Today was a really good day. I 3d printed some jigs to make this project easier. I did the cuts on the mill. Remade a part on the lathe that I scrapped after getting my centre finding mixed up on the mill. Confirmed my design works using the 3d printed jig. Then used the mill to make some improvements to a previous project (collet chuck). 3d printed a load of parts for a makerspace community project. And started the lathe work on Next Project.
Was a good day.
To test that everything works before I commit to wood. I printed up a test jig. It needed a little refinement to open up the bores (3d printing is not perfect for dimensions, esp of circles). But then. I could test fit everything.
And it works.
It works better than I ever dreamed it would. The bar in the image slides easily, but with just a quarter turn of the bolt. It locks on place. A quarter turn is all it takes. From free moving to locked. Now I need to buy the wood.
And that's all the metal machining for this project done. It works! It bloody well works!!!
Amazingly the jig I made to help manufacturer worked brilliantly. I'm so pleased.
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For a private project I designed a sheet metal object using #freecad . Asked a local sheet metal company if they could make it. So cool, they made it so fast and I could pick it up today. Chatted to the boss a bit and he complimented me for my professional 3D model. And they even made more than I had requested, at no extra charge! They have a big heart for makers.
And me: +100 feeling of self-efficacy.
It might be Cardboard Aided Design #CAD I am undertaking, but I'm using my @FreeCAD pencil and a protractor I drew myself in @inkscape and lasercut so I still get tech points! #making #opensource
#News #Europe #Germany #Ukraine
@angryfella420.fellas.army
#Making is like #wanting - only more blatant.
#Eutelsat instead of #Starlink:
Germany finances #Sat-Internet for Ukraine:
Europe is expanding its support for Ukraine in the form of creating an alternative ...
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Eutelsat statt Starlink: Deuts...
After I finished work on my primary project yesterday afternoon, I had a bit of time left until the 3d print finished. So I decided to have a play with my new self made sensitive drilling attachment.
Aim was to drill a 0.5mm hole in some brass.
I achieved that with minimal breakage. I've just had a chance to test the hole with gauge pins.
500µm pin fits.
600µm doesn't git.
I'm considering that a big win.
any other adults in #colorado in the general area between pueblo and denver enjoy things like: making #music, #gardening, #smoking #weed, #hacking, #electronics, #3dprinting, #making #doohickeys in general, talking about buying old #cadillacs and converting them to #lowriders, #antifascism, general nerd shit? beers? eating interesting foods?
long shot here, are you also pretty lonely?
Made bias tape for the first time (on the straight because will be using it on a single non-curving edge) and .. it was ok?
Less difficult than I imagined but also more boring?
Every time I use the iron for sewing I forget that 'pressing' is not 'ironing'.
Image: 2 strips of cream coloured bias tape with folded sides down, on a green cutting mat with centimeter number markings.
Metal Bias tape maker with number 18 is alongside strips.
Project #minirack is done :)
The goal was to have a nice "living room capable" 10" rack to hold my #homeasssitant box with a touch display for smart home control, a network switch and a UPS.
And no it is not living in the livingroom now, nor was it planned ;) I could have moved the network wiring to the back/inside, but in the end it needed a little nerd factor.
Mostly made from laser cut plywood in #kumiko pattern that I spray painted black, and some 3D printed parts. All self designed/built except for the metal rails in the corners.
And did I mention it's ALL powered by USB-C PD internally? 
#homeassistant #smarthome #homeapprovalfactor #lasercut #making #makeoftheday #3dprinting #serverrack #thinkcentre #diy #usbcpd
Do not underestimate the usefulness of a pencil in the machine shop...
Has anyone else misused an #embroidery machine for #sewing? #hacking #making
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So the lesson we learn from that mess, is do not leave the wash tank from your resin printer setup next to the window. Even if it's a north facing window. There's enough stray UV to cause some of the resin in the IPA to cure. And then cleaning the tank becomes a right mess.
Also I think next time I want to use a respirator with full organic fumes filtering and not just a P3 filter.
