First project! A little shuttle-inspired spaceship carved from pine. CAD I whipped it up in Fusion 360 with the sub-d modeling environment. CAM I used Fusion’s built-in CAM package. Adaptive clearing pass (1/4″ flat endmill) Morphed spiral finishing pass (1/4″ ball endmill) Cutting Result
Category: woodworking
Crosscut sled
I have needed a crosscut sled for my table saw for quite a while. For example, I had to resort to this for a project: Please do not do this. It is low-precision and seems unsafe I got these Rockler tracks on sale (that I could have just made out of wood in retrospect). I…… Continue reading Crosscut sled
New CNC!
Got a new CNC! It’s a Shapeoko Pro XL
Sandpaper belt holder
Quick and dirty project. Ikea wire shelves plus grinder plus plywood. The belts take up much less space now.
Garage shop
Over quarantine I’ve gotten into woodworking and built up a garage workshop. Shout out to Steve Ramsay’s youtube series on woodworking. I already had a nice little workbench I used for modelmaking and painting, and odd jobs: original workbench Now I have another workbench and a toolbench, as well as some important tools like table…… Continue reading Garage shop
Garage workbench
After binge-watching Steve Ramsay I decided that building a workbench was within my ability. First the trip to home depot. The Prius can hold more than I expected. All I had to work with was my parent’s circular saw and a saw horse. Here’s an example of learning how that works: I got it framed…… Continue reading Garage workbench
French cleats
I added French Cleats to the garage shop. It was a bit of a pain to get them level and spaced regularly, but I built some spaces that worked ok. right after installing My original plan was to hang up a bunch of tools and look really cool. Here’s a start: Eventually I gave up…… Continue reading French cleats
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