My kids are still too young to handle a knife, so they can’t carve their own pumpkins. They first draw the design on the pumpkin before I carve it out. I always need remind them that the design doesn’t have to be perfect, and it might be that I can’t carve it out perfectly either….
A drawing paper stand
Both of my kids love to draw. The first thing that comes from their mouths when they get home is: “where do we have paper?”. We have piles of blank paper standing around everywhere, and if we don’t, it’ll be a bad day. I decided that now was the time to get organised and get…
Silfer Works Racing Team – Introducing a new Soapbox Car!
My neighbour told me that there is a soapbox car race planned for the neighbourhood kids in three weeks. I of course loved the idea! Just one problem: We don’t have a soapbox car… It would be pretty tight with only three weeks to the race, but I was sure that I was able to…
Narrow John – A reborn classic from 1963
This is a project that started over 10 years ago, and now I finally had a perfect reason to finish it: my youngest child learned how to ride a bike and I needed a new bike for our adventures. I could have of course used my expensive mountain bike, but that wouldn’t have been fitting…
Chess – A classic in a miniature format
Last month I posted about my miniature Qawale project. Both me and my son love the size and the fact that it is actually easier to play than the original. I started to wonder if it would be possible to minituarise chess the same way as that is another game we enjoy playing. It would…
No monkeying around @ NNIT
Right before my son was born around 8 years ago, my team at work gave me a huge stuffed monkey as a gift. It has followed me around the office ever since as my “replacement” when I’m not by my seat. Couple of weeks back I had to bring the monkey back home as the…
”I am bored” -die
I’m in the process of making a bit larger laser cutting project, and I had to do some testing about cutting tolerances for it. Instead of just wasting materials, I designed a die for the kids. It is to be used during those “I’m bored…” -moments. The die has some better and some worse options….
Qawale – A miniature strategy game
Me and my son love to play a strategy game called “Qawale”. It is very simple game, but requires a lot of thought. You could think it as a “Four in a Row” on steroids. The problem is that the board used for it is rather large and difficult to take with for the summer…
Question Block from Super Mario
My son has a keen sense of design already, and he often comes up with ideas of models I should help him to create. My usual answer is that he needs to make a blueprint for it so I can be sure that I understand what he means. It also helps him to think about…
Mahogany House Number Plaque
I decided to test my skills with epoxy resin pouring. This project was originally meant to be something totally different, but I changed the design when I realised I could make an awesome house number plaque and it would also be a perfect excuse to experiment with epoxy resin pouring. It all started with this…