Recently, I came across an interesting ship design called the Littoral Combat Ship or LCS for short, that would make a good subject for a v-groove carving project. With my movable gantry cnc machine this would be easy to do. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When shooting videos of my diy or cnc projects, it was difficult to get closeup shots using my normal camera mounted on a tripod. I needed some equipment that can bring my camera up close to what I was doing. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic situation currently, movement is restricted. For many months now, I had to attend online masses on the internet. There were a few local Catholic churches that broadcast online masses on the internet. However, sometimes there […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My old hand drill was damaged beyond repair. One of the commutator conductors had broken off from the shaft, and the carbon brushes were fractured when the motor was turning. So I bought a new hand drill and was very […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Halfway through making the y-axis drive, I realized that I had made a mistake in the placement of the belt idler bearings. At that time my focus was on placing it in such a position that there would still be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christmas is fast approaching and I still have not made any significant decorations or reminders of the true meaning of Christmas yet. Christmas was a day chosen to commemorate the birthday of our Lord, Jesus Christ, never mind any inaccuracies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At this time, I am searching for items for my new project, the moving gantry CNC machine. One of the items that I find difficult to find was the spacer for the ball bearings. Essentially it was a washer which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Previously, I had tried to increase the speeds of the CNC machine with disastrous results. The reason was that the stepper motors which drove the movements in the axes would stall if they encountered more load than they could take. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had been using my movable bed cnc machine to fabricate parts for my other projects. For example, I had machined out a pocket from a piece of wood for use as a sliding block for my drill bench press. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I always wanted to do something with my old CD’s. I must admit that I have a certain fascination for CD’s because the close lines on the surface causes interference of light which then breaks up into rainbow colours. By […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…