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I’ve gotten into handtool woodworking somewhat deeply this year, and this is giving me serious desires to create a wooden chassis for something... retro.

user123456780 4y ago
I have an old metal break in the garage I have been meaning to make a laptop chassis out of copper or brass. I think it would be dope to have a unique looking steam-punkish designed laptop
- peatmoss 4y ago
  Hand-made has given me a new perspective on opulence. Maybe it’s just the Ikea effect on overdrive, but making the things you want is so satisfying in terms of the process, and the one-of-a-kind results can be really prideful.
mappu 4y ago
The EOMA68 project had some similar goals to Framework and had an optional wooden chassis: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop They haven't had much activity in the last few years though, and the compute card for it is now very outdated.
roldie 4y ago
Do you have any resources that helped you dive in? I'd love to get into it myself. Besides some general woodworking classes, I'm not sure where to start.
- peatmoss 4y ago
  For hand-tool woodworking specifically there are a number of youtube content creators that are good: James Wright, Paul Sellers, Rex Kreuger, etc. I pay James Wright a token sum each month via patreon, because his pedagogy is so good and comprehensive. I do the same for Rex Kreuger because his woodworking forum is extremely well run and full of people who'll take time to answer questions and offer support on projects. One thing I wish I could have done was visit someone who already had tools. Getting started with hand-tools can be expensive, and I've both over- and under-spent on some of the bootstrapping gear. After getting some of the basic gear, a good first step is building a workbench, as it's impossible to do much of anything with handtools without.
  - roldie 4y ago
    Awesome, thanks so much!

user123456780 4y ago

I have an old metal break in the garage I have been meaning to make a laptop chassis out of copper or brass. I think it would be dope to have a unique looking steam-punkish designed laptop

peatmoss 4y ago
Hand-made has given me a new perspective on opulence. Maybe it’s just the Ikea effect on overdrive, but making the things you want is so satisfying in terms of the process, and the one-of-a-kind results can be really prideful.

mappu 4y ago

The EOMA68 project had some similar goals to Framework and had an optional wooden chassis: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop They haven't had much activity in the last few years though, and the compute card for it is now very outdated.

roldie 4y ago

Do you have any resources that helped you dive in? I'd love to get into it myself. Besides some general woodworking classes, I'm not sure where to start.

peatmoss 4y ago
For hand-tool woodworking specifically there are a number of youtube content creators that are good: James Wright, Paul Sellers, Rex Kreuger, etc. I pay James Wright a token sum each month via patreon, because his pedagogy is so good and comprehensive. I do the same for Rex Kreuger because his woodworking forum is extremely well run and full of people who'll take time to answer questions and offer support on projects. One thing I wish I could have done was visit someone who already had tools. Getting started with hand-tools can be expensive, and I've both over- and under-spent on some of the bootstrapping gear. After getting some of the basic gear, a good first step is building a workbench, as it's impossible to do much of anything with handtools without.
- roldie 4y ago
  Awesome, thanks so much!