3D Printed Planetary Gears

I wanted to try and print some planetary gears to try and make my 4th axis work better.

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RepRap - 3D Printer

Here's my journey of building a Reprap 3d Printer. Took about two weeks to get to the point where I was printing and I am still tweaking things to get good prints but it's working well enough to share :)
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Homemade Bandsaw Bearing Guides

Here's how I made my own bandsaw bearing guides from aluminum tuping and regular skate bearings - for like $20 :)
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Homemade Power Drive

Using a Parallax Propeller Proto board and a Pololu Stepper Driver - I've built a home made power drive for my lathe / mill / drill - Check it out!
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Timing Pulleys

I am working on a project for my Enco Mill Drill Lathe - it's a Power Feed driven by a Parallax Propeller and EasyDriver - part of the project involves making some Timing Pulleys to hook it all up! So this post is about the Timing Pulleys! Check out some pictures and videos!
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Latest 4th Axis

I just realized that I've never uploaded anything about my latest 4th Axis that I've thrown together - so here are some pictures and a video about it!
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3D Roses

Written by Jamie Cunningham

Published on 05 October 2010

My new friend Bob found the site via the web and contacted me about making some roses for the jewelry box he was making for his wife, so here they are!

Bob had a picture of the rose he wanted, so I had to take the rose and make it 3D. Artcam works great for such things, but the picture has to be cleaned up and some colors added to the different areas so that you can work with them. After you have the colors you can basically work with each color adding volume to that area in a variety of styles.

After you have the "relief" as Artcam calls it - you generate the toolpaths in 3 stages... The roughing pass, the detail pass, and the final cut out. You can also preview how the operation will look without ever going to the machine!