• 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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4 X 5 Micro Lathe

The price of the Harbor Freight 4 X 5 Micro Lathe dropped to $72 - so I snatched one up and figured it would be good to learn on and play with. It exceeds my expectations! Check it out!

Go tthe Lathe in on Friday and took a few hours to clean all the shipping grease off. Here are a few pictures of the "event" and a video of the lathe working - and it does work - quite well :)



Check back later for more projects, and possible a CNC conversion of this little lathe!

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