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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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Here's my second woodworking project ever (yes I'll probably stop counting them at some point) 
It's a Desk / Table! Check it out!
It's completely made from 1X4 pine from Home Depot - I guess it's the better grade because it was twice as much! 
but since I don't have a planer and jointer yet I wanted to get the best I could...
I glued up three boards together and cut them square for the legs and turned them on the Shopsmith lathe (my second turnings ever as well) - and I also glued up the top from 7 boards side by side - I did use dowels and I wish I hadn't because since I didn't drill the dowel holes perfectly that created a nightmare in the boards not being even - so I had to do a lot of sanding!
The legs are attached to the aprons with mortise and tenons. I made the mortises using a plunge bit and the Shopsmith in drill press mode - basically I hogged out most of the material by "drilling" between my marks and then locked the spindle down and pulled the board along the bit to smooth out the peaks... worked pretty well I think - at least I got consistent results
The tenons I cut with the Shopsmith in table saw mode and actually hand sawed the final cuts because I didn't feel safe enough doing them on the power saw - but I'll make one of the many jigs I've seen before I do any more although it wasn't too bad sawing the shoulder by hand
Finally I gave it a dark (almost black) stain - which my wife and daughter picked out) and a few coats of polycrillic to finish it
