Noah B Woodworks

A woodworking page for the free time foot soldier

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Hello there! My name is Noah Budd and I am a woodworker from southeast Michigan. I hail from a small set of towns in the Upper Peninsula called Houghton/Hancock. I lived there for 24 of my 31 years, and graduated from Michigan Tech in 2019 in audio production.

In my free time I am a dad first and hobbyist second. I make music, read books, smoke pipes, and kayak fish. I am a broadcast engineer in my professional life, working an early morning 3:30 – 11:30 am shift. The early bird has most definitely gotten a worm or two.

Thanks for stopping by my site and feel free to reach out to me on Instagram @noahbwoodworks or via the email found on the contact page

-Noah

    Puzzle Box Rabbit Hole

    Over the last day or two, I have been thinking about designing and making a puzzle box. The CNC could be extremely handy for this task. I’ve also been thinking that these blog posts are very helpful to me as a maker. They act as a springboard to get my ideas onto paper, and release a lot of inner thoughts that I have throughout the week. They help me better prepare for the weekend sessions and I’m not constantly looking to purchase new tools and equipment because I’m focusing my energy on projects ahead.

    This next weekend I’ve got some goals to accomplish. I’d like to do a wooden wall hanging art piece that has an inlaid quality. I’m thinking an old nickelodeon inspired piece where it’s the early 2000’s nickelodeon logo made with contrasting pieces of wood. Either that, or the old cartoon network logo would be cool. I was always more of a cartoon network kid but their logo isn’t as cool as nickelodeon’s.

    The other major goal I’ve got for this weekend is to get the mortising machine that I purchased last weekend to work. I just ordered the parts a minute ago so those could take anywhere from a week to 2 months to arrive. Not holding my breath on that one and I’m fairly certain they wont arrive by the weekend, given that it is Thanksgiving/black Friday.

    So that leaves inlaid logo or wall art piece and to explore a puzzle box. These fascinate me because of the intricacy and complexity. I built a stool with a moving extendable set of steps last weekend and the kinetic (moving) aspect of the chair really inspired me to do more projects with parts that move. Box making is a craft in its own. I’ve been trying to create a humidor for a few weeks now and those boxes are extraordinarily special and beautifully crafted.

    I’ll most likely research how to design these puzzle boxes, and look at different latching mechanisms. So far I’ve come across gear latches and magnetic releases. There are tons of methods, which is an exciting rabbit hole to dig into. The combination of these latching mechanisms make these puzzles unique and interesting to craft. Many of the successful ones tell a story as well, which adds depth and complexity to the object.

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