Carpe Makes

Carpe Makes Husband and wife makers. It all starts with a story, April and I have always been crafty, either remodeling our many houses or making a end stand or two.

But when we moved to Alabama the wonderful packers broke our coffee table. Long story short, we could not find anything that we liked, so we built out own. That project got us hooked and from then on we made or restored the rest of our furniture and stuff around the house. In short welcome to Carpe Makes our little side project to share the things we make with the world.

12/20/2018

If the only tool you have is a hammer then every problem is a nail. If all your problems are nails then anything can be a hammer.

Made a squaring jig. 1 foot board with 5 inch blocks.
02/18/2018

Made a squaring jig. 1 foot board with 5 inch blocks.

Painting the front room
02/03/2018

Painting the front room

Painting a room

April made bookcase
02/03/2018

April made bookcase

She built a bookcase

11/04/2017

10 reasons to make something
1 - To be able to use the thing
2 - To see if the idea for it is a good one to make
3 - To experience the process of making it
4 - To learn how to make it better
5 - To see what other people make of it
6 - To be able to stop thinking about it
7 - To give it away
8 - To learn to make the better things
9 - To use up the materials you have
10 - To have an excuse to get more tools

Every day in November make a thing.
11/02/2017

Every day in November make a thing.

Make something every day in November and share it.

Yes this got dismissed because wood measurements are nominal and a 2x4 is measured before they plane it.
10/19/2017

Yes this got dismissed because wood measurements are nominal and a 2x4 is measured before they plane it.

In my November 2017 editor’s note, I wrote about two $5,000,000 lawsuits filed against Menard’s and Home Depot for “false and misleading advertising” for selling 2×4 lumber that isn’t actually 2″ x 4″. You can read that here, if you like. Last night, Nicholas Vanaria (a friend from Instagram) let me...

Aiden made a video of his painted Nerf guns.
10/15/2017

Aiden made a video of his painted Nerf guns.

I painted 2 guns metallic and black.first i sanded it lightly so the paint wont drip.

100% any one else?
10/06/2017

100% any one else?

The art of woodworking goes back thousands of years to the Ancient Egyptian Empire. What people may find surprising is that many of the tools used back then are the same, or similar to, what woodworkers use today. See how many of these woodworking tools you can name from their image.

Looking at the 10 inch sliding compound miter saw.
09/05/2017

Looking at the 10 inch sliding compound miter saw.

April made a night stand.
08/08/2017

April made a night stand.

An easy night stand made from 24x60 piece of plywood. Music "In the Quarter" by John Deley

08/06/2017

A little Friday night fun finishing up our latest project. A plywood nightstand.

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