Behind The Scenes

A new brand born out of the TechBinBytes MakerSpace — State of Stick, Co. makes laser-engraved metal emblems celebrating Michigan, the Great Lakes, and the open road. Here's how we're bootstrapping it from the laser up.

We're working on getting actual color to engrave into metal with a laser. Here's how the idea started, what we've tried so far, and why the results are looking surprisingly promising.

How getting laid off, going through bankruptcy, and finding relief in medical marijuana led me to rebrand nuggsco.com as a cannabis culture brand built on laser-engraved metal art.

We switched to the Apple hardware encoder, dropped the bitrate to 3500, and still couldn't get a clean Whatnot stream going. Plus our first Wacky Packages pulls, a CGC 9.8 Spider-Man on eBay, and a new Custom Cauldron tee.

We picked up a sealed Wacky Packages ANS2 retail box, sent new Fanatics license samples including our custom Slimin' Simon design, and won autographed items from lorenzobrics on Whatnot.

After a year deep in code, I'm back in Adobe creating designs for custom t-shirts, stickers, and laser-engraved products. Here's how we're building out our merch production with DTF printing, heat press, and repurposed sublimation supplies.

We're bringing eBay back into the mix, listing selectively on Poshmark, making custom fandom merch on our laser, and cooking up something big with ProjectX.

We met with Fanatics, we're growing our inventory, we're exploring a custom product line with our laser, and we're building software to run a better Whatnot store.

We finally got a clean show running after technical issues. Recapping our first Whatnot sale and what's next.

We're pursuing an official Fanatics license and using our Glowforge Pro to create sample products for the pitch. Here's a look at what we've been building.

We streamed for over an hour on Whatnot with no video going out — and we'd paid for a boost. Here's what went wrong, what we're trying next, and tips if you're using OBS on a Mac.

A simple English guide for assembling micro building block sets like the Qiexiey Skull Bear, capybara, penguin, and more from TechBinBytes.

Stories from the hunt — how we source unique collectibles from storage units, estate sales, and bin stores for our Whatnot live shows.

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