"Thanks for the nice post Rain, I've got a variety of photos of this cabinet as well as the video if you'd like them."

"Great post Joel.  Your last paragraph pretty much describes my business model."

"It is interesting but calling it robotic must just be a marketing thing because it looks like some linear tracks and gear motors can do everything they've shown.  I was hoping for much more of the 'robotic' part.  Seems like MIT should be able to do a bit more with this."

"Well the Broyhill design does look essentially the same so it's clear where the Luno design inspiration came from and it's clearly better looking than the Kent version.  Maybe Mid-Century inspired is a bit vague considering how obvious the design source actually is to anyone with a Mid-Century leaning.  It's a nice design either way though.Regarding the edge banding and whether the use of mdf, particleboard or plywood needs to be specified in the description I don't recall ever seeing a description written that way and wouldn't describe something I built as made of mdf or plywood and yet most of my work is veneered on a core of plywood and mdf.  If they had described it as solid Walnut when it was made of veneer that would be different but it's clear looking at the design that it needs to be veneer and not solid.  Veneer doesn't necessarily equate  Home Depot plywood or lower value and cost in the finished product, quite the opposite when it comes to custom furniture actually. "

"Really nice table, I like the ideas he's developed to avoid the time it takes to make more traditional joinery.  Make sense for jobs that don't have the budget for that kind of work."

"If you're having these thoughts before even starting the project then it's likely you already know the answer.  Luckily for you all three of the designs you noted are from companies that still exist and can be contacted if you wanted to ask them for permission to do a class on building one of their pieces.  Of course the answer may be no.  And yes, it's obviously wrong to profit from someones work without getting their permission first."

"I just finished a Roubo bench using the Benchcrafted Glide leg vise hardware and feel it's worth every penny.  The effort required to make your own version of the hardware may cost less in materials but will cost lots more in time."

"I would love to make those types of pieces!  The movies are great inspiration for this type of work."

"Hi Rain, thanks for the great post.  This piece was actually a commission for a very good client and the spinning puzzle was added just for fun.  I agree it would have been really cool if it activated something else, but like you said I need to sleep sometime."