for a living. We LOVE finding items like furniture & home decor & breathing fresh life into them & redesigning them to serve a fresh new purpose. This channel is our way of taking what we are passionate about & sharing it with the rest of the world. We hope you will enjoy!!
I know that it will because even my 5watt laser cuts through 1/8". I'll have to get back to you on the settings, because I haven't done it on this laser yet.
Tricky question, since I was using found materials, I did not pre-plan the measurements, I just went off the material size I had to work with. The top ended up being 28" x just over 52". The frame was 26" x 50". the legs ended up being 30" long. By the time I added 3" casters and the 1 1/2" thick top, the overall height was at 34 1/2" high ( a little shorter than I would have liked, 35"-36" is standard counter height). Hope that helps.
I wish you included a price list for what the materials would have cost so people can understand that sometimes free costs more in time. Great video as always, looking forward to the next one.
Thanks! I usually start with 120 and work my way to 220. The key is to give it a super light sand between coats of finish. Sometimes I'll just use some thick brown paper or something to sand it between coats.
It's a pretty simple project, but upgrading this keepsake box is something I've been wanting to do for a while now. A big thank you to Longer 3D for supporting our channel with the Ray5 Laser Engraver.
I found 2 mdf boards in the disposal, 24.5 cm x 24.5 cm, 20 mm thick and made one with the two identical boards! On the base plate I placed 2 rectangular feet measuring 14 cm long and 15 mm high made of solid wood, and on one side of these feet I screwed 2 pine bases, drilled the holes and placed a solid wood slat as a lever! I joined the 2 plates together and placed a thin plastic layer between the 2 plates to mark the hinges! When I tested with 40-gram balls of dough, even though I pressed the lever a lot, the dough was barely crushed and expanded, it didn't exceed 8-9 cm in diameter! Looking in detail at the open press, I noticed that the upper (movable) plate is an absurd 4 mm below the level of the lower (fixed) plate. Could this be the reason for the problem? Friend, analyzing the situation again I saw that the tortillas that had a small diameter of 8-9cm were thick, exactly with this difference reported above 4 mm! Could this be the cause of the problem?
First of all, that's a great use of found scraps! As far as The thickness of the tortillas; it is hard to picture what is going on, but I do know that on of the reasons for the strip of wood across the top plate helps create more leverage for the handle and puts more pressure on the dough, making it flatter. If you have Facebook, maybe you could share pictures with me there.
Haha, I see your point. I wanted something that would kind of "disappear" so the focus would be on the figures, I just didn't have any tools for metal work at the time. BUT these are hand made all the way: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r-5TA8hykFE.html
I hear you one that. I have an X Carve and I can honestly say that CNCs have a much greater learning curve (for me atleast) because there are so many more physical factors, whereas the lasers are mostly digital. Still love my X Carve though, allows for much larger scale projects.
I realized I misspoke in the video; I used basswood for the engraving, not Balsa wood. There's a link in the description to what I used. Thanks Longer3D for supporting our channel. If you're interested in one of their machines, the links are in the description.
it's funny how I've had this same idea rolling around in my head for months, where I could have changeable face panels. I was thinking more of something that slid in and out, but the magnets are a much better idea. What are your thoughts on making the pumpkin stem also a removable accent via magnets? This would allow you to come up with other 'topper' ideas just like the face plate. Maybe a top hat and a black cat etc. Would like to hear your suggestions on something like that.
What's that saying; great minds.... I considered the sliding faces also, but I'm glad I went with the magnet idea. And the changeable tops is genius, I don't know why I didn't think of it in the moment, thank you! I'm def. going to apply that when I make more.
OMG!!!! its so cool!!!! You know, this proyect reminded me of a toy i had when i was a little girl, in which i had to blow up a small balloon and attach it to a wooden figurine that had a needle on one of its hands and we had to pop the balloon first. I guess they are called Wooden fencing puppets or Wooden Fighthers (i dont clearly remember since its been more than 20 years hehehehe).It would be amazing if you check it out and create your own version.💙🤗🐼😊🎮💙
Yes! So I saw the balloon one and I do like it, but I hesitated because it seems like it could be a little dangerous for kids ( atleast now-a-days ), but I did make note of it and I will probably make it down the road.
