• 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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CNC Machine #2

Hey everybody! Here's an article about my second homemade CNC machine!

Machine #1 is working! BUT! There is too much flex! So I decided to start on machine #2 already! :)

Machine #1 cuts well enough (if I cut slowly) that I should be able to make some parts for the new machine using it - so at least I should be accurate with the parts that I AM making out of MDF (Update - I have since decided to not make ANY MDF parts since I started the Aluminum Foundry - all parts will be steel or Aluminum) - With that said - I guess I should tell y'all what I'm making the machine out of :)

Aluminum Extrusion T-Slot!

T-Slot Aluminum Extrusion T-Slot Aluminum Extrusion

I got this off of eBay and I was a little worried that it might not be "beefy" enough... but it's very strong and sturdy.


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