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

    Tis the Season

    Yesterday we got the presents wrapped for our toddlers 3rd Christmas tomorrow. We went grocery shopping and cleaned the entire house so we can have family over for Christmas. I finished the epoxy piece for my brother and it turned out great. I’m amazed at how easy these are to make. Run the carve on the CNC, fill the void with epoxy, sand, put finish on and it’s done! I usually like to make things that are inherently functional, but it’s good to make objects that are visually interesting from time to time as well.

    I’ve got Christmas day off from work, and then it’s into the weekend. My brother is coming to stay with us, so I’m not sure how much woodworking I’ll be able to get done. I’ll be cooking and hopefully playing some board games with the little toddler running around tonight. If I don’t get too drunk I’ll most likely wake up early to try and start the 3D relief carving for my dad’s Christmas gift. It would be good to pack the desktop CNC into a box as well, just to get that moved into place. I’m curious to see how long it’ll take the 3D relief carving to finish.

    The 3D relief carving that I have yet to complete is a topographic map of the shorefront at our cabin in minnesota. Half of it is Lake Superior, so on the flat section of water I’ve raised a rectangle out of. Once the relief carving is done, I can then V-carve letters that say “Encampment Forest Association est. 1921” on it. This should make for a very cool looking piece of wood at the end of the day.

    I’ve completely neglected to make something for my sister, so I’m thinking I’ll get her something from her Christmas list, and perhaps try to do an engraved epoxy work for her as well. I’d actually need to do that tomorrow morning on the CNC instead of the topo map, because the timeline I’ve given myself is so short. Luckily my wife got her something from her Christmas list already and signed it for all of us, but I can do better for her, especially if I’ve made something for everyone else already. It’s a lot to juggle but it’s almost over šŸ˜€ Happy holidays

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