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
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I folded like a lawn chair and purchased a 3D printer as they went on sale for black Friday. I plan to use the printer in the following ways: to model and test mechanisms for puzzle boxes, to print little toys for my daughter, and to print organizers for my wife and myself. I was…
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With the new prospect of designing and building a puzzle box, I’ve realized that my 3D modeling game needs to improve. So far, I’ve done all of my modeling in Sketchup’s free version, but as far as I know, Sketchup free wont let you create moving parts that interact with each other. So yesterday I…
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I’ve been thinking about how to machine smaller parts for puzzle boxes. I would like to be able to make small gears, levers, keys and other miscellaneous parts for mechanisms. There are a ton of laser cut puzzle boxes on the market and to me they tend to look cheap. They work very well, so…
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This weekend I ended up making a rough draft of my table saw sled, which has been long overdue. It’s nothing too special, and I say it’s a rough draft because I’ll more than likely be adding some work holding clamps and length referencing ruler strips to make it easier to use in the future.…
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Yesterday I went down a huge puzzle box rabbit hole after I was done working. I watched a ton of videos about how to make simple boxes, and people opening more complex boxes. They’re fascinating to me because of the intricacy and complexity. I’m thinking this weekend I’d like to try to make a small…
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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…
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There are still a few things I’d like to try out in the shop. The circle project being a long-standing one. I’d like to do a small test to see what it’s like to CNC inlay wood circles on top of themselves. I also need to finish my lidded humidor project. I need to acquire…
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Last weekend I was able to finish a protype of a step stool using scrap wood and some cherry. This was quite a challenging little project, because the mechanism for which the steps extend was more complicated than what I normally build. The stool itself is a regular bar stool, with two little steps that…
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I’ve been inspired in the past by the Samurai Carpenter. His woodworking is inspired by Japanese architecture. His work is very clean and soulful. He’s got a mortising machine that he uses for a lot of his joinery. It makes sense that a machine that makes square holes would be very useful in the shop.…
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This weekend I’ve got a completely blank slate for the first time in a very long time. I have no projects on the horizon, and I’ve got nothing in the woodwork. To be honest I am thinking about going fishing, but it has been quite cold in the mornings – around 30 degrees Fahrenheit. If…
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