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August 1, 2025 - Books Open

August 1, 2025 - Books Open

Posted by Maker Gillian on Aug 1st 2025

The books have opened for The Fallen Star Custom. Accepting Orders until Aug. 2, 2025 11:00pm EST.  This will be the only opening of the books for the year 2025.  The goal is to complete eve … read more
Screwless Locking Bar Design

Screwless Locking Bar Design

Posted by Maker Gillian on May 26th 2025

April and May of 2025 was spent designing new features on the compression lock.   My goal was to design and create a dovetailed locking bar that would be installed with no screws.  The … read more
3D Contoured Handles

3D Contoured Handles

Posted by Maker Gillian on Mar 29th 2025

The end of the month of March brought about the first set of 3D contoured handles.  Having handles fully 3D contoured coming off of the CNC mill was something I have wanted to achieve for several … read more
CNC Grinding Bevels Using Milling Machine

CNC Grinding Bevels Using Milling Machine

Posted by Maker Gillian on Feb 18th 2025

JANUARY All of January was spent programming in CAM, as I learned how to grind bevels on blades using a diamond cup wheel inside of the CNC milling machine.  While I had thought this would become … read more