Anti-Projects

Leftovers from several CNC projects.

Spring Loaded Engraving Tool

Ran across this cool custom engraving tool holder that should solve the problem of inconsistent material heights when engraving.  Once I get a lathe maybe I’ll think…

Custom Droid Car Dock

[singlepic id=237 w=320 h=240 float=right] My passion for in-car tunes goes back well over ten years, with the a half-finished (but functional) automotive MP3 player that could…

Pelican Case Motorcycle Luggage Project – Part 2

[singlepic id=208 w=240] In a big push to get the Pelican luggage attached to the bike before a trip to the Delaware Water Gap, I spent a…

CNC Moto Bar Risers

[singlepic id=198 w=640] My little EX500 bike is a bit cramped for me.  One of the worst problems is that my wrists, especially my throttle wrist, have…

CNC’d Side Stand Plate

[singlepic id=172 w=400] I recently got a motorcycle, and since I have a CNC milling machine, there’s plenty of excuse to try my hand at making some…

Tormach Tooling Has Arrived!

[singlepic id=151 w=600] I quite literally turned a mountain of spare change (65lbs worth, to be exact) that I had been collecting for ten years into a…

USB Pendant Hacking

I’ve been knee-deep in USB and LCD hacking, playing around some concepts for a control pendant for my CNC mill.  It was a good excuse to exercise…

Birth of the Smoke-O-Tron Enclosure

Before… [singlepic id=149 w=300] After… [singlepic id=143 w=300] My friend Dan built the electronics for a temperature controller for his electric smoker.  I figured since I have…

High Speed Spindle Mount

[singlepic id=123 w=360] I’ve been working for the last week or so on a mount to hold an auxiliary high speed spindle on my mill.  I chose…

Engraving Test

[singlepic id=107 w=340] [singlepic id=108 w=340] Did an engraving test tonight with some new engraving bits that I got from this eBay seller.  Decent results, though I…

Groove Ho(l)mes

After more work than I anticipated making the Y homing sensor mounting block and making a bracket and sensor setup for the Z axis, tearing down half…

Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat

Unfortunately, back in October, I discovered that my level of conversion kit for my mill did not include the hardware for home sensors for each axis.  Everything…

Pendant Links

So I don’t lose these links, here are some fancy advanced pendants that someone has implemented for EMC2, along with the underlying software necessary. I have already…

It’s Like Christmas

Here’s the result of a lot of small ebay auctions last week… Our office manager gave me quite a look when she walked in with no fewer…