I made the mould three years ago and never got around to making this video. Anyway here’s my first, second and third attempt to make a concrete picture frame.
I also made a Frisbee. I used the press the squash 10 meters of aluminium tin foil into a disc around 300mm in diameter and 7mm thick, and then threw it around a little bit.
This is a long overdue video for this channel. I filmed most of the footage a little after the first attempt at the lazy sharpening jig, but got distracted building a new CNC machine. I guess I saw...
I did something a bit stupid and needed to lap my block plane and resharpen its iron. But I didn't want to do this by hand, so I made this jig which I could attach to the CNC machine.
I made a booboo. So it came to my attention that I placed the planer knives back to front in my last video with the bevel facing towards the in-feed table. I made another video today replacing the...
I bought a second hand cast iron bench-top surface planer from Ebay (as a Chairmas present to myself) and in this video I clean and calibrate the machine, sharpen the blades and make some test pass...
In this video I experiment with creating translucent images, using a few methods. In the end I decided to use Tung oil on photocopy images - a little like how paper umbrellas are made in China. I t...
Ok we’re back to it – the upgrade begins. Project halloumi since the new plate material glows like a freshly cut bar of the magical cheese. I have made design changes to all the plates which should...
In this video I update the firmware on my controller from GRBL V0.9 to V1.1 – and attempt to keep settings which will allow the variable speed to continue to perform the way it had. The problem I f...
A CNC isn't really complete without a probe - so I've cut a touch plate probe made from aluminium angle bar. It's very simple and has been working well so far.
A quick update... I am expecting some Acetal to be delivered next week. Trying to spot as many problems with the design as I can before I start building. As I said in the previous video the latest ...
This is a demonstration of my CNC design – the updated plates to which will be available on my patreon as a DXF for now. I’m still putting together the full list of parts and will be cutting the p...
This would have been the ultimate dust shoe if I had not planned to use the current CNC machine, with it's wooden plates to cut a new version out from more durable material. If you follow me on Ins...
In this video 2 become 1 – I connect the CNC machine to the enclosure itself. This is the physical process and involved finishing the wiring, soldering and fitting of the parallel proximity sensors...
Ok in this video I'm going to show you how to install bCNC. this is the software I'm going to be using with my CNC machine. So the first thing you'll want to is go to google and download python 2.7...
In this video – and I promise we are getting close to the end, I will 00:13 Extend the VFD panel display, 00:57 Install the PWM to potentiometer toggle switch, 01:47 Wire PWM and SPN enable from...
In this video I try to attach a 5.5w laser module firstly to the circuitry of a 2.5w A5 mini Laser engraving machine, and then to a 12v TTL laser driver which I had installed in my first enclosure....
14:03 - Freehand cutting on a table saw is not safe - do not try replicate my skill or luck. Please use a mitre guide, fence, or sledge as I do in the next videos. Never cut stock that are wider th...