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…
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…
Hot Air Balloon Lamp
Since I built the Triple Bunk Bed, I’ve felt that the ceiling lamp was not special enough next to it. Now was the time to get rid of that old IKEA lamp, and build something truly special. I think I made six different versions of the lamp, and ended up choosing the “hot air balloon”…