So as most of you know, I do a lot of machining in acrylic, I have for several years now. Recently the company that I cut 95% of this acrylic for has gone through a growth phase. That’s great on one hand, but as a small shop I have not yet mastered what to...
Read more →Another week, another set of projects that keep my ShopBot humming. Here is video of some of the cutting that I have done this past week! McKenzie Digital Fab video http://youtu.be/3X8FkPAFxU0 The first part of the video starts out cutting an impact modified acrylic for a customer of mine who is making windshields for...
Read more →While working at ShopBot alongside their development team in helping to create the Desktop tool, early on we started seeing the need for safety enclosures around the head of the tool. The early versions of this were hoping to be a surrounding that would offer protection from flying debris, a sound barrier, and a...
Read more →“I’ve always been fascinated with how things worked. I guess I’ve been a Maker since I was about ten years old.” Hi, I’m Brian McKenzie, of McKenzie Digital Fab — a business that I just recently “gave birth to.” I also recently joined 100kGarages.com, and thought it would be fun to keep a journal...
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