Wind Ridge Wood Crafts

Powering a Onefinity CNC and Makita router using an Anker SOLIX F3800 portable power generator. Hi, I’m Mike Schienle and thanks for joining me. I’m making a set of cribbage boards using my CNC, which is powered from an Anker SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Station. The prototype cribbage board was shown as this video started. I’ll carve 3 cribbage boards out of hard maple in this video, but we’ll just focus on the center one to keep the video short. This video is not sponsored in any way. This takes about 2.5 hours to run in real time. The F3800 performed perfectly and still had 73% battery life left. I had some cold weather issues with the tape and glue used to hold the boards down. You may notice some screws appear in the video to take care of the problem. This required some steps to be partially rerun, moving our total time to over 3 hours. This implies I could run a similar workload for about 12 hours before draining the battery. Since this isn’t an in depth woodworking video, I won’t get into details about the project, other than I designed a set of 3 football-themed cribbage boards with four bits, two depths and about 1,200 peg holes. Since this F3800 is brand new, I wanted to ease into it. And by that I mean I did this in an unheated garage on January 14th, 2024 when the outside temperature was -8 degrees in northwest Indiana. I don’t know the inside shop temperature, but my cup of coffee partially froze, so let’s call it mid teens. Our F3800 was purchased to provide additional power for my woodworking shop. This rural home was built in 1969 and a home-based woodworking hobby was clearly not part of the plan. The garage has a single 120 volt, 20 amp outlet, with 100 amp service to the home, so there is not much room for electrical growth before things get expensive. A CNC uses a controller, or tiny computer, several motors that drive the axes, a palm router in my case, and dust collection. All of that is more than the single garage circuit can reliably manage. I will run the CNC controller, motors and router from the F3800 and the dust collection from the wall outlet. We have been looking at various solar and battery generators over the last couple years and never really felt the price to performance was right for our needs until the Anker F3800 came along. Between the 3800 watt-hour capacity, 6000 watt output, 120 and 240 volt outlets and solar inputs, it’s very well matched to the woodworking I do. I hope this has been useful and please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this Anker SOLIX F3800. Thanks for watching. Contacts: Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Non-Affiliate Links (software, tools and components I use and recommend for no commission): Anker SOLIX F3800: https://www.anker.com/products/a1790 CNC Slab Flattener Utility - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/utilities/cnc_flat/ Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com Cadence Manufacturing and Design (router bits) - https://www.cadencemfgdesign.com

Hi, I’m Mike Schienle. I’m adding some basement window covers to our home. We moved into this rural home in early 2023, and it needed a lot of work to be done. This house was built in 1969 and has a neglected history, along with a poorly executed rehab from a flipper before we purchased it. From plumbing, electrical, flooring, roofing, tree felling, new septic and well pumps, we’ve had contractors repairing and updating our home on a regular basis. And we still have more to come in 2024. We’ve been taking on projects on our own, as well, such as replacing flimsy closet doors with wooden sliding barn doors, and these covers for some basement windows which have exterior glass, but just deep, empty holes in the interior. We start off this project by flattening both sides of the boards using a flattening program which is linked in the description. I created the program that generates the flattening files using web-based input. I’m a software engineer for nearly 40 years now, and like many of us geeks with a little spare time, we tend to create things that interact with web sites, databases and other technologies to do little utilities to make our daily lives a little more productive. We just finished flattening the back of the covers from 7/8” to 5/8”and I sanded them to 180 grit off camera. We’ll now flatten the front of the covers from 5/8” to 1/2” and sand to 220 grit off camera. I recently purchased a 3M Xtract 6” random orbital sander as a replacement to a pair of old Porter Cable 5” sanders. I’ve been experiencing some wrist pain from the Porter Cable sanders over the last couple years, so it was time to make a higher quality purchase. I’m happy with the 3M sander so far, but I’ve only used it for less than an hour, so I really don’t have much to say until I’ve used it more. As you can see, I’m such a rookie with this sander that I forgot to turn on the dust collector in my other hand for a bit. Our basement has gray wood floors and gray accents, so we decided on the gray stain for the cedar boards to match. It really is a nice look in each of the rooms. The CNC artwork comes from Ursa Major Designs for the bison and bear and from Vadim Burucenco for the Tree of Life. Links are provided to their respective Etsy stores in the description below. My wife and I picked the bear and bison designs since they fit the rural country motif of our home. My wife, Rev. Dr. Rhonda Schienle, is an ordained interfaith minister, and loves the symbolism for the Tree of Life across many religions and cultures. That cover is used in her office above her desk. The bison covers go in the laundry room and the bear cover goes in the workout room. The majority of the artwork is as purchased. However, you’ll see in each of them that additional holes are being drilled completely through the covers to allow some light to pass through. This provides a nice outline of the animal or tree, as well. The bear and bison covers only require two bits, a 1/8” end mill for drilling and cutting out the cover from the larger board, and a 90 degree V-bit, which cuts the mountains, streams and stars. The Tree of Life uses an additional bit called a tapered ball nose for the high detail needed within the branches and roots of the tree. Links for these are also in the description. I’ll have a little more to say near the end of this video, so please enjoy the CNC doing its thing for the next seven or so minutes. There are several ways to finish the edges of these covers, either leave them square, chamfer at an angle with a plane or router bit, or roundover with a bit. I went with a chamfer using a block plane I created on my CNC a couple years ago. These are very simple to use and leave a great result. This one is similar in size to a Stanley #2 plane, is made with walnut and uses a Hock Tools blade. The covers were finished with a few coats of shellac which provides a nice, satin finish. I sanded between coats with 320 grit and cleaned with denatured alcohol. Thank you for watching, and please take a moment to hit the Like, Share and Subscribe buttons, and let me know in the discussion what you think of the designs and how they look in place of the bare windows. Contacts: Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Non-Affiliate Links (software, tools and components I use and recommend for no commission): CNC Slab Flattener Utility - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/utilities/cnc_flat/ Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com Cadence Manufacturing and Design (router bits) - https://www.cadencemfgdesign.com Ursa Major Design - https://www.etsy.com/shop/UrsaMajorDesignCo Vadim Burucenco - https://www.etsy.com/listing/617741344/3d-stl-models-for-cnc-tree

We had a Pin Oak tree that was leaning about 20 degrees off center toward our home and also had a few branches mixed in with our power line. We called a local tree service to take down the oak and I asked them to leave behind a few smaller logs I could use for woodworking projects. Here's the link to the earlier video where the tree service folks took the tree down - https://youtu.be/wyySlx4esNk I needed to cut the logs in half so I could load them onto my little landscaping trailer and move them to our pole barn on the opposite corner of the property. Using an online log calculator and entering the size and species of the logs, these were in the 1,200 lb. range. Due to the weight and size, which was just a bit wider than my trailer, it was a great excuse to get a chain saw. I went with a battery powered DeWalt DCCS670 FlexVolt chainsaw, which should be more than enough for my needs in the foreseeable future. I picked up a log peavey to help roll and maneuver the logs around the yard and trailer. This applies plenty of leverage when needed, especially when trying to turn the logs in the direction needed to roll up the trailer ramp. And there were many times when manually pushing and pulling the logs by hand was needed. Once the logs were cut, I then loaded them into the trailer. I did most of the loading with the cable puller and switched to tow straps whenever the cable jammed or I wanted to spend less time being stung, bitten or bored by my local insects. More about the insects in a moment. Dealing with a cable jam is pretty simple unless you have a few hundred pounds of wood fighting gravity on the other end. This was close enough to the top that I just grabbed another strap and hauled it onto the trailer, then tied it down to prevent it from rolling off. So, that was one of two attacks by the little bastards on two different days. Both were on my left ankle about an inch apart. I don't know what it actually was, but that's the first time I've been stung or bored like that in 20 years or so. After loading each log onto the trailer, I then drove it around to our pole barn. As simple as that sounds, it was a little more difficult in reverse with three 90 degree turns. Thankfully, my truck has electronic training wheels for backing up the trailer, so I just had to turn a little knob on the console and try to avoid any obstacles. Even with all of that help, I was still able to run over a tripod that some jackass left between the truck and trailer. Offloading the logs was always exciting. I'm pretty sure these were all over 500 lbs. and only a couple were close to cylindrical. They do require much less work to unload than load. In most cases, it's simply a matter of aiming them in the right direction, administering a firm tug or push and hoping they don't cause any damage before they stop rolling. Or the universe aligns and you get lucky and walk away laughing at what sorcery you just manifested. Thanks for watching and please ask any questions or laugh at my misfortune in the comments. Contacts: Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Non-Affiliate Links (software, tools and components I use and recommend for no commission): CNC Slab Flattener Utility - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/utilities/cnc_flat/ Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com Pen Kits - https://www.bereahardwoods.com/pen-kit/supplies/pen-kits.html Pen Blanks - https://www.exoticblanks.com/Pen-Blanks/ Amazon Affiliate Links (I make a small commission if these links are used, no additional cost to you): DeWalt DCCS670T1 Chain Saw - https://amzn.to/450G70Y DeWalt DWE7491X Table Saw (replaced DWE7480) - https://amzn.to/42pgsgx DeWalt DWS780 Miter Saw (replaced DWS779) - https://amzn.to/3oPV4mY Next Wave Shark SD110 CNC (replaced Piranha Fx) - https://amzn.to/3oNOBc4 Grizzly G0555XH 14" Bandsaw - https://amzn.to/43AnLTK Turncrafter Commander 12" VS Lathe (I use 12" version of this) - https://amzn.to/46iodIn Cutech 8" Jointer - https://amzn.to/3qtX6cW Wen 13" Planer - https://amzn.to/3MVhpHB Triton Spindle and Belt Sander - https://amzn.to/43HbkVY Carter AccuRight Log Mill - https://amzn.to/3qA0R0c

This is a quick video of a tree at our home being taken down by a local tree service. We purchased this home in April, 2023 and these photos and videos were taken in early July, 2023. This Pin Oak tree had about a 20 degree lean to it with some of the limbs touching our power line to the home. The roots were starting to pull out of the ground enough that a heavy storm or strong winds could take it down. The tree was about 50 feet tall, which was large enough that if it came down on its own it would likely hit a couple bedrooms on the west side of our home. My wife dropped by a local Facebook referrals page and got a few recommendations for tree services. One was very fast to drop by and check things out, but they had a 2 month wait to provide services. Virgil's Tree Service came out the following day and was able to get us taken care of in a couple business days. They arrived on time, did an excellent job, were respectful of our property, cleaned up after themselves and left some requested logs behind so I can use them for some woodworking projects in the future. Doing a quick ring count of the logs shows the tree was just over 100 years old, which is close to its typical 120 year lifespan. We plan to add a few more trees, probably different kinds of oaks and maples, to the home over the next year. I hope you enjoy this, and please ask any questions in the comments section.

My wife, Rev. Dr. Rhonda Schienle, is a minister and performs a couple dozen weddings each year. Her friend Wanda dropped by recently to visit. Wanda saw a few of the Wedding Boxes I had made for Rhonda's upcoming weddings and ordered two for her kids who were already married. She wanted them identical, which I was able to do by making all the panels from the same white oak slab and the posts were all cut from the same walnut board. I walk through the milling process from slab to components to finished boxes using a CNC, table saw, miter saw, bandsaw and hand plane. The results were fantastic and it was my pleasure to provide Wanda with wedding boxes for her kids. Tools used: Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com Piranha Fx CNC (replaced by Shark SD110) - https://amzn.to/3oNOBc4 DeWalt DWE7480 Table Saw (replaced by DWE7491X) - https://amzn.to/42pgsgx DeWalt DWS779 Miter Saw (replaced by DWS780) - https://amzn.to/3oPV4mY Grizzly G0555XH 14" Bandsaw - https://amzn.to/43AnLTK CNC Slab Flattener Utility - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/utilities/cnc_flat/

My wife, Rev. Dr. Rhonda Schienle, is the Board Chair of World AWAKE, which is an Interfaith Clergy and Spiritual Care organization. The organization has an online social event where they discuss member's requests and ideas for their organization. My wife asked if we could adapt some recent lantern boxes I've been making for a couple gifts to attendees at the event. The lanterns are made from cedar and have a battery-powered, programmable, multi-colored puck light inside. On the front of the lantern, we used the Tree of Life, which is a well-known and ancient spiritual symbol of connectedness, family and peace, among other things. For the back of the lantern, we used a variation of the World AWAKE logo. The front was stained black and the 3D carving of the Tree of Life shows the natural cedar tones against the dark stain. A light sanding gives it a somewhat rustic look. There are also about 100 tiny holes drilled through the Tree of Life to allow the puck light to shine through, outlining the shape of the tree, branches and roots. The logo on back is painted with the organization's primary color. The lanterns are about 5" square and tall and provide a nice touch for shelves and are great night lights with the colored puck lights, as well.

I don't know the story behind this slab of white oak and I don't have enough time behind a chainsaw to say anything other than this slab must have fought back hard. I was able to get it milled up for a nice pair of keepsake wedding boxes, though. I am still working on the boxes, so there is a longer video in progress. In the meantime, here are a couple minutes of my CNC doing a mind-numbing task that took about 3 hours in reality. Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com Slab flattening gcode generator - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/utilities/cnc_flat/

My wife, Rev. Dr. Rhonda Schienle, runs a ministry business in our area of Indiana which includes performing a few dozen weddings per year. One of the items that is very popular with her couples is a marriage box which has a corresponding poem to go with it. The box is used for vows, cards, mementos, etc. during and after the wedding. This one is made from white oak panels and walnut posts and measures about 5-1/2" tall by 12" wide by 5-1/2" deep. Both traditional and CNC woodworking are used in creating these. The oak and walnut starts as rough sawn and gets cut and shaped to proper dimensions along the way. The carving on the top and some sliding dovetails in the interior are done by the CNC. Quite a bit more is done with a bandsaw, miter saw, table saw, a hand plan, lots of sandpaper and a few more items. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Jones for asking my wife for this wedding box as part of their ceremony. It was my honor to make it. #woodworking #wedding #walnut #whiteoak #woodbox Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com DeWalt DWE7480 Table Saw (discontinued, link to similar DWE7491X) - https://www.dewalt.com/product/dwe7491x/10-table-saw-scissor-stand?tid=577501 DeWalt DWS779 Miter Saw - https://www.dewalt.com/product/dws779/12-double-bevel-sliding-compound-miter-saw?tid=577676 Piranha Fx CNC (replaced by Shark SD110) - https://www.nextwavecnc.com/shop/SHARK-SD110®-p199981651

Halloween is quickly approaching and I wanted to put my spin on the popular lantern decorations. I start with rough sawn cedar fence pickets, cut them down to length, then plane them down to the proper thickness, while also removing the rough surface. The panels are stained black to add to the Halloween motif. Next, the CNC cuts the pickets out in a variety of Jack-o-Lantern faces. Since I'm using programmable puck lights, I also do a version of the faces where holes are drilled through instead of cut out, which is a nice variation. I cut an area in the bottom for the puck light to stay centered, and a small hole in the lid to help secure the stem which allows the lid to be easily removed. The lantern panels are then cut out and the CNC work is done. The panels are mixed and matched for variety, glued, sanded, painted, a stem is added and they're ready for lights. Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com

My wife, Rev. Dr. Rhonda Schienle, is the board chair of a spiritual organization and runs her own interfaith Ministry business, as well. She was sharing a story with some online friends about a divinely inspired phrase she received, which says your soul's vibration is based on your attention and intention, or mathematically, Attention plus Intention equals Vibration. One of Rhonda's minister friends asked her if I could make a sign with that phrase on it. I shared a comment or two with Rhonda and the next thing I knew her friend had upsold herself from a single rectangular plaque to a pair of double-sided heart-shaped signs to place on her altar, which you'll see in this video. Thank you Rev. Angie for your support to both Rhonda and me. It was a pleasure to create these Hearts for your altar. Ho'oponopono Prayer - https://hooponoponomiracle.com/ho-oponopono-hawaiian-forgiveness-prayer/ Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Vectric VCarve Pro - https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com DeWalt DWE7480 Table Saw (discontinued, link to similar DWE7491X) - https://www.dewalt.com/product/dwe7491x/10-table-saw-scissor-stand?tid=577501 DeWalt DWS779 Miter Saw - https://www.dewalt.com/product/dws779/12-double-bevel-sliding-compound-miter-saw?tid=577676 Grizzly G0555XH 14" Bandsaw - https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-14-1-3-4-HP-Extreme-Series-Resaw-Bandsaw/G0555XH Triton Spindle and Belt Sander - https://www.rockler.com/triton-tspst450-3-5a-oscillating-spindle-and-belt-sander

A Louisiana Church requested their logo be made into a 10" round wood sign for their pulpit. The client requested hard maple and provided the design. A quick redrawing of the sign in Vectric VCarve Pro was approved and here's the video of the results. The client is going to complete the project with a colored epoxy pour to match their church colors. Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/windridgewoodcrafts/ Onefinity Journeyman CNC - https://www.onefinitycnc.com Grizzly G0555XH 14" Bandsaw - https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-14-1-3-4-HP-Extreme-Series-Resaw-Bandsaw/G0555XH #woodworking #onefinity #journeyman #grizzlytools #cnc #cncmachine

I've been making lanterns with battery powered puck lights that shine through holes for various occasions. My wife wanted one for a family friend who had a baby recently. The baby's name is River, so she wanted a little river scene and an animal or two, plus his name and birth date on it. So, we put a Starry Night Bear on front, which has become sort of a favorite for these lanterns. On one side, we added his name and birth date and on the other was a nice little mountain river scene. You see a couple boards in place for part of this, but one board was for this lantern and another was a different project. We can do up to 8 lanterns at once on this CNC, so whenever we have a few similar projects in the queue we'll combine steps whenever we can to make life a little easier. Thanks for watching and enjoy the CNC doing its work.

My wife's friend had a death in her family recently and I was asked if I could provide a simple memorial box. I was happy to oblige and gathered up some information on what they wanted and if there were any special requests. It turns out his nickname was "Papa Bear" and I had just been working with a file called "Starry Night Bear" for a couple other projects. I set up the CNC and engraved a white oak lid with the Starry Night Bear and asked my wife to share it with her friend for some feedback. Her friend burst into tears upon seeing it, and insisted we use that lid for the box. This is how that box came together. There's no video of the lid being made, but you can see it in the photos at the beginning and end of the video.

This Starry Night Bear lantern starts with rough sawn white oak. Off to the miter saw to break things down to rough length. Next to the band saw to get the boards to the correct width and depth. Finally, the CNC gets us to the exact dimensions we need and carves all the details. Over 100 1/16" holes allow "starlight" to shine through with either white or colored puck lights that fit inside the lantern.

This is an outdoor sign for a beautiful retreat home created for private gatherings and seasonal celebrations. We worked through the idea of a rustic sign with a hand-written font and incorporating a couple feathers which are dear to the client and part of her business name. We selected cedar for its beauty and tendency to fade to gray over time, which matches part of their retreat colors. The lettering and feathers were painted a deep coffee brown and it has been sealed with several coats of Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane to resist the outdoor elements of northern Illinois for many years.

These Spice/Gem boxes contain a Hawaiian prayer known as Ho'oponopono. They were part of a raffle request for a spiritual conference. One each, made from cherry, walnut and maple.

Going from a large block of red oak to a beautiful James Krenov style Smoothing Plane using a Bandsaw and CNC. CNC Slab Flattening program: https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/utilities/cnc_flat/ Email - mike@windridgewoodcrafts.com Website - https://windridgewoodcrafts.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WindRidgeWoodCrafts/ Piranha Fx CNC (renamed Shark SD110) - https://www.nextwavecnc.com/shop/SHARK-SD110®-p199981651 Grizzly G0555XH 14" Bandsaw - https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-14-1-3-4-HP-Extreme-Series-Resaw-Bandsaw/G0555XH Turncrafter Commander 12" Variable Speed Lathe - https://www.pennstateind.com/store/KWL-1218VS.html Highland Woodworking Wood Slicer Resaw Bandsaw Blades - https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/woodslicer-resaw-bandsaw-blades.aspx Making & Mastering Wood Planes - https://lostartpress.com/products/making-mastering-wood-planes-revised-edition

How to use painter's tape and CA glue with accelerator to hold down project boards on a CNC.

Using a CNC to cutout a small Krenov style hand plane that is close to a Stanley #2 plane in dimensions. This one is 6 5/8" x 2" with a Hock 1 1/4" blade.

While fixing a minor issue with my CNC I rethought how I generate a lubrication toolpath. I ended up setting up a web form to collect the parameters and a program generates the toolpath from the parameters. Web form is available at https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/topics/cnc_lube/

Two ways to create a wood slab flattener file for the CNC. 1st using Vectric VCarve Pro. 2nd using a custom Web Form to fill in parameters and generate the GCode file. Both files are shown on the NCViewer simulator. The Web Form file is used to flatten a small board/slab using the parameters provided in the web form. Web form is available at https://windridgewoodcrafts.com/topics/cnc_flat/

Creating 40 walnut coasters with 10 coaster racks for Legacy of Hope

Designing and carving a Wine and Cheese Tray on a CNC. Vectric VCarve Pro software used for design. Piranha Fx from Next Wave Automation is the CNC.

Carving a Believe Log on my CNC. Quick run through the model import and tool path selection, followed by the CNC carving it out. Barn Red stain on hard maple wood.

A heart shaped cherry box with a sea turtle on top and the Ho'oponopono prayer inside, hence Honu'oponopono (Honu is the Hawaiian word for sea turtle). Designed in Vectric V-Carve Pro and cut on a NextWave Piranha Fx CNC.