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Tide Clock

By Artwork, Carpentry, Electronics, Surfing, Weather

This is a coastal tide clock made with a K40 laser cutter using Ordnance Survey data from their open map service. This is a tutorial showing you how you can make one using your own location.I cut the map using a K40 laser with an upgraded smoothie board if you haven’t got your own laser cutter there are many offerings on the web or join a local hackspace.

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Reef Bowl

By Artwork, Surfing

Im a big fan of things or pieces of art that have a little tale attached to them linking them to something of interest. A friend and neighbour Jake Boex from Porthleven recentley caught my eye with this beautiful porcelain bowl with an inlay of crushed rock from the reef…

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Laser GIS map

By Artwork, Carpentry, Engineering, Python

Hello this is a tutorial used to create a GIS laser cut contour map. Tools/Software needed QGIS – Free Autocad/Draftsight Illustrator/Inkscape LaserWeb 4 running on a K40 40w Laser   Download QGISA A free and open source Geographic Information System software from here http://www.qgis.org/en/site/ Download your GIS data as im using…

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B52 Handplane

By Artwork, Carpentry, Surfing

So far this summer there have been a few days where it isn’t quite surfable with a shortboard but still looking very inviting. Having recently tried out and enjoyed a hand plane i decided to make one… 1. Materials After some research there are many types of timber that are…

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