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  • Using A.I. + Inkscape to Make Cricut Stickers

    Using A.I. + Inkscape to Make Cricut Stickers

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    After having a Glowforge laser cutter for a few years, I have fallen in love with Inkscape. Now I have a Cricut Maker 3 and I am using Inkscape to design Cricut stickers. Designing vector graphics feels amazing. Once you take a little time and learn the basics of Inkscape, you suddenly feel like a…

  • Glowforge Aura Template

    Glowforge Aura Template

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    I just got my new Glowforge Aura and I wanted to update my Udemy course, Inkscape For Glowforge with a short tutorial on how to set up a template in Inkscape to cut the thinner 3/25″ thick plywood and other Light Proofgrade Glowforge materials. If you have an Aura, you can use this template to…

  • Learn Inkscape for Glowforge

    Learn Inkscape for Glowforge

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    This is my 1st Udemy course, Learn Inkscape For Glowforge. Learn how to design and modify SVG files for Glowforge Laser Cutter.

  • Bread Tab Shooter

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    Here’s a fun way to turn common trash into a fun toy. We all know those little square plastic bread tabs that keep plastic bags closed. This is an easy project anyone can make at home. All you need is a hard wood stick from outside. A 3/4″ maple or oak branch off the ground…

  • Make America Great Again

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    There are some on my facebook who seem annoyed at times with our president. Being a toy maker, I thought of a simple solution for them. Turn the crank, it hammers his head. Make your own laser cut Make America Great Again toy with the FREE JEMTOY SVG file. Step by step build instructions are…

  • Twig Racer

    Twig Racer

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    FREE SVG! I grew up on a farm in Maine during the 60’s. My grandpa used to whittle folk toys for me when I was a kid. The twig racer cars were one of my favorites.

  • Homopolar Motor: Video Instructions

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    HOMOPOLAR MOTOR KIT I have always been fascinated by how simple homopolar motors are. Kids are blown away by the immediate fun. But not just kids, everyone wants to check it out. Made only of a battery, a magnet, and copper wire, this simple motor can get really hot. It’s hard to play with them…

  • Homopolar Motor Instructions

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    Download the SVG to laser cut your own: Homopolar Motor Kit by JEMTOY Video Instructions: Build the Homopolar Motor Kit

  • Art by AJ Lafave

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    AJ Lafave sent me a resin sculpture and print. Thank you! I’m glad the How To Make Resin Toys book could help inspire such awesomeness. This guy would be fun to mod. I have the urge to give him hair and googly eyes. I’d like to see a show where you post a bunch out…

  • Pitik of Glory

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    I’ve been in the mood to create some new games and here is the first completed paper game, The Pitik of Glory. Players take turns trying to finger flick a penny, bottle cap, or glass blob into the hole in the goal post. Who ever can get it in from the furthest away wins. Players…

  • How To Make Resin Toys

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    How To Make Resin Toys: Amazon Kindle – Order Printed Book  I have been an art teacher since 1984, so it comes naturally to me to share what I know with others. Whenever I am in the art studio making stuff, I enjoy photographing the process from start to finish. Way back I remember wanting to make toys…

  • Pouring molds DIY

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    Hey man, I bought the e-book version of your book the other day and its great. I sculpted my first little figure this week and was gonna save up some money to buy some smooth on. I ended up searching for DIY mold making materials and came across oogoo. Have you tried making anything with…

  • How To Make Resin Toys Video 5: Glow In The Dark

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    When I want to make glow in the dark resin toys I use a clear resin from Smooth-On.com called Smooth Cast 325. I order Glow Powder from GlowInc.com – they have several types, but I get the top of the line $250/pound Ultra Green Glow Powder. It’s the brightest glow powder on earth. These resin…

  • Firing the kiln

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    Many times when I make resin toys I use Super Sculpey Polymer Clay because it is easy to fire at home in the oven. However, I really prefer making the original out of glazed ceramic so that my toy has a slick glassy look and feel. I also find real clay to have a better…

  • Learn how to make resin toys

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    The Yupapotami are keen to learn how to make resin toys. Check out the new book by J.E.Moores titled: How To Make Resin Toys and learn about Glove Molds, Putty Molds, Block Molds, Silicone Rubber, Urethane Plastic, finishing, painting, containing and displaying hand made resin toys. You can also watch my instructional videos: How To…

  • How To Make Resin Toys Video 4: Black Rub

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    Black Rub is a technique where you toothbrush black acrylic paint onto a resin toy, then use a damp paper towel to clean it off. Black paint stays in the deep areas showing off the details of your resin toy. Black Rub gives the toy an old fashioned look, like an old antique toy whose…

  • How to make stacking trays from used water bottles

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    I recycle our 5 gallon spring water bottles into small plastic trays. I use them for casting resin toys to catch drips and spills. My wife uses them to sprout seeds when gardening. You can see in the photo how the seed package can be slipped in between the two stacked trays so you know…

  • How To Make Resin Toys Video 3: Pouring Resin

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    Here I cast Smooth-Cast 300 urethane resin into several types of molds. I find that each mold has it’s own issues. Because resin can only flow where gravity can take it, your mold might have air bubble issues. After a while I learn how each mold needs to be dealt with in order to get…

  • How To Make Resin Toys Video 2: Go With The Flow

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    When designing a resin toy you have to be aware that you have to work with gravity. The liquid resin can only flow where gravity can take it. Let’s say you designed a character. If his arms are up they will cast easily, but if the arms are down at your character’s side you will…

  • How To Make Resin Toys: Rebound 25

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    Here are the how to videos from Smooth-On of their product Rebound 25 Brushable Silicone Rubber. I use Rebound 25 to make glove molds to cast simple tapered shapes, or “lumps” as I like to call them. The glove mold will easily roll off your casting if your original art is a simple tapered shape.…

  • How To Make Resin Toys Video 1: Lump of Sculpey

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    Learning how to make resin toys is a very involved process so it is smart to start out with a simple shape that will mold and cast easily. Sculpey polymer clay is great to use because you can fire it in your home oven. Another benefit is that you do not need any release spray…

  • How To Make Resin Toys

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    How To Make Re… By J.E.Moores Book Preview How To Make Resin Toys by J.E.Moores. This book is intended to provide an artist with the basics so you can get in there and successfully cast your very own resin toys fast and easy. Glove Molds, Putty Molds, and Block Molds are all discussed, as well…