New Mill Upgrade Delivery
[singlepic id=284 w=480 h=360 float=left] I lucked into picking up an extended table for my milling machine. Sieg made a large table version of the SX3 mill…
Pelican Case Motorcycle Luggage Project – Part 4
I made the other locking mechanism for the other piece of luggage this weekend and I made a little video showing some of the CNC process, as…
Pelican Case Motorcycle Luggage Project – Part 3
[singlepic id=281 w=320 h=240 float=left] With the new riding season upon us, I decided it was time to try to finish up my Pelican case motorcycle luggage…
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…
Pelican Case Motorcycle Luggage Project – Part 1
[singlepic id=200 w=320] [singlepic id=205 w=320] The cramped cockpit and limited cargo options of my Kawasaki Ninja EX500 weren’t going to suit my long-term desires for a…
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…
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…
Totally Screwed
[singlepic id=112 w=320] [singlepic id=111 w=320] I received a big assortment of 18-8 stainless steel hardware from eBay, with a lot of useful sizes/threads. It was a…
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…