Its almost here!

After more than 6 months planning, negotiating, making arrangements, fund-raising, its almost here! The 5-Axis CNC will be delivered Tuesday November 11. Jason, the factory technician, will arrive from China to assist with the un-packing, assembly, programing, and calibration. In the mean time Kainan, Sam and I have been working hard to finish setting-up the […]

Huaguan (Sam) FANG

Sam just joined SJSW as a part-time shop technician. He is charged with operating the new 5-Axis CNC and the 3-Axis CNC in addition to help with fabrication projects. Sam had many years experience working on construction sites in the USA and China. Sam is a kind, upbeat person, and is happy to be a […]

Precision

Mr. PENG from BCAMCNC JUst sent a video of the factory calibration test they just did our machine. VERY impressive. Should be packed and shipped in the next week or so. Really looking forward to learning how to use it, and teaching others.

Notre Dame of Paris

Share the Post: Related Posts In February a friend helped fund a trip to visit the newly renovated cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. I spent 5 days there, walking around, praying, attending mass, the vespers, and just feeling. An old friend and mentor from TU Delft, Henco Bekkering met me there. The article I […]

Little-by-little

Last week Kainan and I made some progress on the studio/workshop space.

5-Axis CNC

Thanks to the generosity of a a few donors, SJSW was able to order a cutting-edge 5-Axis CNC. I have a similar machine at Zao Lab, Tsinghua Shenzhen. Its an amazing machine. And I got used to including its capabilities when I think about what is possible. I’m hoping to use it one projects we […]

Adding St. Joseph

I found the perfect place for St. Joseph, the patron saint of SJSW, carpenters, fathers, China, travelers, etc.

Making office furnishings

We are in the process of building the furniture for the office area. One of the best things about working at SJSW is moving easily between computer design, to modeling, to prototyping and back. Space is somewhat limited, but 4 people could comfortably work together on a couple projects. Its starting to come together.

So much work to do

There is a lot of work to do. All the tools and equipment were put into storage last July. We moved everything to the new space in April. Now I need to set it all up and create a functional work environment. We are building a office space, materials storage and a utility closet for […]