On the Cheap: Supported Linear Rail…
Supported linear rail can be quite expensive, at over $100 per rail per meter, not including shipping. An alternative support was theorized using 3/8″ threaded rod, drilled, tapped and screwed...
CNC Half Nuts: The Smell of Melting Plastic…
After cutting down the Y axis screw for the CNC gantry router project we had a short piece of 3/4 inch Acme leadscrew remaining that was just long enough to...
CNC Gantry Router: Collecting Bits & Pieces…
Bit by bit, piece by piece we have been slowing collecting the parts for the build. We just picked up a 400lb steel table measuring in at 5×8 feet that...
Side Project: CNC Gantry Router
A friend brought over some plastic to CNC mill about a week ago and we got talking about CNC gantry routers and the currently in development DC Servo Drive. Eventually...
DC Servo: In a State of Motion…
Amongst tryptophan’s slumbering depression and returning unwanted gifts of another dreary chrism past, with step and direction the DC Servo Project marches valiantly into the new year… Software and hardware...
NoMi Locus: DC Servo kit…
NoMi Design has been hard at work creating a CNC capable DC Servo Motion Controller. Based on an earlier design for the “Topology of Dubai” project, the new drive combines...
3.5Hp Leaf Vacuum
Updates: The leaf vacuum was recently featured on woodgears.ca. You can find more pictures and details at http://woodgears.ca/misc/leaf_vacuum.html A leaf vacuum was designed and built as a tribute to the...
High Speed Router Mount
A router mount was designed and built to address the shortcomings of my milling machine’s low spindle speed (3600 rpm) for PCB machining. The mount bolts to the head of...
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