Latest Tool Additions & Workshop News

Over last Fall and Winter, we have been slowly adding to our basket of tools for the workshop, which has also been renovated during the same period of time. We wanted a full-time art creation studio that would enable us to have all of our current equipment out and ready to go, streamlining the creation process.
New 3D Resin Printer & CNC/Laser Machine
Because we had a little more room with the updated workshop, we wanted to add to our numbers with a new 3D resin printer as well as a CNC/Laser machine. So after plenty of research, we went with the Elegoo Saturn 2 3D printer and the Foxalien 4040-ex CNC machine. Both machines will help us create some amazing products and crafts, and complement the other machines we already have in the workshop.
FoxAlien CnC Machine
But we didn’t stop there. We have also begun to add tools that will help us create things with metal. Watching plenty of YouTube videos inspired us to think about melting metal and pouring it into molds to form items like jewelry and other wearable items. In 2023, we’re going to expand what we do and how we do it, which means plenty of videos of us in the trial and error period of the process, lol.
With the Foxalien CNC machine, we attached a laser module with the aim of making awesome-looking layered mandalas. They are also great at creating layered maps of cities and other areas of interest that we are looking to pursue. When we eventually get comfortable with the machine, we will put the CNC router back on it and go for our very own custom guitar build, which we are very much looking forward to starting later in the year.
Plans & Goals for 2023 – The Workshop
It is our aim by the end of 2023, that we are doing this full-time along with supplemental income from our new YouTube channel. Both avenues will enable us to get a larger audience and spread our crafts across multiple sources. We will work hard to make sure we keep to our goals for this year. Enjoy some of the images below of the workshop. Hopefully, when the temps get a little better, we will be out there doing our thing once again.
- Just after our first few sheets of drywall are installed.
- Bench and walls are all done with some storage underneath.
- Everything is now finished. All electrics are installed and working and we even put some curtains over the storage area to hide things. Of course we couldn’t get enough of the same one lol.