# Coffee Board 2023 This was a small woodworking project that I did, mostly as an excuse to use [Synergy Mill's](https://www.synergymill.com/) CNC machine! I've had a set of items that I enjoy making my coffee with, and so I wanted to design a place for all of them to live that would all be tied together with a really nice slab of walnut. Even though some of the surfacing cuts and generated paths turned out to be less than optimal, I'm still really pleased with how it turned out, and I'd love to find more excuses to use the CNC machine again in the future! --- Picking out the raw materials ![Picking out the raw materials](/projects/coffee/1.jpg) Post-sanding test ![Post-sanding test](/projects/coffee/2.jpg) Wood-filler test for a void ![Wood-filler test for a void](/projects/coffee/3.jpg) Notes from measuring dimensions with calipers ![Notes from measuring dimensions with calipers](/projects/coffee/4.jpg) Comparing the handle ![Comparing the handle](/projects/coffee/5.jpg) The final design (without objects) ![The final design (without objects)](/projects/coffee/6.jpg) The final design (with objects) ![The final design (with objects)](/projects/coffee/7.jpg) Generating toolpaths with Vectric ![Generating toolpaths with Vectric](/projects/coffee/8.jpg) More toolpaths with Vectric ![More toolpaths with Vectric](/projects/coffee/9.jpg) Fun with speeds and feeds! ![Fun with speeds and feeds!](/projects/coffee/10.jpg) Doing the first cut! This was definitely not nerve-wracking at all 😅😅😅 Doing a fit test! Post butcher-block oil (without objects) ![Post butcher-block oil (without objects)](/projects/coffee/13.jpg) Post butcher-block oil (with objects) ![Post butcher-block oil (with objects)](/projects/coffee/14.jpg)